How do I transfer my SMS/Messages from my Mac to my iPhone (and not vice versa)?

Alright I couldn't find anything on this on the internet. My iPhone had a problem so I had it sent to Apple. It came back today and obviously all of my stuff is deleted. Before sending it to Apple I had done a backup of course. I have synced my iPhone with this backup now and everything seems to be there again - except the reminders and my messages. It's not bad about the reminders as I have written them down somewhere, for the time the phone was in repair, but all these nostalgic messages - well, I would love to get these back. I have an iOS Folder somewhere on my mac, with another folder called "SMS" with sms.db in there. I think I copied this from an earlier backup when I upgraded to iOS 5, so some messages may miss, but I don't know where the actual SMS from the last backup (before sent to repair) were saved.
I heard it's in User/Library and this is where my path ends because I do not have this folder, I only have a library folder in "Macintosh HD" on my Mac, and if I go further in this one, there isn't anything to find their either.
So yeah - basically, how do I get all these SMS back on the iPhone now?
All help is appreciated!
Greets

Thanks, it worked. I had to sync it with the backup I had made back in October when I upgraded to iOS 5, because I couldn't find the backup I had made before I sent it to Apple. Is it possible that it was overwritten when I plugged my iPhone, is that what this option in the iTunes preferences is for?
If so, then I recommend to anyone who has the same issue to make sure it is disabled before even connecting the iPhone, or it will be overwritten.
Thanks again for the help!

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