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"Waiting for changes to be applied"

Alright, i recently upgraded my PC. Running Windows 7 x64. I have not been able to sync properly since I got this up and running. I have the latest itunes, and have an iPhone 4 iOS 5. I even completely uninstalled iTunes, and anything with the name Apple in it from my PC.


I installed itunes again, plugged in my phone, it found the drivers. I open itunes, and click sync. and it just sits at "Waiting for changed to be applied" and thats it. It will not sync at all. This is a WIRED sync. not the wireless one. Can anyone please help! I want to sync my podcasts ofr listening on a daily basis.

iPhone 4, Windows 7, iTunes 10.5

Posted on Oct 21, 2011 5:22 PM

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Feb 23, 2013 7:00 AM in response to Element905

I have just gone through the same problem waiting between the "waiting for changes to be applied" and "waiting for items to copy"

After reading one of the other posts, I went in and unticked tones, then resynced again.

This worked straight away.

Going back into tones, it appeared to have each tone in there twice.

I have now been able to synce one of each.

Everything else synced perfectly. 🙂

Good luck

Apr 3, 2013 3:34 PM in response to Element905

I nearly pulled my hair out with this poxy upgrade. no music at all. wouldn't sync. i did EVERYTHING the lovely people on this feed suggested. I managed to get 9 of my 5000 songs to sync (the most recent) BUT now i have realised that i have to download ALL of my songs through icloud (just by pressing the little cloud button you see next to the track) to get them on my ipod... can i do them all at once... of course not. Apple is evil and takes pleasure in our sodding misery. so i now have to download 5000 songs... SEPERATLEY.. via icloud JUST to get them on my ipod. i will NEVER make the mistake of agreeing to a software upgrade. and i sure as **** won't be doing it with my phone. BE warned.. NEVER take the upgrade unless you have an enormous amount of time on your hands (which i do not). Thanks apple you useless 'siadgbosidhbgvp'.

May 28, 2013 5:53 PM in response to mvb2717

I had this problem for the past few weeks and just got mine figured out. I didn't have any Voice Memos so that didn't work for me. Noticed that I had an APP on my screen that said it was 'waiting' figured out it was GOOGLE + App. I went to the APP screen within Itunes and DELETED the Google+ app and it cleared up immediately. Figures those Google guys would .........OK I won't go there. Anyway, deleting the Google+ app worked great and I don't intend to reinstall it. Never used it anyway.

Hope this helps someone else.


mrbigf00t

Jun 8, 2013 2:10 PM in response to Element905

I have been trying all the suggestions above and I still can't get past "Waiting for changes to be applied". I don't have any voice memo's due to having an iPod Touch. I closed all the applications which didn't work at all. I turned off the Internet on my iPod and plugged it into the computer because it kept loosing connection with the wifi sync. It's been on "Waiting for changes to be applied" for an hour now! I'm really getting frustrated and I can't get the new CD I got onto my iPod. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me please.

Jun 19, 2013 10:18 AM in response to Enabler1

After doing everything everyone has said, and giving up, from replacing Itunes on my Computer, restoring my Iphone, going into the Command Prompt and resetting stuff, to syncing nothing but still freezing so there wasn't a knackered file in the music or photo, shut down all my apps running in the back ground, to standing on one foot whilst reciting the alphabet backwards, still nothing, useless and rubbish, HOWEVER,

I simply do now what enabler1 suggests and that is Sinc by Wifi. Go into settings on itunes on your computer and 'allow syncing via wifi', then go into Iphone settings on your Iphone and 'sync with itunes via wifi' It only does it when plugged in to mains and within wifi location so is ideal. I've just done it, it's as quick as being attached to the computer and IT WORKS!

Jun 21, 2013 11:32 AM in response to Carts7

Seriously. After being at this since 0430, it's the blasted ringtone sync?


I tried:

  1. New Cable
  2. Restart iPhone
  3. Restart iTunes
  4. Reboot MacBook
  5. Wifi sync
  6. Turn off Match
  7. Clear warnings
  8. Prevent....from syncinc automatically
  9. Reset Cache



And it's uncheck Sync Tones.


How hard is that to fix, Apple? Remember the Mac tagline: "It just works." Yeah...no, no it doesn't.

Aug 9, 2013 8:28 AM in response to Element905

I have been having this issue on and off. Extremely Frustrating. Today I removed all my Tones and all the music from my iPhone 5. I actually went into the music app and deleted everything one by one seeing it was downloaded to my phone. once I took all of them of i restarted my device, let it sync without them checked, and then added them back to my device and it works fine now. Hope this helps!

May 1, 2014 5:31 PM in response to Htangye

OK i just mine working after the new UPDATE then tonight I go to add music and its STUCK again screw this im taking it back for a refund why cant this work........i have had it since JAN hasnt been out of the box till last week when update happend it fixed it now im back to square one WAITING FOR CHAINGES TO APPLY 4/4 *** apple this is so ridiculous the $$$ it cost to have our products and we get thsi if someone cannot help me IM DONE 😠

May 2, 2014 9:34 AM in response to chiahyena

Wow! i have to say, that I cant believe apple is doing nothing about this issue, looking at all the complaits they are i just lost all my music contacts and everyhing else cause from back up it will not sync either,althought erase and reisntall itunes, return to factory settings on my phone, still wont sync Wow apple this is how you threat your customers??

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