ipod cannot be synced. you do not have enough access privileges for this operation. Why is this message appearing in my itunes?

Not sure what OS you are running, But I fixed this problem on my Win7 PC:

After searching the web and granting permisions and changing share settings between user profiles on my PC,

the thing that finally allowed my iPad to sync:

I closed iTunes, clicked start button > all Programs > clicked iTunes folder >> RIGHT CLICK iTunes Prog icon and Run as administrator.

It was that simple. Hope it helps.

thanks dland125! I am running Windows Vista SP2 and have been getting this error on my daughter's old ipod touch 4 and her new ipod touch 5. I've spent hours trying to delete files, verify folder permissions, updating software. etc. and this did the trick! Happy New Year!

Try removing and re-installing iTunes and all other Apple software using the instructions in this Apple support document.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925

B-roc

Thanks for sharing! 🙂

B-rock

Finally something was corrected very easily. Thank you so much for the post.

Glad to hear it worked for you as well. 🙂

B-rock

Thanks - worked like a charm!

Thanks for letting us know. 😝

B-rock

I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice and still have the problem. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

I have also right clicked the itunes icon and run as administrator and that doesn't work. This really *** because I have just added new songs and can't get the **** things on any of my ipods!

thank you so much bro

Thanks! I have been frustrated for awhile with this problem. I'm running Windows 8.1, and your solution to run iTunes as the Administrator worked perfectly!

Awesome! Helped someone who'd been at this for 15hrs & this took care of it simply in less the 20 minutes 🙂

For others - it did not work on my iPad with the Windows 10 OS I have on my PC (that I now regret installing).

Don't know what else to try.

This fix also helped me running windows 10