How to sync iPhone's Facebook integrated contacts to Address Book (Mac)?

Hello Apple Support Communities!
I have a question regarding the Facebook integrated contact entries in iOS6. Is there any way of syncing them onto the Mac's "Address Book" or iCloud?
Seeing as how they contained a lot of information, I copied all the numbers and addresses onto these Facebook contacts and deleted the ones I originally had. But when I synced them onto the computer, only the ones that weren't linked to Facebook stayed in the address book and iCloud.
Perhaps there is an app that allows me to export the contacts on my iPhone and onto the Mac?
Thank you in advance!

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu and check the processor.
If it's a PowerPC Mac, it can't sync that iPhone.
If it's an Intel Mac, click here, install the DVD, and run Software Update.
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