Why does it keep showing "iPod cannot be synced, an unknown error has occured (13019)" ? PLEASE HELP ME!

ive had this problem for quite a while, itunes wont let me add songs or movies to my iPod. anybody know why? how can it say "UNKNOWN ERROR"? if they dont know what error it is, how did they detect it?

First try here:
iTunes: Error 13019 during sync
Then this previous discussion:
Help Unknown Error 13019 (Updated)

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I don't want to restore it because then I'll lose all the information on my apps. (Is there any way to recover that information along with the apps?) If I do restore it, will there be a chance that the error will occur again, otherwise I would have lost everything for nothing.
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