Q: iTunes stuck on last stage of sync, "Waiting for items to copy", NEVER COMPLETES??

I have the exact same problem - updated to ios5 and iTunes 10.5 today and now can't complete a sync because it's wating to genius items to copy. Kind of frustrated.

Same problem here.

Stuck at Syncing Genius Data.

I've let it sync for over 2 hours and it still is stuck there.

Cancelling the sync once i get there is the only thing i can do now. Not that it affects the backup but it still feels bad to stop the sync when it's not done.

Hope they fix this soon.

Having problems in Windows 7 64 bits.

Hey, I was having the same problem,, i just got mine to work. Take off everything but your apps (meaning take off pictures, music, ringtones, movies, tv shows, etc just leave on the apps) Then go up to the top and go to Store and turn off Genius. Restore your iPhone (It'll ask you to back up, click yes.) Restore from back up, Let your apps come back then when those are done add each category one by one. (i.e. click Photos -> Sync Photos and let them finish, then click something else like music) Hope this helps!

It's the same deal for me. I have Windows 7 and an iPhone 3GS. The loading window just says "synching artwork to iPhone (Step 4 of 4)-- Waiting for items to copy." The loading bar under the message looks like gives the illusion that it's finishing but this has been going on for more than an hour. I've had many other problems with this iOS 5 download.

Yeah, do what i said above and it should work fine, well did for me at least.

I have the exact same problem.    So it looks like there's a major bug; I think I'll wait for the next iOS update instead of mucking around.

Mine gets stuck on the downloading Safari safe browsing.  No doubt the genius bar is going to be full of people with very expensive bricks in their hands

This allowed me to sync about a 1/4 of my songs, then it cancelled again. Can some address the "Other" listed on my iPhone Capacity Bar.  It has something to do with the failed attemps to sync, after every failed sync it gets larger.

Same here im stuck on step 8  ( syncing artwork ) even if i try to get artwork, nothing seems to work, hope apple will quick to resolve this.

Thanks for sharing. I've followed every step you mentioned but it didn't work in my case. Still stucked at "Syncing Genius Data" (Step 5 of 5).

A bit desperate with this!!

You turned off Genius?

Yes, i did. It was the first thing I did.

Here's the fix. Followed the instructions and my ipad synced in seconds.

http://leimobile.com/faq-how-to-fix-ios-5-photo-sync-issues/

i'm also having this issue, none of the above solutions completely fix the problems for me..

they do however change the error message.. previously i was getting the "waiting for files to coppy" with "syncing music to iphone.." above it in bold. now the bold text has changed to "syncing artwork to iphone none of the