Sync Contacts on iPad and MacBook

When I make changes in Contacts on the MacBook, they get picked up by Contacts on the iPad. However, when I make changes on the iPad, they don't get picked up by the MacBook. I'm guessing that it has something to do with the Push/Fetch settings, but I don't know that for certain. Right now, the setting is Push.

Well I answered my own question. I just deactivated all the other accounts on my iPhone except iCloud, and all the duplicates disappeared. Before I did this, I merged duplciate cards on the MacBook Pro (from the Contacts Card menu selection). iCloud needs to be selected as the default account on all your devices, and it seems that other accounts need to be deactivated. Be careful - deactivating an account also erases entries associated with only that account.

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