An AppleScript that will export the image file associated with an entry in Address Book.

There is no error handling, so if you have multiple (or zero) cards selected, or a card with no image, nothing will let you know it didn't work.

Also, the ideal way to launch this script would be from Address Book's script folder ( ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Address Book ).

set tmp_image to ((path to temporary items folder as text) & "tmp AB") as string tell application "Address Book" activate set this1 to selection as reference set file_name to name of this1 set the_image to image of this1 try set AB_image to (open for access tmp_image with write permission) set eof AB_image to 0 write the_image to AB_image close access AB_image on error close access AB_image end try set the_image to "" set the_file to choose file name with prompt "Save as" default name file_name & " AB image.tiff" end tell tell application "Image Events" set this_image to open (tmp_image) as string set the_file to the_file as string save this_image in the_file as TIFF close this_image end tell