Apps cannot be determined

When I try to sync my phone I get this message:
Cannot sync apps to the iPhone because the apps installed on the iPhone could not be determined
What? Now how do I fix this??

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See:
installed apps could not be determined...: Apple Support Communities
iTunes cannot sync... apps not determined installed on...: Apple Support Communities
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The first thing that I would try, is quit iTunes, restart your computer and restart the iPad.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3504882?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3395256?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3458162?start=0&tstart=0
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Hello glenysfromwm
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http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1614
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-Norm G.

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I have an iPhone 4 Verizon running iOS 4.2.7. When I try to sync the phone with my PC it says something like "iTunes cannot sync because the installed apps cant be determined." This is very frustrating and Ive tried every trick people say fixes it(device manager trick, updating itunes, restarting itunes, different port, restarting cp etc). What can I do? I just want to sync a new album to my phone Please help!

dcjsail wrote:
I am encountering the same problem. This is a good start but need some guidance:
1. How do you get to the iTunes files you mention?
2. What specific files do you need?
3. Will I lose any data?
Thanks for any help.
1) The files are in the iTunes folder. The iTunes folder is in your Music folder which is in your home folder (user).
So go to <user home>/Music/iTunes.
2) Any files that end with .xml, .itl, or itdb. Please note that I had upgraded iTunes many times over the years and had several obsolete versions of those files in my iTunes folder. By moving them out and forcing iTunes to create new ones (see steps 3 & 4 above), I was able to determine which ones iTunes actually needed. Those were the files that I copied back into the iTunes folder, overlaying the new empty files.
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