Copy contacts from iPhone to new iMac

I have just bought a new iMac running Yosemite. I want to transfer contacts from my iPhone address book to my new iMac. I have tried going via iCloud but iCloud does not seem to be synching, doesn't appear in iTunes etc.

On the iPhone you need to have Settings > iCloud > Contacts on.
On the Mac you need to have Apple Menu > System Preferences > iCloud > Contacts on.
That should be all that is needed.
You don't need to have iOS8. If you have logged into www.cloud.com and the contacts aren't there, then the problem has nothing to do with the iMac (or at least that part of the problem doesn't).
If it isn't working between the phone and www.cloud.com then I would be sure to perform exactly every step in Get help using iCloud Contacts in the section titled "iOS" all of the way down to the section titled "OS X Lion or later."

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