Sync iphone to mac computer using OSX 10.6

Hello group,
I have recently aquired a MiniMac computer and would like to sync my contacts from my IPhone 4S to it. The Mac is an older model with 120GB HHD and 2MB ram, running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  I called Apple and the tech advised against upgrading my OS to Lion, which would allow me to use iCloud.
HELP! How can I manually transfer my iPhone contents to my computer?

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