Guide for OSX 10.10.x
If somebody shares contacts with you, you can easily subscribe with apple contacts:
1. Open "Apple Addressbook/Contacts"
2. Preferences -> and add
3. Choose "Other contacts account.."
4. Insert your credentials in the free fields
a. Select "Advanced"
Username: your username
Password: your password
Server Address: kernel.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Server Path:/carddav/users/kernel.rz-berlin.mpg.de/user-name/
You have change the "Target-Username" to the username that shares contacts with you !
So if the user would be "frosch" that shares contacts with me, you put in the username of frosch
Server Address: kernel.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Server Path:/carddav/users/kernel.rz-berlin.mpg.de/user-name/
Shared Address book and own Address Book at the same time - Account already exists error:
To avoid the "account already exist" while adding your account ,
- Apple allows only one configured account for a username
you can add your address book under Internet Accounts -> add -> Exchange
Select only your address book.