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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