How do i get my iPhone to overwrite contacts?

I transferred my contacts list to my iPhone from my old phone.
I now want to sync that with my Mac, but it has an outdated list of contacts on it and I get an error about 200+ modifications required when I sync. I'm afraid of creating a huge mess to clean up by hand, so I didn't allow the sync to complete.
I'd like to wipe out the contacts list on my Mac and overwrite it with the list from the phone. There is an option in iTunes to overwrite the phone from the computer, but how do I do that the other way?
Thanks,
Tom

Open address book, in the Group column, select All Contacts and then, in the Name column, select all contacts to delete, press the Delete key.
Itunes, not running, launch isync from your applications folder & under preferences, reset sync history. When finished, re-boot your computer. Then, under preferences in itunes, disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected. Put ONE contact in address book, it can be fake, doesn't matter. Connect your phone, right click in the device pane & select "reset warnings". Hit the sync button, you'll get a popup regarding your contacts, asking to merge or replace, select MERGE.

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