Migrate OS X Address Book contacts to linux Evolution

Finally, I have found the ideal way to migrate contacts from the OS X Address Book to linux Evolution! The most obvious way is to export the address book as a vcard and then import it into Evolution, but you lose the notes you may have entered about people. After trying all kinds of things, the best solution I found is this:
  1. Sync your address book with a yahoo account in OS X.
  2. Then log into your yahoo account and export the contacts as a vcard single file.
  3. You can then import that vcard file into evolution and everything comes over like it is supposed to, including the notes.
I have been searching for this for a long time. I remembered that the mac was syncing with Yahoo (you have to do this to sync with Google), and I decided just to try it. I picked the right option the first time. w00t!

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