HT1386 I am trying to sync my iPhone 4s to my MacBook Pro... hours have gone by.. it continues to show a spinning beach ball

So, trying to sync my phone - hours now of "Step 5 - waiting for items to copy"
What can I do?

"would it work if i backed up or restored my iphone on my macbook? "
No.
"The computer it is synced to is a dell"
So, copy everything from the Dell to the Mac.
Your iphone will be erased and the content replaced with the content from the new computer.  You need to amke sure that everything is on the new computer.
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