Itunes now refuses to burn cd's
Please someone help me!! I have been burning discs from itunes for ages and now it burns around 6 songs and then spits the disc out with a message of unknown error. I have uploaded the updates onto my comp, so there shouldnt be a prob!
Any ideas?!
Thanks
Jules
well done dani!
i was wondering if you had a 5.0.x. i used to see a few reports of itunes and QT working but not showing up in Add/Remove back in the 5.0.x days.
glad you're up and running again!
love, b
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Help please!gunngirl wrote:
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Message was edited by: stevieciHi,
I am having the same problem, getting the following message when launching iTunes "To access this site, you need to log in to area "daap" on 0.0.0.0." I just recently update my OS to 10.5.6, but when I launch iTunes (8.02) and try to synch either my iPhone 3g, Apple TV or the wife's Ipod touch, none of which appear.
Is this a know problem?
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