Contacts Edited on MacBook Fail to sync to iPod

I edited a contact on my MacBook, synced my iPod via the cable, and the contact remained unchanged on my iPod.
I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this problem.

The following Apple article did fix my Mac Address Book not syncing to my iPod Contacts:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2481
The article also suggests first resetting SyncServices, but that did NOT work for me.
But then  doing the next 28 steps suggested in the article (after resetting sync services) did solve my problem of changes in my Mac Address Book failing to sync to my iPod. Because I had some 30 Address Book Groups and thousands of contacts, this was a tedious process, but it did work.
For some reason, this article failed to display when I searched for Apple.com for Address Book sync issues. But thankfully I found the link  in someone's discussion  on MacRumors.com. So I thought I'd post it here in case it might help others also.

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