Merging iphone contacts with my computer address book

Hi all,
I'm new at this so please forgive this basic question. I have far more contacts on my iphone than on my computer and I'd like to send them over and merge them. Help....
Thanks,
Paul

Hello prjacobs
As long as you have at least 1 contact in Address Book on the Mac/PC then you can connect the iPhone.
In the info tab automatically it should be set to Sync with address book if there is a check mark in the box asking it to do so. If you have a Windows PC then you will need to pull the pull down tab down and choose the application that has your contacts.
Once this is done, press Apply and or Sync. You should get a message asking to merge, choose merge.
If you get a message stating a 5% Sync alert read it carefully.
There will be three things to look for "Add, Modify,Delete" Adding means the number of contacts that will be added to the program.
Modify means the number of contacts that seem similar and need to know which one has latest info.
Delete means you will loose contacts that you may of deleted off the iPhone and they exist in address book and thus will be removed.
Your delete number should typically always be 0. Sometimes might be 1 to 5.
Remember you can not sync contacts to Mac/PC if you are using Mobile Me Syncing of Contacts via the cloud or using Exchange. These have to be turned off if you want to sync directly from iPhone to PC/MAC.
You can always turn it back on once the program is updated and sync normally with Exchange/Cloud again later.

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