Waiting for changes to be applied - Problem

When I sync music with my iPhone 4 running IOS 7.0.2 to my iTunes vers. 11.1 (126) it hangs on "Waiting for changes to be applied". I have already reset my iPhone. I have already restored my iPhone. I have my iTunes set at "Automatically when this iPhone is connected". I have already deleted all my playlists and created new playlists. I have already signed off and signed on to iTunes. I'm very frustrated because I've never experienced this problem until I upgrade my IOS to 7.0.2. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kevin

i'm having the same problem with my 3rd gen ipad...
3 other devicesare fine: iphone 5 x2, ipad 2nd gen. All running iOS 7, syning to MBP in 10.8.5
I've restored it 3 times, done a hard reset and removed everything (photos, movies, books, ring tones, etc) but the aps from it. Turned off iTunes Match and reinstaled iTunes on the Mac.
The same time it was updated three books from the bookstore came in multiplied, one was the iOS 7 iPad manual. Tried deleting them and downloading again but they are still duplicating on the device (only one copy in iTunes). I delete the iBooks app and downloaded a new copy. The duplicates wre still there. Right now the books and photos only sync once after a restore and then it goes back to either cancling the sync or hanging at waiting for changes to be applied.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
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Did you:
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
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ITunes stuck on "Waiting for changes to be applied"

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- If a sync doesn't complete, it gets stuck on "Waiting for items to copy" or "Waiting for changes to be applied". Via fs_usage, it seems like nothing is happening during this phase. I've left it for two hours and it doesn't move on from this phase unless you manually cancel the sync.
- It's manifested itself on two different phones - an iPhone 4S and a iPhone 6.
- Each phone has enough space for the items I'm syncing
- Sometimes iTunes or gets confused and moves the entire music library on my phone into "Other". Recently I had 42GB of "Other" on a 55GB device. See attached screenshot: http://monosnap.com/file/AaDzqWpgtNXtfTYdy8iscfTKrkZGWC
- The problem has persisted across multiple versions of iTunes (at least versions 11 and 12)
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- uncheck Sync Music and recheck it - as mentioned above, this works one time, this method is also error prone (takes 3 or 4 canceled syncs before it decides to actually transfer the songs)
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- remove the SyncServices/Local directory - didn't do anything
- remove iTunes and every trace of it I could find (com.apple.itunes and related plist files) and reinstall from the Internet - I got one good sync after this and then it got stuck again.
I would appreciate your help as I'm at wit's end here. If there are any debugging logs or further information I can post, please tell me - I'm a software engineer by trade and have a fairly good idea of how to operate a machine (though not really how to debug a closed-source binary, maybe I should learn how).
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Kevin

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I get to the part where it says "waiting for changes to be applied". And it stays stuck on there. It's been going on since yesterday. I've never had this problem before.

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Anyone having this same problem? I need my iPad to sync! efclvkjhbsdfvlkj
Yes, my iPhone 5 running ios 7 will not sync in *any* way with itunes now. I can neither add nor remove content via itunes. I just tried to delete 100% of my music from my iphone, it hung forever on "Waiting for changes to be applied" and then when it was finally done... no changes had been applied.
I can't add, remove, change, delete or in any way of any kind sync my iphone with itunes any longer.
I'm becoming the person who refuses to update to the new Apple OS. I used to get very excited about new OS updates. That all ended around Mountain Lion. Yesterday when I saw that Mavericks was out I wasn't excited. Instead I felt a sense of dread, and for good reason. Every time they release an OS in the last few years it's just a cluster-F.

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So far I'm loving iOS 5 on my iPhone 4. Most everything is working great except for the fact that when I sync my phone it gets stuck on the final part of the sync (which was never part of the sync steps in the past) "waiting for changes to be applied." It happens anytime I make the iPhone sync: Transferring purchases, backing up, or making new changes like adding songs or apps.
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