"iTunes Library cannot be saved, Unknown Error -48"

Okay, so I downloaded the new version of iTunes last week for me to be able to buy Phase. But the problem has nothing to do with the game. Everytime I start iTunes the first time after booting up my PC, it gives an error message saying the title mentioned above. At first, I ignored it because it wasn't doing any harm or changes to my library. I booted up my PC this afternoon, opened iTunes and downloaded a song. Finally, I made some track number changes to one of my store-bought-then-ripped album. I started to sync my iPod and keeping in track of what I change everytime I sync my iPod, it said that it was updating 19 tracks instead of 17, (the song I downloaded then the 16 tracks I modified).
I managed to see the title of the 'unexpected songs' that it was updating and searched it from my library. It modified 2 songs from one of the albums in my library(completely unrelated to what I edited) and I found out that iTunes added the track number to the title itself, which is strange since I haven't made any changes to that track(eg. "I'll Never Come Home" became "04 I'll Never Come Home").
Please, someone help me!

Hi, I'm sorry, don't have a solution but have the same problem. I am running iTunes 8.2.1 (6). the only difference is the number in the error message, for me it is -54.
I'm running on a Macmini, with the itunes library on a network disk (Synology).
I've tried exporting the library, deleting the library file and then importing the saved file - no luck.
Googling the problem you'll find it is not unique, there quite a few people with this problem!

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I connected my iPad and iPhone to sync just now and got the message, "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-54)." What does this mean? I clicked "OK" and the sync appears to have worked properly. Thanks - dalebird

I connected my iPad and iPhone to sync just now and got the message, "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-54)." What does this mean? I clicked "OK" and the sync appears to have worked properly. Thanks - dalebird (MacBook Pro, g4 17in)

Morning dalebird,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Best of luck,
Mario

The iTunes Library file cannot be saved unknown error occurred (-54)

Anyone seen this before and can it be fixed
The iTunes Library file cannot be saved unknown error occurred (-54)

adamwineguy wrote:
I was having this issue as well, after doing two things: updating iTunes yesterday, and installing and running ClamXav, a Mac antivirus tool.
I have now fixed the issue, first I made sure that I had the proper permissions for iTunes and it's library folders. Then I completely removed ClamXav and all its related files and restarted iTunes. Now I no longer get this error when adding new media to iTunes or updating apps, and the library file saves fine. For some reason I think it was related to the antivirus software.
I think it was a coincidence as ClamXav only modifies permissions on the files it installs and none of those are anywhere near your iTunes folders, but I'm glad you got it working.

The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50)

I updated iTunes from 7.2 to 7.3 using Software Update and all went well except for one thing, now when I launch iTunes it rebuilds the iTunes library each time I launch iTunes. The other thing is that once it rebuilds the library it displays a warning; "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50).
I downloaded the standalone updater to no avail. I have also repaired permissions using disk utility - no luck.
Background info.
A week ago or so, while I still had iTunes 7.2 I cleaned all my user and system caches, ran all the maintenance scripts and repaired permissions. I used MainMenu, a third party app that lives in the menubar, to perform these functions and faithfully followed all the instructions to restart once or twice depending on the routine and closing all my apps accordingly while doing these maintenance routines etc.
I noticed one thing after this, my iTunes icon had turned into a generic app icon. Knowing iTunes 7.3 was a slated release this Friday I knew the icon issue would resolve itself after the update from 7.2.
What can I do to fix this? Please help.

I somehow got through the -50 error but a few days later podcasts when downloading, would crash iTunes 7.3 altogether.
There was a post here somewhere and I apologise to the poster in advance but I am unable to relocate it.
Here is the solution that was proposed and it seems to have worked for me.
Read the following in its entirety before proceeding:
1 The first thing I did was unsubscribe to all my podcasts by selecting them all and clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of the iTunes window.
2 Quit iTunes
3 Navigate to YourHomeFolder/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcasts and move the Podcasts folder to your desktop or some other convenient location.
4 Open iTunes and re-subscribe to all your podcasts.**
5 Once all the podcasts finish downloading navigate to the Podcasts folder sitting on your desktop and move its' contents back to the folder you originally moved them out of. If you had setup the iTunes preferences to keep all your podcasts after they download be careful not to overwrite items as you move them back from the desktop/Podcasts folder to the new Podcasts folder.*
**In my case, the list of podcasts in the iTunes window got kind of messy, I mean some podcasts displayed the GET button when even though they had already downloaded or I already had them on my system and other small things like that - this was the result of re-subscribing. You can select those that you don't want to GET and simply delete them.
*You may have to move one podcast folder's contents at a time, again be careful not to overwrite. If you return things carefully you will have no problems.
iTunes 7.3 has behaved perfectly ever since.
I hope this helps. If my instructions are confusing please chime back.
By the way, command (apple key) clicking any of the collapse triangles both in the finder and in iTunes will expand or collapse all items, this will come in handy as you define anything that might have gone funny after re-subscribing.

Suddenly, I am seeing an error message that reads: "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-54)". Can anyone tell me what that means?

Suddenly, I am seeing an error message that reads: "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-54)". Can anyone tell me what that means? Am I in danger of my iTunes library being lost?

== Error -54 ==
From an OS9 reference, error -54 is a software lock on a file or a permissions error. (Some of the old codes still apply to OSX although there is no formal list of OSX error codes.)
First, try simply restarting your computer.
iTunes Library cannot be saved (Error -54) - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1912814
Unknown error (-54) while syncing ipod - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1082953 - problem was locked files
Why does iTunes keep showing a -54 error when I sync my iPad? - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114
Error -54 possibly related to Touch Copy - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114 - cleared by deleting preferences on iPad.

The iTunes Library cannot be saved an unknown error has occurred (-48)

Every few minutes, I get an error message from iTunes that says:
"The iTunes Library cannot be saved an unknown error has occurred (-48)"
Quitting and restarting iTunes doesn't seem to make the error go away. All of my music and movies seem to play just fine - not sure why the error keeps popping up - any clues?
- iTunes library is located in it's normal spot (~/user/music/iTunes/)
- OS 10.8.2
- iTunes 10
- iMac 27" early 2010

Thanks again for the gracious response UV.
You've pointed out a problem...there are a lot of WAV files that I have like unreleased live shows of bands like the Beatles, Neil Young, Miles Davis etc that I've gotten off Bittorrent trading. When I look at the "get info" part of the song in iTunes the details that I've hand entered (dates, venue, song, musicians,etc) does show up.
But when I go back to the actual file itself, many are simply tagged something like "track 1" and the only way I currently keep track of all this is how I organize my library ( Musician or Band folder \ Album folder \ indivual tracks). There are literally thousounds of songs that I've entered data for on these WAV files.
Besides getting my current error problem fixed, has anyone who trades live shows come up with an easier way to organize their music. I understand that I may be in the minority with all my WAV files and that many users simply upload CDS, or mostly buy tracks online which is easier to simply grab the data back if they need from some database. I feel like I'm missing out on something big. Maybe I just need a different program for my particular application (archiving & playing music). ANy ideas from other bittorrent traders of unreleased material?
I am learning more and more about how this all works by the minute, and have taken your advice UV about copying all my current library info and putting it somewhere safe. Hopefully this means everything I've entered up until a few days ago will be fine. Still, I have plenty music waiting for me to hear in FLAC files that need to be decoded into WAV files; but I want to wait to do this until I can be certain all my hard work entering data won't go to waste and my error problem has been fixed.
thanks for all insights - Sonny

The itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50) What do I do to get rid of this warning. I get it when I try to sync my phone or ipad

I am running 64 bit windows operating system. I upgraded to iOS6 for iphone 4s and ipad II. Since that upgrade I have been getting this error message
The itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50)
I've updated windows thinking it was a compatibility issue. Uninstalled itunes and reinstalled with the Kaspersky off.
What is going on. Thoughts?
and if you click okay it keeps coming back for 3 or 4 pop ups before going away

Morning dalebird,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Best of luck,
Mario

ITunes Library cannot be saved. Unknown Error has Occurred (-54)

I have been having the following message appear in iTunes:
iTunes Library cannot be saved. Unknown Error has Occurred (-54)
I created a new library which seemed to solve the problem.... until I plugged in my iPod Classic or tried to Sync my iPhone. When this happened this warning message would come every 10 seconds or so making it a nightmare to do anything as the dock icon would bounce or iTunes would pop up. Can anyone suggest what might have caused this problem and how to resolve it.
Thanks
Matt

Hi pholewinski!
I have a couple of articles for you here that I believe will help you with this issue. The first is an article on advanced troubleshooting, and it can be found here:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3297
If following that article's steps doesn't take care of the issue, you can try the things listed in this article, which is about permissions issues in iTunes:
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1277
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

The Itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error occured (-50) I received this message when I opened Itines on my new computer. What can I do?

Hi,
I just had a new computer installed with Windows 8. When I downloaded Itunes (latest version) I authorized my computer. Now I get the message- The Itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error has occured (-50). I don't know what to do? I am computer illiterate Thanks in advance for any and all fixes!

Hi cass1810,
If you are getting a -50 error when using iTunes, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes Store: "Error (-50)" when downloading purchased content
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1583
Regards,
- Brenden

The iTunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-48)

Hi,
This is the message iTunes has been showing me lately.
'The iTunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-48)'
It has been getting so frequent i cant have iTunes open for 10 seconds without it popping up, very annoying.
Does anyone know what's going on or how I can fix the problem? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Tom

Hi, I'm sorry, don't have a solution but have the same problem. I am running iTunes 8.2.1 (6). the only difference is the number in the error message, for me it is -54.
I'm running on a Macmini, with the itunes library on a network disk (Synology).
I've tried exporting the library, deleting the library file and then importing the saved file - no luck.
Googling the problem you'll find it is not unique, there quite a few people with this problem!

Hi, I keep getting an error message saying "the itunes library cannot be saved. an unknown error occurred. (-50). Any ideas on how to stop this appearing? Thanks!

Hi, I keep getting an error message saying "the itunes library cannot be saved. an unknown error occurred. (-50). Any ideas on how to stop this appearing? Thanks!

Error -50 is a very unhelpful generic communications error with a number of possible causes. Something between the drive to which you are downloading and the drive from which it is all coming is not working correctly, which probably leaves several hundred options.

TS1424 I get an error message saying "the iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50)

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You need to be very careful which project you open in which version.
For 2014 make sure its on 2014.1 build 81.

Installed itunes 11 and now I get the following message 'The itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error has occured (-50)

Installed itunes 11 and now I get the following message 'The itunes library cannot be saved. An unknown error has occured (-50). How do I fix this problem?

Same problem here since latest update. As usual poor support from Apple with no answer or fix for this bug.

I keep getting an error "The iTunes library cannot be saved. The required disk cannot be found." how do I fix this?

I cannot get past this error. This is the third time I am having this issue with iTunes. I have moved my library off of the systems hard drive onto an external as advised by an Apple Store rep, and now I am back to this. What have some of you done to avoid this error?

== Error -54 ==
From an OS9 reference, error -54 is a software lock on a file or a permissions error. (Some of the old codes still apply to OSX although there is no formal list of OSX error codes.)
First, try simply restarting your computer.
iTunes Library cannot be saved (Error -54) - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1912814
Unknown error (-54) while syncing ipod - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1082953 - problem was locked files
Why does iTunes keep showing a -54 error when I sync my iPad? - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114
Error -54 possibly related to Touch Copy - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114 - cleared by deleting preferences on iPad.

Getting Error: iTunes Library cannot be saved?

I have an iPhone 4.
All of sudden I am getting an error when I sync my iPhone 4 using iTunes with my MBP.
The error box says: "The iTunes Library cannot be saved. An unknown error occured (-54)"
The syc seems to work, but the error message pops up continually.
I just upgraded the other day to IOS 6.01. It was fine yesterday. Error started this AM. Could it be the upgrade?
Has anybody gotten this message?

== Error -54 ==
From an OS9 reference, error -54 is a software lock on a file or a permissions error. (Some of the old codes still apply to OSX although there is no formal list of OSX error codes.)
First, try simply restarting your computer.
iTunes Library cannot be saved (Error -54) - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1912814
Unknown error (-54) while syncing ipod - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1082953 - problem was locked files
Why does iTunes keep showing a -54 error when I sync my iPad? - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114
Error -54 possibly related to Touch Copy - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727114 - cleared by deleting preferences on iPad.

"iTunes Library cannot be saved, Unknown Error -48"

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