IPhone 3GS contacts to Address book

Excuse the stupid question, but I've searched and searched without finding a response to my question, though I'm sure there is, I just can't seem to find it anywhere !
All I'm trying to do is Sync my contacts from my iPhone (3Gs - iOS4) to my new MacBook Pro Address Book - how do I go about doing this? It seems like something should of popped up and asked me to merge them, but it didn't..
Any help would be much appreciated!! Thanks!

tanman44 wrote:
All I'm trying to do is Sync my contacts from my iPhone (3Gs - iOS4) to my new MacBook Pro Address Book
Is your new MacBook Pro the Mac that's controlling your iPhone? If not, that's the first thing you need to fix. Then plug in your iPhone to the Mac, launch iTunes if it doesn't already launch, select your iPhone under "Devices" on the left, then click on the "Info" tab. That's where you'll find sync settings for Address Book.

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