Itunes always gets stuck at "waiting for sync to start" and "preparing to update"

I uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, that didn't help. I restored my ipod, that didnt help. I CANT SYNC AT ALL

I can't see the answer as to how you fixed this. Can  you please advise? It is extremely frustrating. It was working fine for me a few weeks ago. Everything is haywire since I downloaded all of the newest softwares.

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