JJBanelli wrote:

after looking over some of the other topics and going through some of
the other steps listed the one I am wondering about is should I go to
account settings and remove the MAPI file and close outlook and
restart? I have a backup of my blackberry but not of my outlook that
I know of this system is running on a macbook XP does anyone have any
ideas of getting the contacts back?

If the sync process removed them, then they are permanently gone. Adding
them manually or, perhaps, by restoring your BB backup would seem your only
choices.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]