My iTunes library on my new Macbook will not sync to iPhone 5

I just got a new MacBook Pro and spent a lot of time organizing my music into new playlists, deleting old music, etc.  When I plugged in my iPhone 5 to update it with the new library, the new playlists I had just created disappeared and it wouldn't sync to the new library.  This was very frustrating to me.  I then did a sort of "test run" with my much older iPod and it seemed to sync fine.  I don't know what to do.  I've tried checking and unchecking the Sync Music box, restarting both my computer and iPhone, and I even restored my iPhone to factory settings.
It often stops at the "waiting for changes to be applied" stage, or, sometimes, it will sync just some of my music.
I've about had it.  All I want is for what is exactly in my iTunes library to sync to my iPhone and I can't figure out what is going on.
Please help!!

Maybe:
"Waiting for changes to be applied": Apple Support Communities
Next try restoring the iPod and resyncing

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