Syncing Contacts from my iPhone 4 to my MacBook Pro

I have my Contacts on my iPhone 4 but there is nothing stored on my MacBook Pro - how do I share the contacts with my MacBook Pro and then keep them sync'd?
I also have my Hotmail a/c set up to sync with my iPhone, although the contacts don't copy between them either.
I see there is an option to sync contacts via iTunes when I dock my iPhone but am reluctant to use that until I understand what I'm doing (in case it copies from my Mac to the phone, rather than visa versa).
I have also reset my sync history via iSync.
Thanks.

Enter at least one UNIQUE contact on your computer ( could be a dummy contact).  When you first sync, then you should get the option to merge the data.

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