How to Add a Sender to the Mac OS X Mail Address Book Quickly

I have made it a habit to add just about everyone who sends me email to my address book (who knows?).

Mac OS X Mail helps with this obsession with a handy shortcut that lets me add a sender to the address book quickly.

Add a Sender to the Mac OS X Mail Address Book Quickly

To add a sender to the Mac OS X Address Book from Mail quickly:

• Open a message from the sender you wish to add.
• Press Command-Shift-Y.
  • In Mail 1, press Command-Y

This adds the sender's email address (together with her name, if one appears in the From: line) to the address book without asking any questions.

If you want to edit the newly added contact (to assign a picture to it, for example), open the Mac OS X Address Book separately.