I added contacts to on my IMac, how do I initiate backing up my contacts to the cloud?

I added people to contacts on my Imac but when I look at contacts on my ipad I do not see them there, how do we initiate back-up of our contact to the cloud?

Hello matakc,
It sounds like you wish to setup iCloud on your iMac. The following resource will walk you through this step-by-step.
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Thanks,
Matt M.

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