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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Automatically find zip codes in Address Book

Anne was putting together wedding invitations and asked me if Address Book could look up zip codes. Now it can. She likes it — maybe you will, too.

This is just a small Address Book plugin. It adds a menu item so that when you click on an address, you can find a ZIP code (including ZIP+4 for most addresses) and set it automatically.

To install, copy FindZip.bundle inside of ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins or /Library/Address Book Plug-Ins — creating the folder if it’s not already there. You’ll need to restart Address Book to get the menu to appear.

FindZip requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later. It is built as Universal but has not been tested.

FindZip comes with no warranty. While I have made every effort to make it as bug-free as possible, it may trash your address book, computer, and your car — though most likely the zip code. Let me know if you have any problems.

Download FindZip 1.0b2 (16k)

posted by Lucas at 4:31 pm  

4 Comments »

  1. sweet little plugin! Thanks for sharing.
    Michael
    Oakland, CA

    Comment by Anonymous — December 13, 2006 @ 11:39 am

  2. I wish I could get it to work.. someone please help me scottws2000@yahoo.com

    Comment by scottws2000 — February 21, 2007 @ 9:58 pm

  3. Nice plugin! Thanks for sharing this great tool!

    Comment by Anonymous — May 2, 2007 @ 6:04 pm

  4. The download link no longer works? I’d be interested in installing this, if you’d make the file available again. Thanks!

    [Lucas: I've fixed the download links]

    Comment by Josh Rafofsky — April 15, 2008 @ 7:48 am

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