Abbreviated sync sometimes only does apps and photos - not contacts or iCal

I have noticed recently that sync, which was fine for a long time, now often seems to work but goes very fast and only backs up and then does music, apps and photos (which have no changes). It does not seem even to attempt iCal or contacts (which do). This seems normally to be when the iPhone has changes but the Macbook does not.
Simply clicking on the 'sync' button will eventually trigger a proper sync, but this may take several gos (often I still get an abbreviated sync) and seems odd anyway. Behaviour is eventually fine and the clocks are synced of course (& settings are normal and static).
Any ideas?

Did you reset the phone and see if there's any different behavior?
Did you try to reset iSync history?
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