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all of a sudden, itunes won't sync: "waiting for items to copy"
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I have exactly the same problem. And I've seen more people with this problem on Spanish forums but haven't seen any solution yet.
I have exactly the same problem. And I've seen more people with this problem on Spanish forums but haven't seen any solution yet.
Visited Genius Bar yesterday for an unrelated reason, but brought it to their attention. Three Geniuses looked at the situation, ran tests, even reinstalled iTunes (which I'd held off doing). Nobody could fix it. Not even the reinstalled iTunes resolved the issue.
I'd figured it was a bug from the start. I still think it's going to be fixed with 10.5.1.
I'd figured it was a bug from the start. I still think it's going to be fixed with 10.5.1.
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I forgot to tell y tried to sync with iTunes on my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.5) and on my iMac in the office (OS X 10.7) and it didn't work on both of them. But also have an iPad2 and could sync it just fine.
I forgot to tell y tried to sync with iTunes on my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.5) and on my iMac in the office (OS X 10.7) and it didn't work on both of them. But also have an iPad2 and could sync it just fine.
After doing a reboot, restore, turning off icloud serves, here's what worked for me, courtesy "coordinate" at discussions.apple.com:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16396729#16396729
Worked and explains why all my voicememos in iTunes were duplicated. I figured that might have been related to the iOS5 upgrade.
Anyway, I deleted all the voicememos off my iPhone (and turned off music sync [though I don't know if this is related]) and it's fixed!
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16396729#16396729
Worked and explains why all my voicememos in iTunes were duplicated. I figured that might have been related to the iOS5 upgrade.
Anyway, I deleted all the voicememos off my iPhone (and turned off music sync [though I don't know if this is related]) and it's fixed!
I did something similar to this.
- Select the iPhone on iTunes
- Select any category (Info, Apps, Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, iTunes U, Books, Photos) make one modification
- Click Apply (sync will restart, even if it's already stuck at "Waiting for items to copy")
- Problem solved!
If the problem happens again, you go through this same procedure?
i had this problem a while back on 4.x...
it ended up being a corrupt file.
i deselected sync photos...
synced the phone, everything went fine...
then i started checking photo folder one at a time until the error came back which isolated the folder containing the corrupt file.
once i removed the suspect files everything was fine after that.
i suppose the same could apply to an App, Mp3 as well...
very frustrating
it ended up being a corrupt file.
i deselected sync photos...
synced the phone, everything went fine...
then i started checking photo folder one at a time until the error came back which isolated the folder containing the corrupt file.
once i removed the suspect files everything was fine after that.
i suppose the same could apply to an App, Mp3 as well...
very frustrating
Possible solution to "Waiting for items to copy"
I found an alternative solution at this blog that worked for me (and lots of others, judging by his comments):
http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/201...o-ios-5-waiting-for-items-to-copy-sync-issue/
- Delete all copies of Voice Memos from your iPhone AND from iTunes (check none are lurking under Music (unknown artist etc.).
- Then re-sync.
Worth a try if other methods haven't helped.
All credit to Peter Upfold for this solution.
I found an alternative solution at this blog that worked for me (and lots of others, judging by his comments):
http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/201...o-ios-5-waiting-for-items-to-copy-sync-issue/
- Delete all copies of Voice Memos from your iPhone AND from iTunes (check none are lurking under Music (unknown artist etc.).
- Then re-sync.
Worth a try if other methods haven't helped.
All credit to Peter Upfold for this solution.
And now, in February 2013 I'm still getting this problem - all voice memos deleted from both iPhone and iTunes, tried everything else in this thread and still stuck at the 'waiting for items to copy' point, running latest iOS (6.1.2), Mac OSX (10.8.3) and iTunes (11.0.2).
Bloody iTunes, it's enough to make me switch to Android when my current contract runs out.
Bloody iTunes, it's enough to make me switch to Android when my current contract runs out.
Patience has its rewards
I have a lot of music -- showed "waiting for items to copy", with no progress bar for about half the day, when restoring my iPhone 5S but it eventually worked!
Although for some unknown reason iTunes does not display a progress bar, I found one on my phone by going to Settings>General>iTunes Wi-Fi Sync. Helps a lot because I could see something was happening.
I have a lot of music -- showed "waiting for items to copy", with no progress bar for about half the day, when restoring my iPhone 5S but it eventually worked!
Although for some unknown reason iTunes does not display a progress bar, I found one on my phone by going to Settings>General>iTunes Wi-Fi Sync. Helps a lot because I could see something was happening.
[doublepost=1504392474][/doublepost]So this worked. Made a change to synchronize voice messages even though I do not want them, and that change allows my thousands of photos and videos to copy from computer to iPhone. This after many attempts of trying other things.