IPhone : Syncing Contacts to iMac

Hey,
I will probably get the new iPhone soon and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to SAFELY transfer all my current iPhone contacts to my iMac in order to re-transfer them to my new iPhone.
Thanks

Your contacts are part of the backup you make in itunes. So if you connect your phone for the first time and sync, you can restore it from your backup and have all your settings, contacts, calendars etc. transfered to your phone again.
See what's included in your backup and how to restore:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766 and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
And, as you probably use Time Machine for your backups, make sure you backup before you connect your phone, just in case..

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
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