Syncing iPhone with reformatted MacBook Pro

I had to reformat my Mac due to a File Vault issue. When I plug in my iPhone into the Mac, there are no syncing actions.
How can I safely get my contacts from my iPhone onto my Mac?
Thank you!

Never mind...I answered my own question For those of you who have to deal with this, go into iTunes, under iPhone, and then choose what you want to sync. You can completely replace the info on your phone or add the iPhone data to your calendar.
Now...how do I back up the info on my computer? Anyone?

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iTunes automatically syncs voice memos to your iTunes library when you connect iPhone to your computer. Voice memos are synced to the Voice Memos playlist. iTunes creates the playlist if it doesn’t exist. When you sync voice memos to iTunes, they remain in the Voice Memos application until you delete them. If you delete a voice memo on iPhone, it isn’t deleted from the Voice Memos playlist in iTunes. However, if you delete a voice memo from iTunes, it is deleted from iPhone the next time you sync with iTunes.
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If things seem to be going haywire with your phone, it seems that it MAY be a software issue.
Now, that being said, that does not necessarily mean that it is a virus. Software issues do happen sometimes. It is probably just coincidence.
What you need to do is restore the device using iTunes. This will fix any software issues. After you have done this, you can restore from an iCloud backup.
iCloud does not back up the actual software, so no, the "virus" would not have gotten into the backups.
The link below provides steps on restoring your device using iTunes as well as how to restore from an iCloud backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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How do i sync my contacts from my iPhone with my macbook pro for messaging purposes?

Hey dthompson2108,
Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
You can sync contacts between your iPhone and MacBook Pro using iCloud or iTunes.
See this link for help with setting up iCloud on your computer and device(s):
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
Instead of turning on iCloud on your iPhone and Mac, you can sync using iTunes as explained in this article:
Sync your iPhone, iPad, and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy

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Interesting observation. Thanks for sharing.
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iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the Option (alt) key (shift on Windows), then guide it to the new location of the library.

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Hello magestecal,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where you're getting a permissions error when trying to sync your iPhone, I'd like you to please follow the steps in the article below.
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization - Apple Support
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Hey there David,
If you are still not receiving your iMessages between all your ios devices, I recommend the following section of this article:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages - Apple Support
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Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive on each iOS device and make sure that you signed in with your Apple ID. You must use the same Apple ID on each device.
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By iMessage At and make sure that you selected each phone number and email address you want to use with iMessage.
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Sign out of your Apple ID in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and Settings > FaceTime on all devices.
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Marc Grobman, Do wrote:
Just purchased new MacBook Pro. Can't find NEW firewire cables in local stores.
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