IPad suddenly won't sync any media

I haven't changed anything but today I am unable to get my iPad to sync any media. I tried checking and unchecking various boxes in the Music, TV Shows, and Movies tabs, but every time it syncs, it just skips through all the steps until the last one (photos). Tried quitting and restarting iTunes, no dice. I'm running the latest version of both iTunes and Mac OS. Any advice?

I just tried syncing to my iPhone and to my horror found that the same thing is happening. I also made the terrible mistake of restoring my iPad hoping that would help, but the problem persists and now I cannot reinstall any of my apps, videos, or music. My iPad has suddenly been rendered useless and un-updatable.
I don't get any error messages in iTunes—it acts like it's syncing but just goes through the motions, skipping all the steps and saying "Sync complete". I tried deleting iTunes prefs, turning on and off "Manually manage" etc.
Am I the only person having this problem?

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