HT1692 My Contacts synced once to my iPod, how do I get them to sync again with updates?

My Outlook Contacts synced to my iPod once (after finally finding out how to so that). Since then it has never synced with Contacts again. It syncs the music just fine. Some instructions I have read mention an "Info Tab" after selecting the device. I have not seen this info tab. So I can't even get past the second step to sync Contacts to my iPod. I have updated the iTunes application once since that time. The screen view was noticeably different after that. A left sidebar was no longer there. Perhaps some of the necessary things to select for syncing Contacts are now hidden.

It's hard to say what would cause that but I doubt you are doing anything wrong.  They only way you could intentionally make you contacts or calendars disappear is if you either turn off iCloud syinc for contacts and calendars in Settings>iCloud or signed out of your account.
If it continues to happen, you might want to completely sign out of your account, then sign back in.  To do this, you would want to start by saving any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll.  Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide your password and choose Delete from My iPhone when prompted (your data will still be in iCloud), then sign back in.

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