Why don't new contacts sync from iMac to iPhone?

It works the other way 'round... i.e. when I add an address to Contacts on my iPhone they appear in Contacts on my iMac, but not from desktop to phone. I must admit I'm confused by iCloud, so maybe I've set something up in correctly.

Probably because (on the iMac) you are entering them into the On My Mac account in Contacts, you should enter them into the iCloud account, in Contacts, on your iMac.

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