To add a new field, click on “Add Field”. Notice I’ve also changed the default email address label from “Home” to “Work”. The result is already a bit more streamlined: I’ll get rid of that goofy “Home: User Name AIM” field. To remove a field, click on the tiny red “-” button. Easiest is to press Cmd-, a pretty universal shortcut for that task on Mac systems:Ĭlick on “Template” and you’ll see the defaults: To fix that, go to Preferences, as I said earlier. Useless fields, and a useful field like Facebook profile name or Twitter handle? Missing in action. But let’s have a look first at the default fields before the change: To change the default fields on your Contacts template, start by opening up the program and going to Preferences. But really, while there are a ton of people on Facebook and Twitter, I don’t know of anyone who is still even remotely associated with AOL, whether it’s their messenger service or anything else. What’s AIM? It’s America Online’s Instant Messenger service and it’s tied into iMessage and Facetime, which is why Apple keeps it around. I don’t know how representative I am, but out of my 900+ contacts I have exactly ZERO AIM handles. The default fields in the Contacts (formerly known as “Address Book”) program on the Mac is a prime example of that, and it’s downright weird that “AIM” is one of the default fields. While there’s nothing as constant as change in the computer world - particularly with user interfaces - it’s surprising how sometimes corners of a user experience can be stuck in the past without anyone updating them or improving things for users.