iAddressX
Navigate contacts from the system menu, and more.
iAddressX overview
iAddressX puts your contacts' information in your menu bar for quick and easy access. iiAddressX allows Mac users to navigate their contacts from a small icon in the macOS System Menu Bar. Users can also print Dymo labels, dial iPhone and Skype calls, send SMS messages, and more directly from the Menu Bar. iAddressX puts all Contacts application-related information at a Mac user's fingertips. Users can quickly view their contacts' information, including phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays and anniversaries, addresses, and much more. Contacts can be viewed in various ways, including alphabetically, recent contacts, by country, by company, and more. "I always tired of the need to open my macOS Contacts application every time I needed to lookup a contact. When I discovered iAddressX I knew I had to bring it to Mac users," says James Lee, owner of Tropical Software. "iAddressX takes the pain out of looking up contact information, allowing users to quickly search for a specific contact, view contacts by group, quickly dial a number or send a text. A Dymo label can even be printed on the fly, without the need to leave the Mac desktop."
iAddressX puts a number of features at your fingertips:
- Resides in the Mac System Bar
- Navigate contacts directly from the Mac Menu Bar
- Search contacts directly from the Mac Menu Bar
- Navigate contacts alphabetically, by group, by country, and recently used
- Dial using Bluetooth, Facetime, iPhone, Skype, or even an old-fashioned landline
- Send SMS messages to Skype pals
- Send a text via Apple Messages app
- Print to a Dymo Label printer directly from iAddressX
- View a map of a contact's address in Apple or Google Maps
- Quickly send emails to any contact or groups of contacts from the Menu bar.
Other features:
- Menubar Convenience and iAddressX: The main menu bar, also called the system menu, has been a main feature of Macintosh computers since the Mac's inception. iAddressX has now returned to the system menu as a status item, allowing easy access to almost everything related to contact from hierarchical menus.
- Dial iPhone from Mac: Tdial iPhone and Skype calls
- Navigate Contacts: Navigate contacts from a small icon in the system menu and access many contact options.
- Dymo Support: Print to your Dymo Label printer right from iAddressX.
- Dial: Dial using Bluetooth, a USB Modem, Skype or an old-fashioned landline.
- Search: Search your contacts directly from the menu bar.
- Skype: Full support to initiate a call or chat using Skype.
What’s new in version 4.0.1
Updated on Nov 25 2020
New:
- To improve security iAddressX is now "Sandboxed". Note that due to this new feature you will be required to re-register your iAddressX Serial Number Name and Serial Number, as well as reset any non-default preferences that have been previously set.
Changed:
- Change Preferences / Dialing / Use "faceTime…" usage description.
- Change Dial FaceTime menu command text.
- Improved Contacts and Calendar "authorization to access" process.
- Change default for Preferences / Menu / "Start AddressX upon login" checkbox to unchecked.
Fixed:
- "Create Calendar Event" menu command did not work in Catalina.
- "Create Calendar Event for group" menu command failed in some cases if a group member had no Email address.
- "Create Calendar Event for group" menu command in some circumstances caused multiple iAddressX calendars to be created.
- Pausing Music (formerly iTunes) when dialing did not work in Catalina.
Information
App requirements
- Intel 64
- Mac OS X 10.7 or later
I would suggest taking a look at JABMenu, a similar app, if you are looking for other features or ways to improve iAddressX.
I still have my original license email from MibaSoft for my purchase of iAddressX from January 7, 2003. It cost $8 at that time. JABMenu costs $15. I know your time is valuable and your efforts sincere, but I would suggest keep the price where it currently is, at $9-10.
Finally, the menu bar icon does not work when using the "dark menubar and Dock" option (the icon does not reverse, so you can barely see it) and the dark bezel around the type when showing the Large Type option seems too dark. I've emailed your support team with these same concerns.