HT1386 Synching Contacts from Address Book

Recently had my iPone 4s stolen. Until I replace it I am using my 3G, when Synching my iPhone to my Macbook all of my contacts were erased off my phone. My contacts are still all saved in my Address Book on my Macbook, how do I synch them onto my iPhone?

Prior to connecting your phone to your computer open iTunes and go to Preferences and on the Devices tab check "Prevent…from syncing automatically".  Then connect your phone to your computer and to go the Info tab of your iTunes sync settings and confirm that you have checked Sync Contacts with Address Book.  Then further down under Advanced>Replace information on this iPhone, check Contacts, then Apply and sync. This will replace the contacts on your phone with the ones in Address Book. After syncing your iPhone contacts should be correct.  You can go back to iTunes Preferences and re-enable automatic syncing if you prefer this.

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