I get this message -can't read ore write to the unit- when trying to sync any of my ios

When I try to sync my units (iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPod Classic) I get a message that it can't be syncronized because it's not possible to either read from or write to the unit. Problems started about 6 weeks ago, maybe after the latest update of iTunes. before that everything worked fine. I have restored, started up as new unit and so on, but no luck.

This Apple doc is a good place to start -> 'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring iPod
If you have a USB hub, try removing it and connecting the iPhone, iPad or iPod to the back of your Mac.

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