Mac to iPad sync fails, "waiting for changes to be applied"

Wifi itunes sync of one-week-old iPad to Mac running recent Lion, iTunes hung with message on "Step 6" saying "waiting for changes to be applied."
I've seen lots of users report this, but this was with a pure Apple-to-Apple configuration, with an iPad 2 literally only a week old.

Try this previous discussion:
"Waiting for changes to be applied": Apple Support Communities

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