Moved media to external drive and now iphone won't sync!

Hi friends
I recently posted this question here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5301334?start=0&tstart=0
And Chris was very helpful, but I still can't get it to sync.
The update is that I have now successfully updated my ipod nano and my ipad, but when I plug in my iphone 4s, it goes through the syncing motions, then says "cancelling sync" when it gets to step 6 of 6.
Here is my original post. Please help! :
I recently moved ALL of my media (music, movies, etc) to my external Seagate 1TB hard drive to free up 200+ gig on my Macbook pro. I followed all of the steps, everything works perfectly, iphone is recognized and syncs all playlists, apps, etc EXCEPT it won't add any new music since the transfer.
So for instance, I added a new playlist for the new NIN album. It sits in the exact same place as all of my other music, but when I sync the phone, it only syncs the older media and NIN is nowhere to be found on the iphone.
I've scoured every message board and blog I can find and can't seem to find the answer.
Anyone??

I updated itunes and my iphone with the new IOS7 last night and phone will still not sync with itunes.
Is there really not ONE person in the entire Apple community who can help with the most basic problem there is - syncing my phone with itunes???
I'm asking nicely - please help!!!

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This is my first time using glad you are here, but all the passwords!!
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If I already moved Itunes media folder to my external drive and now my music is not matching up in iTunes, what should I do? I have tried my solution !?, and now I have 17,000 songs, instead of 9,000!
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