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add info on fix for TB60, simplify on CardBook

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CardBook can autodiscover your resources. No need to enter the complete URL of your address book
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@ -10,31 +10,26 @@ As someone who is new to Nextcloud and new to CardBook here is what you need in
- `Thunderbird <https://www.thunderbird.net/>`_ for your OS unless it comes with your OS distribution (Linux)
- `CardBook <https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/>`_ (a Thunderbird contacts add-on.)
Once you've installed CardBook and Thunderbird do like this:
1. In the bottom left of the Contacts View (in Nextcloud contatcs) look for a little impeller symbol that looks like this:
.. image:: ../images/contacts_link.png
which will display and URL that looks something like this:
https://cloud.nextcloud.com/remote.php/dav/addressbooks/users/daniel/Thunderbird/
2. Cardbook is found in the upper right corner of Thunderbird:
Using the CardBook add-on (Contacts only)
-----------------------------------------
`CardBook <https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/>`_ is an advanced alternative to Thunderbird's address book, which supports CardDAV. You can have TBSync and CardBook installed in parallel.
1. Cardbook is found in the upper right corner of Thunderbird:
.. image:: ../images/cardbook_icon.png
3. In the Thunderbird Cardbook add-on:
2. In the Thunderbird Cardbook add-on:
- "Adressbook > New Adressbook **Remote** > Next
- Fill in your information
- Fill in the address of your Nextcloud server, your user name and password
.. image:: ../images/new_addressbook.png
4. Validate your settings and click Next, then choose the name of the addressbook and click Next again.
4. Click on "Validate", click Next, then choose the name of the addressbook and click Next again.
.. image:: ../images/addressbook_name.png
5. Once installed, synchronize your addressbook by clicking "Synchronize" in the top left corner of CardBook.
5. When you are finished, CardBook synchronizes your addressbooks. You can always trigger a synchronisation manually by clicking "Synchronize" in the top left corner of CardBook.
You'll see your address book populate from Nextcloud!
.. image:: ../images/synchronize_cardbook.png
@ -63,3 +58,7 @@ https://cloud.nextcloud.com/remote.php/dav/calendars/daniel/personal/
.. image:: ../images/CalDAV_calendar.png
The rest of the details of dealing with Thunderbird Calendar are left to the reader...
Fix for Thunderbird 60
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If you are still using Thunderbird 60, you need to change a configuration setting to make CalDAV/CardDAV work around Thunderbird bug `#1468918 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468912>`_ as described `here <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/thunderbird-60-problems-with-address-and-calendar-sync/35773>`_