ITunes 10.5.3 syncing problems

Ever since I have updated iTunes I have been having problems. Half the time it won't even open or recognize my iPod at all. When it does recognize it, I receive an error when I try and sync it. Usually it's error -60 or sometimes it's an error 50. Is there anything I can do to fix these problems or is it just the newest version of iTunes screwing up?

Ever since 10.5 came out, I've been reading the RSS feed of this group to see if it was safe to upgrade, and I've been seeing more and more synch problems, especially corruption of the iPod Classic harddisk requiring reloading, and problems and interactions with antivirus. I'm very glad that I've stayed on the 10.4 version; it validates my notion of not upgrading iTunes unless you must (there was one point where the iTunes store stopped working and I had to upgrade).
I've summarized what I've seen on this forum on a post in my blog. There I've identified a site that supposedly has older versions of iTunes available, although I'd prefer a pointer to an internal Apple site. What I don't know is whether the database format is the same. You could try backing up your database (i.e., the .itdb, .itl, and .xml files in your iTunes directory), following the Apple procedure to complete remove iTunes (found at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925).
I don't know if Apple is aware of the Synch problems created for the iPod Classic in the 10.5.x series, but unless you need to upgrade, I'd suggest waiting. Watch this forum and see what comments show up. For those posting here... please identify the version of iTunes you are using, and what has changed on your system between the last time you were able to synch correctly and when synch started failing.
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Summary:
Updated iPod to iOS 8.2.
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Also lost cover art on iPod after synching.
Products:
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iTunes 12.1.0.50
MackBok Pro OS X Mavericks (10.9)

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