HT1386 I try to sync my music back over after restoring my phone and I keep getting stuck on the waiting for changes to be applied step.

can anyone help me fix this issue. It is particularly annoying having lost all the music I have on my phone when all I do is listen to music.

Version 11.1.5 of iTunes was just released today. If you update to that, does that help with the recognition troubles?
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

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