Extract-Export iCloud Contacts Locally

Greetz Commnunity!
I'd like your help with something if anybody knows..
I'm in need to extract or export my iCloud contacts to my local Address Book.
I happen not to backup the Address book when i bought a new macbook pro 6.2, so now.. i have'em on my iPhone and i can see them online..
Why the p04-contacts.icloud.com doesn't work on Snow Leopard Address book.. ??
Thank you in advance.

Oh ok..
Well then, i'll have to get all vCards extracted by selected all contacts from Safari iCloud contacts and exporte'em out all, but without pictures..
anyways.. thank you..

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-- jsc
-- Export Outlook Contacts
-- (c) 2012 J. Scott Carr. The script is made available for free use, with no
-- warranty, under the Creative Commons license agreement.
-- This script has only been tested on Mac OS X 10.6.8 with Micrsoft Outlook for
-- Mac 2011 version 14.1.4.
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property byPattern : "Names matching pattern"
property vcardFormat : "VCard"
property csvFormat : "CSV"
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end if
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-- object. Snag the selected Contacts and return them as a list.
-- A side note. When I started this, I built options to enter a matching
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-- if the operation fails
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                    try
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                    end try
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-- export_to_vcard()
-- Export each of theContacts to the open file outFile as a set of vcards. Note that the
-- vcard data is from the "vcard data" property of the theContacts. This routine
-- doesn't attempt to reformat an Outlook vcard, nor limit the fields included
-- in the vcard.
on export_to_vcard(theContacts, outFile)
          set vcards to {}
          tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
                    repeat with aContact in theContacts
                              copy vcard data of aContact to the end of vcards
                    end repeat
          end tell
          repeat with aCard in vcards
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          set csvFields to {}
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          set csvFields to init_csv()
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          set nFields to count csvFields
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          repeat with i from 2 to nFields
write "," & item i of csvFields to outFile
          end repeat
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-- Export the fields of the contacts in CSV format, one per line
          repeat with aContact in theContacts
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          end repeat
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-- init_csv(): defines the fields to export when csv format is selected
-- Each of the fields in the list must match a name used in the routine build_csv_line().
-- The idea is to later create a a pick list so the user can select which contact properties
-- to export.
on init_csv()
          set csvFields to {"first name", "last name", "middle name", "title", "nickname", "suffix", "phone", "home phone number", "other home phone number", "home fax number", "business phone number", "other business phone number", "busines fax number", "pager number", "mobile number", "home email", "work email", "other email", "company", "job title", "department", "assistant phone number", "home street address", "home city", "home state", "home country", "home zip", "business street address", "business city", "business state", "business country", "business zip", "home web page", "business web page", "note"}
end init_csv
-- build_csv_line(): format one line for the csv file
-- Parameter csvFields determins which fields to include in the export.
-- Unfortunately I've not figured out how to use perl-style generation of
-- indirect references. If I could, this would have been much more elegant
-- by simply using the field name to refer to a Contact properly.
-- Note that email address are a special case as they're a list of objects in
-- Outlook. So these are handled specially in the export function and can only
-- be selected by the column names "home email", "work email", and "other email".
-- Outlook allows a contact to have more than one of each type of email address
-- but not all contact managers are the same. This script takes the first of
-- each type. So if a contact has more than one "home" email address, you will
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-- addresses in Outlook to adapt. The alternative is to support multiple
-- columns in the csv like "other email 1" and "other email 2", but that's not
-- supported in this version.
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                              else if aField is "middle name" then
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                                        set aValue to other home phone number of props
                              else if aField is "home fax number" then
                                        set aValue to home fax number of props
                              else if aField is "business phone number" then
                                        set aValue to business phone number of props
                              else if aField is "other bsiness phone number" then
                                        set aValue to other business phone number of props
                              else if aField is "bsuiness fax number" then
                                        set aValue to business fax number of props
                              else if aField is "pager number" then
                                        set aValue to pager number of props
                              else if aField is "mobile number" then
                                        set aValue to mobile number of props
                              else if aField is "home email" then
                                        set aValue to homeEmail
                              else if aField is "work email" then
                                        set aValue to workEmail
                              else if aField is "other email" then
                                        set aValue to otherEmail
                              else if aField is "office" then
                                        set aValue to office of props
                              else if aField is "company" then
                                        set aValue to company of props
                              else if aField is "job title" then
                                        set aValue to job title of props
                              else if aField is "department" then
                                        set aValue to department of props
                              else if aField is "assistant phone number" then
                                        set aValue to assistant phone number of props
                              else if aField is "age" then
                                        set aValue to age of props
                              else if aField is "anniversary" then
                                        set aValue to anniversary of props
                              else if aField is "astrololgy sign" then
                                        set aValue to astrology sign of props
                              else if aField is "birthday" then
                                        set aValue to birthday of props
                              else if aField is "blood type" then
                                        set aValue to blood type of props
                              else if aField is "desription" then
                                        set aValue to description of props
                              else if aField is "home street address" then
                                        set aValue to home street address of props
                              else if aField is "home city" then
                                        set aValue to home city of props
                              else if aField is "home state" then
                                        set aValue to home state of props
                              else if aField is "home country" then
                                        set aValue to home country of props
                              else if aField is "home zip" then
                                        set aValue to home zip of props
                              else if aField is "home web page" then
                                        set aValue to home web page of props
                              else if aField is "business web page" then
                                        set aValue to business web page of props
                              else if aField is "spouse" then
                                        set aValue to spouse of props
                              else if aField is "interests" then
                                        set aValue to interests of props
                              else if aField is "custom field one" then
                                        set aValue to custom field one of props
                              else if aField is "custom field two" then
                                        set aValue to custom field two of props
                              else if aField is "custom field three" then
                                        set aValue to custom field three of props
                              else if aField is "custom field four" then
                                        set aValue to custom field four of props
                              else if aField is "custom field five" then
                                        set aValue to custom field five of props
                              else if aField is "custom field six" then
                                        set aValue to custom field six of props
                              else if aField is "custom field seven" then
                                        set aValue to custom field seven of props
                              else if aField is "custom field eight" then
                                        set aValue to custom field eight of props
                              else if aField is "custom phone 1" then
                                        set aValue to custom phone 1 of props
                              else if aField is "custom phone 2" then
                                        set aValue to custom phone 2 of props
                              else if aField is "custom phone 3" then
                                        set aValue to custom phone 3 of props
                              else if aField is "custom phone 4" then
                                        set aValue to custom phone 4 of props
                              else if aField is "custom date field one" then
                                        set aValue to custom date field one of props
                              else if aField is "custom date field two" then
                                        set aValue to custom date field two of props
                              else if aField is "note" then
                                        set aValue to plain text note of props
                              end if
                              if aValue is not false then
                                        if length of csvLine > 0 then
                                                  set csvLine to csvLine & ","
                                        end if
                                        if (aValue as text) is not "missing value" then
                                                  set csvLine to csvLine & "\"" & aValue & "\""
                                        end if
                              end if
                    end repeat
          end tell
-- Change all embeded "new lines" to spaces. Does mess with the formatting
-- of notes on contacts, but it makes it cleans the file for more reliable
-- importing. This could be changed to an option later.
          set csvLine to replace_text(csvLine, return, " ")
          set csvLine to replace_text(csvLine, linefeed, " ")
          return csvLine
end build_csv_line
-- replace_text()
-- Replace all occurances of searchString with replaceString in sourceStr
on replace_text(sourceStr, searchString, replaceString)
          set searchStr to (searchString as text)
          set replaceStr to (replaceString as text)
          set sourceStr to (sourceStr as text)
          set saveDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to (searchString)
          set theList to (every text item of sourceStr)
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to (replaceString)
          set theString to theList as string
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to saveDelims
          return theString
end replace_text

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