Contacts wont sync from iphone to imac

iPhone 4/os5 , imac/OS10.6.8, itunes10.5.1
I am not using mobile me, but prefer to sync manually over the hard wire. Calendars, music and mail are fine. (Mail is over 3G) Data and contacts added on phone do not appear on iMac/main computer. This has not always been aproblem, but has been for past 6- 12 months. I am not really willing to wipe out all contacts on eithe computer, as I update both ways-- I just want the most recent changes to win, no matter where they were added. Isn't this the point of synced devices?
iMac is the 'mother' computer in a house full of networked devices, but won't take new information in from contacts. I know this issue has been bouncing around, but haven't seen aclear answer to my version of it. any tips ?

Hi, I also use an APP called-> dropcopy -> very useful between iPhone & Mac..
http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/iPhone-Utilities/1000406269
...L

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