IP4 - new user account on Macbook - can't synch with itunes

I'm hoping someone can help me. I had trouble with my user account on my Macbook, rendering it unusable due to constant paging, so I created a new one, and have been transferring my data across. I find that I can't sync my iP4 (iOS 5.0.1) though. I get this error:
The iPhone "[device name]" cannot be synced. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.
Does anyone have any idea how I can correct this? I can't find anything in the iTunes preferences or context specific menu from the device item in the list to alter access privileges. Nor can I find anything in the phone's settings to correct this. I have rebuilt most of my library manually in iTunes and can back up the phone, but can't sync past 'step 3' as the error crops up at 'step 4' (of 7). This means I can't add new content that I have added to my library.
Do I have to do a restore and start from scratch? That seems insane, given I have authorised the new user as one of my five computers, and am authenticated as the same Apple ID as the phone.

Okay, I have fixed this manually (read: laboriously), with permissions changes, file movements, and much exporting from devices and importing to iTunes. What a pain though. Surely it's not meant to be this painful!

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