Sometimes attempts to sync Address Book using iSync will fail and produce an error message as cryptic as the cause of the error itself.
The message will read something like this:
Conduit Address Book generated exception NSInternalInconsistencyException: Type of value {
identifiers = (”005CB3CB-945D-11D9-935D-00112479516E”);
labels = (”_$!!$_”);
primaryIdentifier = “005CB3CB-945D-11D9-935D-00112479516E”;
values = ();
} does not match property ‘Phone’ type 257. Can’t commit item EC776A4A-91ED-11D9-82C9-00112479516E:ABPerson.
identifiers = (”005CB3CB-945D-11D9-935D-00112479516E”);
labels = (”_$!
primaryIdentifier = “005CB3CB-945D-11D9-935D-00112479516E”;
values = (
} does not match property ‘Phone’ type 257. Can’t commit item EC776A4A-91ED-11D9-82C9-00112479516E:ABPerson.
This tells you that there is a problem with the phone record of person “‘EC776A4A-91ED-11D9-82C9-00112479516E:ABPerson.”
Helpful, eh?
Michael Lafferty has written a small utility, ABFinder, that helps to troubleshoot this problem.
Entering the long alphanumeric string into this utility will disclose which person’s record is causing the problem, so that you can remove or replace the offending data and get a successful sync.
ABFiller is freeware and available with a helpful readme in this zip file.
