Can I move contacts from my computer to my phone?

I just got a new MacBook Pro and created a new iTunes and iCloud account so I no longer have to share with my family. When I did that I lost all my contacts on my iPhone, but they are all in the contact app on my MacBook. Is there any way that I can move those contacts back on to my phone, or do I have to do it all by hand?

Hello Jessica,
What I would recommend is signing into the System Preferences on the Mac, as well as in Settings>iCloud on the iPhone, and turning on Contacts. That should add the contacts to the iCloud and sync them down to the phone.
Set up iCloud on all your devices. The rest is automatic.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Just to make sure that your contacts info is safe, I recommend archiving the contacts in Address Book, or Contacts depending on your version of Mac OS.
Address Book 6.x: Archive your address book
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4653
You can also use iTunes to sync the contacts over.
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
Cheers,
Sterling

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