How to sync contacts on iMac to iPhone?

My contacts in my iPhone 4 randomly disappeared this weekend...grrr.  It was not backed up on iCloud and I can't find the last backup (besides one that was done tonight when I plugged my phone into my computer, after all the contacts disappeared).
Is there a way to sync the contacts on my iMac to my iPhone?  This is what I've tried and it hasn't worked:
In iTunes, under "info", I clicked on "Sync Contacts"
Under "Advanced" on the same page, I checked off "Contacts" and then "Replace information on this iPhone"
I hit Apply and it said it was syncing
Nothing happened on my iPhone
Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated!  Thank you.

Turn contacts off and then on again in your iCloud settings on your iPhone. When it askes to you to keep or remove the current on on the phone.(if there are no contacts on the phone then say remove) and always ok the merge with iCloud. If the doesn't resolve the issue try deleting your iCloud account and then add it again.

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