About
Exporter for Contacts 2 converts contacts on your Mac, as well as external vCard files, into CSV, Excel and Outlook OLM formats. It is part of a set of focused apps by Stefan Keller for working with contacts and calendars, which the developer has built since 2006.
Reviewers on the Mac App Store describe the app as quick, easy to use and reliable for exports, and mention that it works without overwriting or spoiling the address book. One reviewer used it to split a 15,000-contact list into smaller lists, and another noted that it maps fields intelligently with simple drag and drop.
The developer's site also suggests pairing it with Importer for Contacts for contact management, and notes that the app is available for purchase with a trial, with no subscription.
What's new
All release notes• Improves stability when the Mac wakes from sleep or the audio output changes
- Fixes a crash on macOS 12. The app quit unexpectedly after an export when contacts contained a date such as a birthday. The same happened with the filter for added and changed contacts. - Fixes a crash that could occur when the list in the “Contacts” area contained a very large number of entries. - Fixes distorted icons in the “Export Format” pop-up menu on macOS 27. - The “Omit Blank Columns” option now considers only the contacts of the current export. Previously, a column remained if it had held values in an earlier export since the app was launched. - When “Omit Blank Columns” is not selected, every chosen field now gets a column in the “To separate columns, one per label” mode. Previously, fields such as phone, email, or birthday got no column if none of the exported contacts had a value for them. - The “Omit Blank Columns” option is now selected for new export setups. - When “Add Column Titles” is not selected, exported Excel files no longer freeze the first row. Previously, the first contact stayed at the top while scrolling. - Values without a label now receive a generic label such as “phone” or “email”, in the language of the export. Previously, the field name in the system language took its place. In custom export layouts, columns for such values are no longer empty, and Google CSV no longer enters the value itself as the type. - Improves the export of dates such as birthdays and anniversaries. - The “Language” pop-up menu now also offers English (Canada), English (India), and English (Philippines). - On macOS 13 and later, the “Remove” command in the context menu of the list in the “Contacts” area removes the clicked entry instead of the current selection. If the click lands on a selected entry, it removes the entire selection as before.