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I'm having a problem with iTunes where syncing my iPhone ends up seeming to basically finish, but it says "Waiting for items to copy" after everything else, and just stays there for... well, a very long time, if I let it. I'm not sure this is always the case, but at the moment, it's doing this while "Syncing Genius Data to [my iPhone] (Step 8 of 8)".
If I click the little x in iTunes, it then gets stuck on "Canceling sync", for an equally indefinite sort of period.
If I simply unplug the phone, everything seems to be synced and happy, but the next time I sync, it happens again.
I presume this is a bug of some sort on Apple's part, but it seems like people have found workarounds. I'm just having trouble tracking one down that
- is well described enough that I can actually follow it
- has enough detail that I can do it without losing data, i.e. tells me path names that I might want to copy first, or the like, before telling me to remove something. Note: see also the first point — I can't remove it if it's telling me to remove something that I don't know where it is!, and
- otherwise seems sane
Had the same thing happen on my iPhone 3GS, it wasn't until there was a large OS update that it was fixed. My next step would've been a factory reset (which the iOS ?5? install kindof does) – HaydnWVN – 2012-04-12T14:03:09.500
1Hmm, weird. I just installed the iOS 5.1 update a bit ago, and I'm pretty sure my next sync still failed after this, but maybe that was just because my iPhone had still been plugged in? I just tried again, and it resolved itself. So I guess maybe this did the trick! So, taking this answer to be "If an update is available, install it." Of course, I had been wanting to get a "successful" sync to happen first... that's why I'd waited this long in the first place! Ah well. :) – lindes – 2012-04-12T14:25:56.307
1I totally understand that reasoning, it was why I initially attempted to sync over and over despite the sync hanging at "waiting for items to copy". Oh well, at least it's resolved. – tke808 – 2012-04-12T15:27:22.173