How do I sync contacts on my Mac to my iPhone 4S?

I have an app called MyContactsKeeper that backs up an iPhone's contacts into a designated Dropbox account. 
I now have an iPhone 4S that I'm trying to pull these stored contacts onto, but not all of them are transferring even though the files (filetype .vcf) are still in the Dropbox account. 
I now want to try to manually add these contacts to my 4S but don't know how.  Can I download these .vcf files and add them to Address Book and from there sync Address Book with my 4S?  Is there another way to get these contacts from my Dropbox onto my 4S?

Did you back up your iTunes library from your computer and restore it after reloading? Does your music appear in iTunes on the computer? If so, you can just re-sync it. Media on the phone will be wiped since you'll be setting it up to sync with a new iTunes library.
If you don't have a copy of your iTunes library. you're hosed. The iPhone is not a backup device. Sync is one way with the exception of music purchased on the phone.

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