Itunes could not copy 'song' to the ipod 'name ipod' because of an unknown error occurred (-5000)

Itunes could not copy 'song' to the ipod 'name ipod' because of an unknown error occurred (-5000)

This problem does seem pretty random, affecting just a small number of tracks. Apparently it is due to some file corruption or something... Anyway, this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2654317?start=15&tstart=0 has a couple of solutions spelled out. Basically the same thing that a-monk-at-large suggested above. (Delete and redownload the offending tracks.)

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  • TS3218 Syncing my 6th generation Ipod Classic 160gb, I get messages saying itunes could not copy songs to the ipod; (code -50) the reason. What must I do to correct this error, please?

    Syncing my 6th generation Ipod Classic, I get loads of the same message, "Itunes could not copy songs into ipod due to error -50". The syncing then completes with only 15gb used space and 143 gb space free.
    What can I do to correct this error, please?

    See Corrupt iPod classic,
    tt2

  • "itunes could not copy song to the ipod because the file could not be converted."

    Hello.  I'm using iTunes 10.6 and trying to sync an iPod Classic 120GB with Mac OS X 10.6.8.  I keep getting the error "itunes could not copy 3 songs to the ipod because the file could not be converted."   All three songs are AAC, 256kbps. I didn't have this problem with these songs a couple days ago until I decided to convert all 256kbps songs to 128kbps to fit on my 120Gb iPod.  iTunes, nor my iPod haven't updated during this time.  Any suggestions?
    -Chad

    This problem does seem pretty random, affecting just a small number of tracks. Apparently it is due to some file corruption or something... Anyway, this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2654317?start=15&tstart=0 has a couple of solutions spelled out. Basically the same thing that a-monk-at-large suggested above. (Delete and redownload the offending tracks.)

  • ITunes could not copy " song " to the iPhone " iPhone name " because the file could not be read or written.

    Hi All,
    Computer-
    MacBook Pro
    Processor  2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
    Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
    Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
    Phone-
    Iphone 4s Model MC922LL
    14GB
    -iTunes version 10.6.3 64-bit. 
    -Happening since os x update 10.7.4.  No issues with os x 10.7.3. 
    -It will look like it's sync'ing the song both on the mac and the phone, but it's greyed out on the phone where it shows the progress of the song coming over.  It will then give the above error after about 5 minutes.  Can't play the same song through itunes on the mac as well.  It will play for a milisecond then hang iTunes and at other times the entire macbook pro so I need to hard shutdown.  About 500 songs out of 6000 so far I've found the issue.  Doesn't seem to be any from the itunes store, just cd's I've ripped onto my mac but I'm not positive on that as I can't test all songs with the time it takes to reboot (found the 500 by trying to sync all songs and having itunes random pick them).  Also noticed that on a single album most songs will be fine but then others have the issue.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
    Chuck

    Ok, so I dont think that I have ever been more mad at a program than I am right now.  So I had about 120 songs on my iPhone that I all bought myself, but about 80 of them were on my computer.  So I imported them into my iTunes library then I tryed to sync all my music back on; including the other forty songs.  But when I did that, all of the 80 songs wouldnt sync.  They work perfectly fine on iTunes, but they will just not sync!  I have tried dragging them into playlists and everything.  I am not new to iTunes, and I completely understand why people steal music and jailbreak their devices.  All the stupid copyright laws and sharing stuff mixed with a poorly written program makes everything so difficult!  I completely understand why people try to root their iphone and manually drag the songs on, because there isn't something saying "no! don't do that!  Even though you bought the song you can't do that!"  If Apple was so concerned with copyright, then they should really try to fix iTunes and make it easier for people to use, because otherwise, they are really turning people away from paying for their music.  I know quite a bit about computers and have been around, and if iTunes is messing with me, I am positive that it would be insanely confusing for an old person, or someone who just wants to put music on their iPod and doesnt want to deal with all this stuff that he has no idea about.  Well, sorry about the huge long complaint, but it is so annoying, and I am sure that many people will agree with what I just said!  Oh and if anyone does have advice, feel free to let me know.  Thanks.

  • Itunes could not copy (song) to the Ipad because the file format is inv

    Huh... that's supposed to be "invalid" there at the end...
    Anyway, I've ripped my entire CD collection in to Apple lossless format files. These take up a lot of room, naturally, so now that Itunes can convert them into smaller files when I copy them onto my devices without affecting the originals on my HDD, I wanted to use that option so I can carry around more of my music.
    Problem is, some of my music won't copy, and that's the error message I get. Itunes can play the music just fine, but it won't copy it on to my devices.
    Any ideas? I've searched these forums, but I can't seem to find anything helpful...

    No answer, but I've got the same problem with iTunes movie purchases as well. 8 will transfer via Home Sharing, but 30 won't. Wasn't looking to transfer songs, but did a couple of tests. A song that I ripped from a CD transferred fine. My most recent iTunes music purchase transferred fine, but the first one I ever bought, back in 2006 did not.
    I can't find any other answers either.

  • Error message: "iTunes could not sync contacts to the iPhone "name here" because an error occurred while sending data from the iPhone."

    Began when Apple replaced my HD on my iMac. I can backup without any problems but when it is time to sync, I get this error.

    I want to add that I deleted all the old back-ups and created a new back-up without any issues except sync problem.

  • TS3694 Error message "Itune could not copy 'song' because of an unknown error occured"??

    I purchased a couple of albums from Amazon and downloaded to Itunes. I have done this many times in the past. I can play the songs on Itunes but when I try to upload that music to my Ipod I get an error message "Itunes could not copy "song" to the Ipod because of an unknown error has occured. I have purchased many albums and songs from Amazon and even the Apple store and never had this problem. Has anyone had this happened and was there a fix to be able to upload the music to the Ipod??? Any help would be much appreciated!!

    1.Update your Quicktime
    2.If you have local Admin rights righ click Flash and try "Run as administrator"
    When trying to export a MOV file
    Are you importing a mov file and having trouble to export to swf/mov
    or
    do you mean you have an animtion you want to export to Quicktime?

  • TS3833 I am receiving this error when syncing my ipod: iTunes could not copy "song name" to the iPod "name" because an unknown error occurred (-50).  I am using iTunes version 10.6.3.25. Why?

    I am receiving this error when syncing my ipod: iTunes could not copy "song name" to the iPod "name" because an unknown error occurred (-50).  I am using iTunes version 10.6.3.25. Why?

    Right click the filename that won't download and selsct 'Get Info'. Look at the file path, does it have a //?// in it? That is a problem with Amazon downloads that prevent iTunes from finding the file. Use 'Add Folder' to add the album to your library and try syncing it again

  • Get the following error when trying to sync itunes to Nano itunes could not coppy " Song"  to the ipod because unknown error occurred (-5000).  Any ideas?

    Get the following error when trying to sync itunes to Nano itunes could not coppy " Song"  to the ipod because unknown error occurred (-5000).  Any ideas?

    Try my script FindTracks. Select a few of the missing files to start with then run the script. Choose No at the first prompt so that you can check how it works track by track, then confirm or edit the location of the media folder where your files are. Once you are happy with how it behaves let it process larger numbers of tracks automatically.
    tt2

  • When I attempt to sync my iPod with iTunes, "iTunes could not copy "songname" to the iPod because an unknown error occurred (-69)" HELP!!

    When I attempt to sync my iPod with iTunes, "iTunes could not copy "songname" to the iPod because an unknown error occurred (-69)" appears, I have attempted to restore my iPod settings but this doesn't help at all. This only happened after I installed the latest update of iTunes.

    See Here :
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1210

  • ITunes could not copy [song title] because an unknown error occurred (-54)

    For the past month or so I've been unable to sync it with iTunes. When I do, it starts but after a few hundred songs, I get the error that "itunes could not copy [song title] because an unknown error occurred (-54). When I click OK, it then says "synching" but nothing is actually happening, and the only way to even get my browser working again is to restart my pc. I have deleted the song in question, but it will just do it again with a different song. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes to the most recent version, reset the iPod Touch numerous times, As well as deleting the iTunes files off of my computer and reloading all the muisc to it. To make things more interesting, it does all of this on my laptop pc as well as my desktop. Now. all of this may have started before upgrading the software, but that was the last time in months that I tried to sync it, so there may or not be a correlatoin there.
    Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.

    Try:
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/18687758#18687758
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19573110#19573110
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/20050391#20050391

  • ITunes could not copy "song" because of an unknown error (-50)

    Hello there, i need help, recently I bought an used 160GB iPod classic, when I sync it with iTunes it syncs like 400 songs (from 800), and then iTunes freezes, when it comes back it shows an error: "iTunes could not copy "song" because of an unknown error (-50)". I don't know how to fix this, i have already tried restoring, disabling my antivirus, updating, reinstalling iTunes, using another computer, using another wi-fi, manually syncing, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, I am  desperate, please HELP!

    See this older thread for a few ideas on how to resolve the issue.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3924425?tstart=0
    B-rock

  • ITunes could not copy "file" to the "iPhone" because the file could not....

    I recently downloaded a few episodes from the iTunes store through my iPhone. All episodes worked fine until I synced my phone with my Mac. After reorganizing some music, I found that I had to place all the tv shows back into the phone. However two episodes would not sync. The error messages:
    iTunes could not copy "file" to the "iPhone" because the file could not be read or written.
    Attempting to copy to the disk "iPhone" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
    Syncing everything else works perfectly fine. I am under the impression that these two video files are corrupt. What's strange is that they worked perfectly fine when I downloaded them directly on my iPhone. The "corrupted" videos DO play on iTunes, but they will freeze. I have to skip over that particular time in order to play the video.
    So my question(s):
    Are my files corrupt? How would I go about to fix this issue? Is there anyway I can place the SD versions of the videos instead the HD ones (Given that it's even possible)? I would hate to spend money again to re-download these episodes because I was provided with incomplete files.

    This happens time to time with me for some reason. So frustrating there inst a better way that iTunes response to it. Once the failure to copy and the other errors come up, you have to unhook the iDevice and close and reopen iTunes. Sometimes you have to kill the application if it is hung.
    Then, go into the sync settings and UNCHECK all media. Sync. Then go to the summary page and check "only sync checked songs and videos" and go to MUSIC and check ONE album. Sync. Repeat this one by one until you get the error. then uncheck the album that caused the error and repeat. Very very annoying but the only way i have gotten this to solve.

  • I set up a playlist in itunes and when i tried to sync it to my iphone i get an error message "itunes could not copy "x" to the iphone "x" because a timeout error occured.  Using itunes 10.5.2.11 and Windows Vista 64

    I set up a playlist in itunes and when I try so sync it to my iphone, I get an error message "itunes could not copy "x" to the iphone "x" because a timeout error occurred.  Using itunes 10.5.2.11 and Windows Vista 64.  Any help?  Thanks in advance!

    I have the same question and the only reply I've found on the forum was "change the USB hub", which HASN'T worked. So I am accepting new suggestions. Tks!

  • "iTunes could not sync calendars to the iPhone "name" because the sync server failed to sync the iPhone".

    I get the message "iTunes could not sync calendars to the iPhone "name" because the sync server failed to sync the iPhone" every time I sync the iPhone 3GS with iTunes by USB.  Can anyone help? Please !!!!

    I posted the following to "iTunes could not sync calendars to the iPhone "xx" because the sync server failed to sync the iPhone. What does this mean??" at https://discussions.apple.com/message/15820680#15820680
    I haven't seen it mentioned but the secret is to
    Sync only selected calendars
    Select "Remove Calendars" from the popup window
    (This is ambigous: from where are the calendars removed?  From the device being synced to)
    Click apply.
    Oops!  My memory is already gone stale.  I think I left no calendars selected, then clicked apply.  Then I selected the calendars that I wanted, then clicked apply.
    In any case, I had a blank calendar on my iPad and then I had all the updated events that I wanted on my iPad.
    Thanks to all who provided some of the essential clues to resolving this problem.

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