.mac address book doesn't sync to mac book address book

just got my macbook and became a .mac member, I set up everything correctly but when I sync from the .mac window in system preferences it doesn't give me the contacts on my address book on the macbook.
For some reason or another it sometimes works comingup with a screen allow or something else but it's not working anymore. Please help I'm getting frustrated because I know it's probably something simple.
thanks in advance.

figured it out myself. All I needed to do was be patient.

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Correct of update any information in these records, then back them up as outlined above. Then launch iSync, open the Preferences… dialog, press the Reset Sync History… button, and follow the instructions which appear.
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Yes, now I have one. It's an iCloud syncing error, and it wipes your edits on your Mac everytime.
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(Sorry, Winston, and maybe Roger, I must be developing Alzheimer's ..I just cannot understand how this iCloud system works..)
I've searched through hundreds of queries and answers, but cannot find a similar problem ..but maybe I simply haven't looked hard enough.
Question on behalf of my good lady ..and I've been tearing my hair out over this for WEEKS..
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