HT1386 Trying to sync my music into my iphone 4s but a pop up keeps showing up saying "The iPhone "Brandon's iPhone" cannot be synced. A duplicate file name was specified." How can I fix this?

Trying to sync music into my iPhone 4s but a pop up keeps showing up saying "The iPhone "Brandon's iPhone" cannot be synced. A duplicate file name was specified." How can I fix this?

Remove any duplicates in your iTunes Music Library by following the link below:
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
Then try to sync again.

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