Transfer Contacts from my Macbook without iCloud?

[Christopher11]

Hi there. My macbook (2.4Ghz Intel Core Duo. OS 10.5.8) doesn't have Mountain Lion, and thus doesn't have iCloud. My new iPhone 4 does of course. What is the best way to transfer my contacts from my contacts book on my Macbook to my iPhone 4?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

[VPrime]

You can use iTunes.
Or sync your address book with a service like google, then have it sync to your phone with googles exchange servers.

[Christopher11]

Thank you. I thought of using iTunes, but when connected I only seem to be able to transfer audio or video. Can you tell me how i would select the contact info for the iphone 4? I exported my contacts to my desktop on my macbook. Thanks again.

[Weaselboy]

Just open Address Book on the Mac and do a command-a to select all, then in the File menu select export and chose the export as vcard option. Now email that file to yourself on the iPhone and open it. You should be asked if you want to import all those contacts into the iPhone contacts. Done.

[paulbennett95]

You only need Lion (OS X 10.7) to have iCloud, so maybe upgrade?

I don't know how to otherwise.

[Christopher11]

Originally Posted by Weaselboy

Just open Address Book on the Mac and do a command-a to select all, then in the File menu select export and chose the export as vcard option. Now email that file to yourself on the iPhone and open it. You should be asked if you want to import all those contacts into the iPhone contacts. Done.

Worked! Thank you.

[Weaselboy]

Originally Posted by Christopher11

Worked! Thank you.

Well of course it did. Glad that helped.