Error when trying to sync - 'Unknown error (-48)' - HELP!

Hi everyone
Been having some iPod trouble this week - and now the next issue!! When I connect my iPod to my Mac, iTunes opens as it should, but then the following error pops up:
The iPod cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (-48).
I haven't got a clue what this means or how to sort it out. Can anybody please help?

Apple are working on a permanent solution for this so hopefully we'll see a firmware update to fix the bug soon. In the meantime their advice is to change the Time Zone settings on your Mac to Pacific Standard Time (PST), restore the iPod and then change the time setting back: iTunes for Mac reports a -48 error during iPod sync

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