The finishing sync message

The problem is temporarily fixed by Restoring the phone or ipad. It comes back again if you sync both or more with the same computer.

Some discussion over in https://discussions.apple.com/message/23529277#23529277 -- but iPhone5 related, not iPad. should be similar.

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Why does the "Finishing Sync" stage never finish?

When syncing both my iPhone 5S and my iPad 3rd generation the sync progresses well and all items appear to transfer properly. But when the last stage of "finishing sync" arrives the system seems to hang indefinately and never actually finishes. I have to "eject" each product to force sync to quit. I don't notice any bad behaviour on either product, but the lack of completion concerns me. I have gone so far as the RESTORE the iPhone, set it up as a new device, and manually reconfigure all the settings and re-synce all my apps, music and photos and I still get the same result. I did notice the first time a sync was performed it completed quickly as expected but all subsequent attempts hang up on the finishing sync stage.
Any suggestions on how to rectify this issue are appreciated.

Hello jb2000,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535?viewlocale=en_US
Connect the device to your computer.
Open iTunes.
Select your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. If your device isn't visible in the upper right corner of the screen, choose Library.
Click the Summary tab and unselect "Manually manage music and videos."
Then try to sync again
Best of luck,
Mario

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Extremely long "finishing sync" message on PC, Why

I've noticed this too at times. But it DOES eventually finish.

My new iphone 5 s never finishes a sync. it stays on the "finishing sync" stage forever, and I ultimately have to click the done button without getting finished.

anybody else having the problem. I can't get my iphone to finish a sync. it just keeps going on and on.

Take it to an Apple Store for testing. If you don't get immediate satisfaction, exchange it for another one, which you can do at no cost, no questions asked, within 14 days of delivery.

IPhone5 and iPad3(iTunes 11.1.2) after syncing never finish syncing continuo stay in finishing syncing need help.

iPhone5 and iPad3(iTunes 11.1.2) after syncing never finish syncing continuo stay in finishing syncing need help.

Same issue here iTunes stuck on "Finishing Sync"
Tried to leave it for 10 hours without any changes "Finishing Sync" still shows in iTunes
The Setup:
itunes 11.1.2.32 - install on Windows 7 Enterprise 32bit - Service Pack 1 + all updates from windows update
iPhone 4S - running IOS 7.03(11B511)
Additional information
During the update to from IOS 7.02 to 7.03 the update process stopped and asked to restore the iPhone
The restore deleted all data on my phone. Yes restore means delete all data including your photos.
My backup did not work so now running IOS 7.03 with the "Finishing Sync" issue on iTunes
Please let me know how to solve this issue

Itunes crashing on "finishing sync"

Whenever I try syncing my ipad to itunes (on Windows 7), itunes stalls out on the "finishing sync" If I disconnect the ipad after a long wait, the apps can not be started, the icons just "explode"
Do I need to reinstall itunes on my PC? How do I do that? Will I loose my apps, or will they transfer when I reinstall?
At least the sync gets through the back up phase. It does take a long time for itunes to "verify" my ipad, but it does...
Help! I am going through Pocket Frog withdrawal!

Hi,
itunes stalls out on the "finishing sync" If I disconnect the ipad after a long wait, the apps can not be started, the icons just "explode"
Try troubleshooting your installed apps. With the iPad connected to your computer, launch iTunes. Select the Apps tab in the menu.
Under *Sync Apps* on the left side of the window, deselect all but three boxes. Then click the Sync button bottom right side of the window.
If you can sync those apps successfully, then try 3 more apps. Hopefully you can narrow down the app that's causing the problem.
Carolyn

Itunes stuck at finishing sync

Hey guys,
Alright so here's my problem. I just bought a 7th gen ipod nano yesterday and ever since then I've been trying to sync my music to it with no success at all. The problem seems to be that every time I hit sync, it eventually gets stuck on "finishing sync" forever.
I do notice however that the spinning circle next to my device name turns into an eject button at that point and the apply or sync button on the bottom right becomes clickable again. But when I try to click the eject button while the top of my iTunes still says finishing sync, a new window pops up that just says syncing ipod with a bar going across it. That window also stays forever and the only way I can get rid of it or get back into iTunes is to end the itunes process from the task manager and repoen.
If I try hitting the apply or sync button that becomes relit, then the finishing sync problem just happens again. When I try to just pull my ipod out or exit itunes all together, the ipod says that I have no music on it. The weird part of that however is that in the "general" it says I only have 2 gb left available, even though right above it it says I have no music pictures videos etc. If I were to sync all of my music to the ipod, it should have around 2 gb left. However it is not there. This has led me to believe that all of my music has indeed been synced to the ipod, but for some reason it's just not showing up. I've tried resetting my ipod, updating itunes, etc. No luck.
I've even tried syncing 100 songs instead of 2000 songs, hoping that if I sync a little at a time it'll work. No luck.
Someone please help me this is driving me crazy!

Alright guys quick update. After I wrote this post I went back over to my ipod and guess who decided to start working lol. The ipod is now disconnected and it says that there is about 13.something gb available and that it has the 120 or so songs that I tried syncing most recently on it. But now when I look at itunes it thinks the ipod is still plugged in and is still stuck in that forever syncing loop. I just exited the itunes via the task manager. The new problem that arises is that when I try to play one of the songs that successfully made it over to my ipod, as soon as I click on it, the screen goes black, then the apple logo appears, then it brings me to the home page. No music played.
What's wrong with my ipod/itunes lol

I get the following error message when trying to sync "could not be synced because the sync session failed to finish"

hi just got a gift of an ipod touch model MD720LLA with operating system iOS7.1.2
I get the following error message when trying to sync "could not be synced because the sync session failed to finish"
what could be the problem
have also uninstalled and re installed itunes
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Same issue here. Latest iOS 7.03 + latest OSX Mavericks 10.9 + latest iTunes 11.1.2 + iPhone 5s & iPad 3. Syncing seems finished, but the message "finishing sync" & a moving status bar just don't go off.

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I manually add my songs to my iphone, after dragging from itunes, it shows the syncing message but the songs do not show up on the ipod. I was able to copy songs successfully before.

I manually add my songs to my iphone, after dragging it from itunes, it shows the syncing message but the songs do not show up on the ipod. I was able to copy songs successfully before. Please help.

Now title changes are showing up on my iPod, but not artist and album changes

I manually add my songs to my iphone, after dragging, it shows the syncing message but the songs do not show up on the ipod. I was able to copy songs successfully before.

I manually add my songs to my iphone, after dragging, it shows the syncing message but the songs do not show up on the ipod. I was able to copy songs successfully before. Please help.

Now title changes are showing up on my iPod, but not artist and album changes

I have a 2nd generation Ipod. I have it connected to my computer and see (my name) ipod on my screen. Everytime I try to add a new song to the Ipod, this message comes up and I am not sure what to do: The Ipod, (my name) is synced with another ITunes li

I have a 2nd generation Ipod.
I have it connected to my computer and see (my name) ipod on my screen.
Everytime I try to add a new song to the Ipod, this message comes up and I am not sure what to do:
The Ipod, (my name) is synced with another ITunes library on A74F65. Do you want to erase this Ipod and sync with this ITunes Library?
An Ipod can be synced with only one ITunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this IPod with the contents of this ITunes library.
Then it asks me if I want to delete and sync.
I am not sure what to do for fear of erasing everything I have put on my Ipod.
I would appreciate if someone could help me out.

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to use iTunes to play the Music in your iPod but which is not in your itunes library. I don't think Apple design iTunes for use in your way. As to put and play music in iPod, the music has to be in iTunes first, so you play music in the iTunes music Library. the window with Ipod music is just to show you which music are already in the Ipod, in case you want to Manually Manage your huge music library.
Here is the iPod/iTunes manual from the Apple Support Site.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_Features_Guide.pdf
Have A NICE DAY!

I keep getting the following error message when I try to update my itunes, "There is a problem with this windows installer package. Aprogram run as part of the set up did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor."

I keep getting the following error message when I try to update my itunes, "There is a problem with this windows installer package. Aprogram run as part of the set up did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor."

Yes, I had found a similar solution also. I'm running XP Pro, SP3. I went Control Panels/ Add-Remove programmes/apple software update/ change/ repair. Then run the 10.5 exe.
While the programme updated from version 8 of iTunes, my new iTunes is now a mess. Not all of my music was in the same folder previously but it all showed up on iTunes. Now many albums have been left out, some have only a few tracks and some have two copies of some tracks as well as having other tracks missing. I haven't begun to work on that.

Help, I can't sync any music to my iPhone 5s or iPad 2 ! :( it says it's finished sync but the music is greyed out and not on my devices.. I've tried unchecking the music and doing it manually. Nothing works. I took it to Apple store Robina no help..

Help, I can't sync any music to my iPhone 5s or iPad 2 ! it says it's finished sync but the music is greyed out and not on my devices.. I've tried unchecking the music and doing it manually. Nothing works. I took it to Apple store Robina no help..

So I have found a common denominator to this phenomenon. After having the same problem, I started to recopy my playlist of 500+ songs in groups of 10-20, 30+, 75+, and then over a 100+. Any music I have purchased from iTunes won't copy, but everything else did. Unsure if I made a playlist called "Purchased" at some point or this is an iTunes default, I also noticed it had some of the songs contained in my other playlist and was showing on my iPhone. Regardless of what I did such as dragging music from that playlist to the other and clearing songs from that playlist, I removed it altogether from the iPhone itself vs. doing through iTunes. After that, music copied fine to my playlist.
So, my theory is that iTunes is getting tripped up on purchased tracks already showing on the phone and all songs are showing grayed out/dotted circle because iTunes can't resolve the conflict with purchased tracks.
Hope this makes sense and is helpful.

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