IMac address book photos

I have imported my outlook contact list to my iMac and added photos to the contacts, but when I sync my iPhone the photos do not display with the contacts on the phone.  Any suggestions?

Was this data on the external drive transferred from a Mac running 10.4?
If so, you need to transfer the Mail.app preference file from the old Mac also which is located at Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.mail.plist. This preference file stores all account information and general Mail.app preferences.
If you have this file from the old Mac and if this old Mac was running 10.4, do the following.
With the Mail.app quit on your new iMac, place the backup copy of the Mail folder at Home > Library to replace the previous backup copy of the Mail folder placed there.
Place the com.apple.mail.plist file from the backup drive at Home > Library > Preferences on your new iMac.
Launch Mail and it should be identical to Mail on your old Mac at the time the backup copy of this data was created.
For Address Book data, with the Address Book quit on the iMac and using the Finder, place the copy of the AddressBook folder from the backup drive located at Home > Library > Application Support in the same location on your new iMac - Home > Library > Application Support > AddressBook.
Launch Address Book and all data should be restored.
Safari Bookmarks are located at Home > Library > Safari.
With Safari quit, place the copy of the Safari folder from the backup drive at Home > Library.
Do you use iPhoto for your pictures and if so, did you backup your iPhoto database of just some photos?

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