"You do not have enough access privileges to sync this iPod"

Ivan P · Apr 10, 2009, 07:32 AM

Hey guys,

Starting a few hours ago I've had a really odd iTunes syncing problem. Whenever I connect my iPod it's coming up saying "you do not have enough access privileges to sync your iPod".
I did a search and people seemed to only suggest reinstalling iTunes, making sure you have an admin account, and restoring the iPod. I've tried all of that (by default I have always had an admin account anyway).
I'm trying to sync with my MacBook Pro and before several hours ago I had been having absolutely no problems with it before...

Any ideas?

bozz2006 · Apr 10, 2009, 07:43 AM

I wish I had some advice for you. That seems like a pretty unique problem. I would suggest doing a permissions repair and see if that helps.

applications --> utilities --> disk utility --> repair permissions

interlaced · Apr 10, 2009, 10:40 AM

Hmm.. try this. Make sure your iPod allows for Disk Use. Go to your desktop, select your iPod and hit Command+I. Scroll down to Sharing & Permissions. Click the "+" sign (unlock the lock, if you have to), choose your User name and click "Select". Now, click the little gear next to the "+ -" boxes, and choose "Apply to Enclosed Items". Then try to sync again in iTunes.

Ivan P · Apr 10, 2009, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by interlaced

Hmm.. try this. Make sure your iPod allows for Disk Use. Go to your desktop, select your iPod and hit Command+I. Scroll down to Sharing & Permissions. Click the "+" sign (unlock the lock, if you have to), choose your User name and click "Select". Now, click the little gear next to the "+ -" boxes, and choose "Apply to Enclosed Items". Then try to sync again in iTunes.

Its an iPod touch so it doesn't allow disk use

I think I found thbe problem though. I was moving my data between my iMac and my new MacBook Pro, and for some reason the permissions on some image folders were changed. This included my iPod folder that I store all the photos that I sync the device so, of course, my iPod didn't have permission to sync said photos, thus canceling the sync. I stupidly started another restore, so I'm just waiting for that to finish to see if disabling the photos will work

Ivan P · Apr 10, 2009, 10:04 PM

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An update, I got it to sync finally, turned out it was indeed the photos, all I had to do was copy them into a new folder and delete the original....so for anyone that encounters this, try moving any of the folders that sync to your iPod. If you're asked for a password at all, that's the problem

Apr 10, 2009, 07:32 AM	#1
Ivan P macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Home	"You do not have enough access privileges to sync this iPod" Hey guys, Starting a few hours ago I've had a really odd iTunes syncing problem. Whenever I connect my iPod it's coming up saying "you do not have enough access privileges to sync your iPod". I did a search and people seemed to only suggest reinstalling iTunes, making sure you have an admin account, and restoring the iPod. I've tried all of that (by default I have always had an admin account anyway). I'm trying to sync with my MacBook Pro and before several hours ago I had been having absolutely no problems with it before... Any ideas? __________________ Black 64GB iPhone 5 / Black 3rd-gen iPad, 64GB Wi-Fi 17" 2011 MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Core i7, 750GB HDD, 6GB RAM 11" 2010 MacBook Air, 1.4GHz, 128GB SSD, 2GB RAM
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Apr 10, 2009, 10:04 PM	#5
Ivan P Thread Starter macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Home	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5H11a Safari/525.20) An update, I got it to sync finally, turned out it was indeed the photos, all I had to do was copy them into a new folder and delete the original....so for anyone that encounters this, try moving any of the folders that sync to your iPod. If you're asked for a password at all, that's the problem __________________ Black 64GB iPhone 5 / Black 3rd-gen iPad, 64GB Wi-Fi 17" 2011 MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Core i7, 750GB HDD, 6GB RAM 11" 2010 MacBook Air, 1.4GHz, 128GB SSD, 2GB RAM
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Apr 10, 2009, 07:43 AM	#2
bozz2006 macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Minnesota	I wish I had some advice for you. That seems like a pretty unique problem. I would suggest doing a permissions repair and see if that helps. applications --> utilities --> disk utility --> repair permissions
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Apr 10, 2009, 10:40 AM	#3
interlaced macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2005	Hmm.. try this. Make sure your iPod allows for Disk Use. Go to your desktop, select your iPod and hit Command+I. Scroll down to Sharing & Permissions. Click the "+" sign (unlock the lock, if you have to), choose your User name and click "Select". Now, click the little gear next to the "+ -" boxes, and choose "Apply to Enclosed Items". Then try to sync again in iTunes.
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