Contacts created on my iPhone won't sync anymore (iOS 6 & 10.6.8)

Hi,
Contacts created on my iPhone don't sync with Mac (= are not visible in Address Book).
I have this problem since I made the iOS 6 update (iPhone 4 / iOS 6.1.2 / Mac OS 10.6.8 / iTunes 11.0.2 / USB sync).
I tried disabling / enabling Contacts sync in iTunes. No effect.
Using iCloud and/or upgrading to Lion is not a solution for me.
Haven't found any solution yet. Others have the same issue:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20363944#20363944
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21481733#21481733
The only clue I've got is the following: using a freeware to backup my phone contacts (by searching in the backup file of the phone created by iTunes), I noticed that the freeware finds the same number of contacts (856) on my phone that Address Book displays on the Mac — yet the iPhone should have 2 more (or the mac 2 less), since I created 2 contacts on the phone that don't display on the mac. So maybe, just maybe, it's a "visibility attribute" problem? I'm not technician.
This issue is very irritating, basically there's no "synchronization" per se anymore.
Thanks in adavance for any help you may provide.
Giu_

There have been some reports of this with iTunes 9.1. There is a new update that may fix it. Use the "check for updates" in the iTunes Help menu.
If that fails try completely uninstalling iTunes as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925, download the latest iTunes from the Apple site, then reboot and install the downloaded iTunes. Be sure Outlook is not running during the removal or installation processes.
Oh, BEFORE you do any of the above make sure iTunes is still set to sync with Outlook (on the Info tab). Try the simple stuff first!
Message was edited by: Lawrence Finch

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