How do I move contacts from the group "All from my Mac" to iCloud?

Question

prior to my problem, I was using Microsoft Exchange for years to keep my contacts in my phone, so if i were to delete the exchange account, my contacts would go with it. I deleted my Microsoft Exchange account (copied all my contacts onto a spreadsheet beforehand) and was left with an empty phone except for a couple of contacts I had created on my iMac which transferred into my phone under "All from my my Mac". Now, I've attempted to manually input the contacts from the spreadsheet into my phone, which caused the contacts from my phone to sync into Contacts in my iMac. I want my contacts to sync into icloud, but i don't know how i can "move" them into iCloud. please help!

Answer 1

If you still have access to the exchange account, the easiest thing to do is add it to your phone (Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>Exchange, then turn Contacts on in the exchange account), then do the following on your phone to copy them to iCloud:
Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (any iCloud contacts will still be in iCloud).
Download the app My Contacts Backup.  (If you have more than 500 contacts to copy from your exchange account you will need the “Pro” version.)  Use the app to back up the remaining contacts on your phone (from the exchange account) as a vCard attachment to an email that you send to yourself.  Confirm that you have received the email.
Go to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section) and set this to iCloud.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars…tap your exchange account account and delete it from your phone again (or at least turn Contacts off).
Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from your account back to your iPhone, and to iCloud.