How do I add a smaller contact list to my phone and eliminate my original?

Question

My Mac Address Book has more than 1,000 contacts. When I first got my iPhone, I synced all of these contacts into the phone. Now I want to cut that list in half. So I made a new group on my Mac Address Book. I'd like to sync that list to the phone. But I'm afraid that I'll just wind up adding 500 to the already listed 1,000.
How do I bring the new smaller list to the phone, eliminate the larger list from the phone, but continue to sync contacts that I put on to the phone into my Mac desktop Address book?
Sorry if this is confusing.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello Elaine.
So I made a new group on my Mac Address Book. I'd like to sync that list to the phone. But I'm afraid that I'll just wind up adding 500 to the already listed 1,000.
Not true IF you use the following settings.
Under Sync Address Book Contacts, select Selected Groups.
Select this newly created Address Book Group only that contains 500 contacts in the Groups list and then sync.
When completed, the 500 contacts along with this single Group will be available on the iPhone only.
When adding a new contact to the iPhone's Address Book, you can add the new contact to the primary "All Contacts" Group or to the Group name that contains the 500 contacts transferred from your Mac.
Select the Group name to enter the contact in this Group which will be available in both - All Contacts and this Group name. If you enter a new contact in the primary All Contacts Group, it won't be available in the Group that contains the 500 contacts.
Syncing the iPhone will transfer any new contacts entered on the iPhone to your Address Book accordingly.