ITunes 10.6.1 broke Wi-fi sync to iPhone

Ever since upgrading to iTunes 10.6.1 on Mac running Lion (10.7.3), my iPhone 4S will no longer Wi-fi sync. On the iPhone, going to Settings > General > iTunes Wi-fi Sync shows "Sync Now" as greyed out with the message that it will sync the next time my Mac is on even though the Mac is on and has iTunes running. The iPhone does not appear in the Devices list in iTunes unless I plug it in via USB. Once the iPhone is syncs over USB, I am able to Wi-fi sync properly until I shutdown or restart the Mac then I have the same problem again.

I have had the same problem also. I was able to wi-fi sync without plugging in either my iPad or iPhone with iTunes. With the latest iTunes update, all of this has changed. Even when I sync with the USB cable, it sync's the first time, but if I keep the USB cable plugged in and return later to sync again I get an error message that either the iPad or iPhone cannot be found on the network.
Since I'm a new apple consumer, I have the apple care protection plan. Called them for advice and they could not figure it out. Spoke to Kyle, Senior Advisor, who told me that I could not have been sync'ing without plugging the device into power. I tried to tell him that I had been doing that since the iOS5,1 update, but he told me that I could not have been doing that. Go figure! Anyone know why device is shown on iTunes, syncs intially and then is not recognized later? Please help!

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