HT204150 will merging contacts from a macbook air with iCloud duplicate my contacts?  There is no sync option given, only 'merge'!

will merging contacts from a macbook air with iCloud duplicate my contacts?  There is no sync option given when I select contacts in my iCloud preferences screen, only 'merge'!  Before I do it I'd like to know if I'll create a ton of duplicates.  If yes, then how do you link contacts from your macbook with icloud?  Thanks

If the same contacts exist in iCloud and on your MBA then there will clearly be duplicates. Export the contacts from the MBA, (On My Mac account) and then delete the content of the On My Mac account, then join iCloud on the MBA.

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