ICloud Address Book iMac Address Book?

Why does my iCloud Address Book have 80 contacts while my iMac Address Book has 182? There's no obvious pattern in the dropped entries. Seems like iCloud just dropped a random bunch of cards.
Any ideas?

Sometimes it's just the simple things. Went into System Preferences > iCloud, unchecked contacts, re-checked contacts. My iMac, my Air, & my iCloud now have the same contacts again.
Thanks for the reminder. : )
Take care.

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I tried to change my iCloud email address as it was based on an obsolete email address that I no longer use. I think I got the new iCloud address set up, but I have now lost all data in my calendar and address book on my iMac. My iPad calendar and contact book seem ok. Anyone got any idea what I need to do to restore this data ?
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Solved it myself. What I did:
1) I have four Lion OS and two iOS devices.
2) I kept one computer with the complete address book I wanted to start with but disconnecting it from iCloud's Contact sync via Apple Menu > System Preferences > iCloud uncheck Contact Sync
3) Logged into iCloud.com and deleted all the contacts and groups manually ( many keyboard shortcuts worked )
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I am somewhat new to iOS and OS having grown up with DOS and Windows. I am not familiar with IMAP and iCloud and I am not even sure which types of servers my various emails use.
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