stuck on waiting for changes to be applied

Is that in Windows or OSX? I don't see it under OSX, for me the Devices tab just has a list of device backups, an option to prevent automatic syncing and a button to forget iTunes remotes.

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Thank you so much! 🙂

gotcha.

Pain in the neck it may be, glad you could find a solution.

of course, now they have iOS 7.0.2 so maybe the gremlins will come right back.

THANKS! I was finally able to complete the sync.

Can you perhaps say more on this? I've tried a few suggestions and some problems have been solved however, more would be nice as I still can't sync for some odd reason.

Just chiming in with "same problem" (and bug report filed at http://www.apple.com/feedback/). Syncing via USB. No iCloud usage. Problem started this week. Did not occur with iOS 7.0 and iTunes 11.1, but seems to have happened after iOS 7.0.2.

I seem to have fixed the problem by un-syncing all non-app content (removing all music, podcasts, photos, etc., but not apps) from the iPod, disabling auto-lock on the iPod, re-syncing all content, and re-enabling auto-lock. Three good syncs today following this.

Possibly related: I'm no longer seeing any device backups listed in iTunes Prefs / Devices, except for only the most recent backup. I've tried toggling backup encryption and autosync, to no effect.

Unfortunately, now it's taking forever on 'waiting for sync to start' - I just can't get itunes 11.1.1 to work properly.

I performed what Nancy Trainer suggested for my iPad. I "Restored iPad..." and upon completion of that step I "Restore backup...". Works great now.

Unfortunately, waiting doesn't always work. In my case, I let it stay for 2 hours before finally giving up.

I've now managed to fix my issue. Had to restore my iPhone, and set it up as a new device. Not ideal, but it worked for me.

Thanks for this. I unchecked Sync with this iPhone over WIFI and music started to sync. Been bugging me for a while now, but after restoring this finally worked so thanks!

Tell me about it. I've had issues with only one smart playlist with live updating actually working for a long time. I miss being able to use smart playlists 😟

I tried all the suggestions. Nothing has worked for me 😟. I just want my music...