I am getting and error message saying a duplicate file name was specified

Help I am trying to sync new songs onto my Iphone and keep getting an error message telling me "the iphone can not be synched. a duplicate file name was specified" how can i fix this,

I have a 27" iMac with the latest version of iTunes.  I tried restoring my iPod and even removing and re-installing iTunes.  What eventually worked for me was plugging into my PC and restoring/reformatting it to work with my PC.  I don't know why it wouldn't work with my iMac, but now it seems to be working.

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