stuck on waiting for changes to be applied

Thank you a lot.

It worked for me on ios 8.1.2 iphone 5

These steps resolved the issue for me as well, though it isn't clear whether I can turn on "Find iPhone", which I think is critical.

The latest update hasn't made a difference for me.

I'm still stuck with "Waiting for changes to be applied."

Argh!

I had sync problems (hangs in step 4/4 of syncing) for the last month until now. I think it got resolved by the latest updates from Apple. I'm now on OSx 10.10.2 and iTunes version 12.1.0.50

I gave up. I set my phone to itunes match.

This has happened to me 3 or 4 times now, the only way i've resolved it is by restoring my iPod. I don't know why Apple makes it so hard for me to put music onto my iPod. Hope this helps.

Tried everything and this worked for me!

THANK YOU! IT WORKED.

Worked flawlessly for me – process is perfectly defined and all is well with my iPhone 6+, enormously helpful, thank you!

I was having the same problem on my iPad of it being stuck on "waiting for changes", the simple answer for me was that i just needed to unlock the iPad with my pin and then it worked straight away.

cheers, mate. this helped a great deal. also solved a bunch of other iPhone 5s problems as well.

Don't know if this will help but have just had the same problem and resolved it by using a different lightning cable.

In Summary: Options: Uncheck sync only checked songs and videos.

After updating apple mobile device USB driver

Worked for me. Maybe it was just re-booting both the macbook and the iPad. Also, after re-booting, on the mac, I did not sign in to iTunes. Got to step 5 and it started syncing as it should.