Can't drag and drop apps in iTunes library after a restore

Came back from an update (having transferred all new purchases off my ipod before updating) to find ipod completely empty, and needed to restore! (ipod only 2 months old) Initially couldn't drag and drop any of the library back into restored ipod, but after a computer restart, books and music transferred fine. But no apps (including the ibooks app) will drag across to the ipod: they just become a circle with a slash through.... what am I missing here?

Thanks David - that wasn't it, but I have managed to find a fix after trawling through various forums - I logged out then logged back in. Simple as that! Sadly I'm still none the wiser as to what caused the problem in the first place, so don't know if or when it'll reoccur. I also found it was affecting iPhoto after I first posted, so not an iTunes specific problem obviously. Thanks to all those who posted fixes in various forums, though some looked a little too scary for me to try out...

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