Podcast download problems - suddenly

I've been happily downloading podcasts through iTunes for some time
Now, suddenly (it seems), it no longer works
I can subscrive to podcasts, I can get an "episode list" of a podcast, but when I try to actually download the podcast episodes, I get an iTunes error message which says
"There was a problem downloading (podcast episode name. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."
What on earth is it talking about??
I'd be very grateful for some suggestions to help track down why this is not working when it was only a few weeks ago
Thanks
Phil G

Maybe it's permissions on some parent folders.
When you get a podcast, what itunes does is create a temporary folder named Podcasts in a folder named Downloads. When the DL finishes, itunes does some rearranging by putting podcast in the final Podcast folder and deleting the temporary Podcast folder.
So look at permissions on the Download folder - read/write isn't enough, you need create/delete for that temporary "Podcast" folder, too. Full control over the entire music folder & subfolders should fix it.

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