"The iTunes Library file cannot be saved" problem...

Well, even on iTunes 10, the problem doesn't seems to be fixed yet.
I'm still getting the error no matter what I do (I tried disabling the read-only mark in the iTunes folder, but it won't work because iTunes rolls it back to it's previous state).
Has anyone found a fix for this issue?

With that particular message nowadays, Eset security software interfering with iTunes library file writes is the likeliest culprit.
Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows 7? If so, give the following instructions a try:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11244744&#11244744
(If you're 32-bit, all your program files will be in the iTunes folder in \Program files\)

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Problem with iTunes: The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. (-48)

Hi,
For some time now, every time I open my iTunes I get the following error:
"The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-48)"
Other than that, iTunes seems to be working fine, but I wonder if I need to worry over this error (I don't want to lose my library)
Has anyone else seen this error? (I tried a search but got no results)

Old question

I have a new PC and I am getting the message "The iTunes Library File cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." I am the only one using this PC and I have Windows 7 Pro and have an administrator account. Help

Can anyone help me with this problem. ITunes message," The iTunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." I have administrator account and transferred files from old PC. I downloaded new iTunes program on new PC. I synced my iPhone to new PC, no problem. I deleted old account after indicating shared files to new admin account. Can anyone help?

A belated reply, as the problems itunes has have discouraged me from using it much. If you uncheck the "read only" box, it doesn't stay that way! Next time you use it, the box comes up checked.
I'm still having that problem, even when I open iTunes as administrator.
I've yet to see the answer to this problem. I use itunes mostly to download audiobooks, and I'm ready to download more, and want to save them!

I keep getting dialog box saying " The itunes Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" I am the only user on this computer and only one library! how do i change access privileges please?

hi I keep getting the dialog box " The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation"
How do i amend this as i only have one account and one library. I cannot save new work or delete duplicate files

A belated reply, as the problems itunes has have discouraged me from using it much. If you uncheck the "read only" box, it doesn't stay that way! Next time you use it, the box comes up checked.
I'm still having that problem, even when I open iTunes as administrator.
I've yet to see the answer to this problem. I use itunes mostly to download audiobooks, and I'm ready to download more, and want to save them!

Error Message: The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. Unknown Error 13001

My error message says:
The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An Unknown error occurred (13001).
Ever since I loaded the new 3.0 touch upgrade I have been bombarded by error after error. I have turned off genius which seemed to fix the problem at first but about an hour later the error warning popped up again. I have tried the shift start and selected my library with no improvement. It seems to pop up if I load a new podcast or download something and then fails to download.

Hmmm, that error message came up a lot with older itunes & Genius, like 8.0 version. But you have 8.2.
I don't know why it would crash on a download unless it is maybe a permissions problem. The download starts, but permissions make it so it cannot save it at the very end? Make sure you have ownership and full control over your itunes folder and all its subfolders.
How to Take Ownership and Grant Permissions in Windows Vista
And since you've turned off Genius, try deleting these 2 files
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
Restart itunes and see if there is any difference....good luck!

Error message -48: The itunes library file cannot be saved.

Hello,
When I open up my itunes i get an error message 48 - the itunes library file cannot be saved. All my data is there - music, podcasts etc. Just wondering if this error message means anything, if so what, and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks!

I just called Apple Support and I think they helped me, but I'm still waiting to see if the error message returns. I was experiencing the same problem. Whenever I started iTunes, I would get the -48 error message. Everything else was working fine. Apple Support instructed me to delete some files from a folder and restart my pc. I did this and it seems to have worked. The folder is on my C:/ drive. Using Windows Explorer, I went to my C:/ drive and then opened the following folders in this order: "Documents and Settings", "Administrator", "Application Data", "Apple Computer", "iTunes", "iPod Software Updates". Inside the iPod Software Updates folder, I found four files which I deleted. I then emptied my trash can and restarted my pc. After I restarted my pc and opened iTunes, the error message did not come up. So it looks like my problem has been solved. Just some minor glitch having to do with the last update. I should mention that I did just get an iPod Classic 80 gig which replaced my 30 gig iPod Photo which just died.

"The Itunes library file cannot be saved" Error Message (-54) please help!

Hello, I was loading a music cd onto my itunes library today when I started getting this recurring Error message stating: "The Itunes library file cannot be saved. An unknown error has occurred (-54)"
It just keeps popping up, and now it let me play anything without getting it. So in a panic I realized that nothing is backed up, so I started backing up my itunes using a blank dvd and even that failed in the middle of burning. I guess it has something to do with the error message?
This scares me since I'm very careful of the types of discs I put into my Mac, and I know that disc in particular didn't have any kind of virus (its been playing in my car for the last two years actually) and it was burned on my PC using itunes a while back when the system was clean.
My music is like my life and this message is freaking me out, how do I get rid of the message without damaging my library? or what happened to make it appear?
I'm afraid of how to proceed next.....Someone please help!

I suspect some anti-virus software is incorrectly interpreting the rewriting of the file and is causing a problem.
Either way, you should definitely update your anti-virus software and definitions to the latest, and run a full scan of your system. Then tell the security software not to scan the iTunes itl file/folder.
If that does not help, you may want to recreate your iTunes library:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313

"The iTunes library file cannot be saved.You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."

keep getting '' the itunes library file cannot be saved. you do not have enough access privledges'' when ever i try to add or change my library, why? have tried several suggestions on the internet to stop this from happening but with no success. i am running windows 7. has started happening since installing new security software. would this have anything to do with this problem? any suggestions

The location of the iTunes Library file may be read-only or owned by a different user.
Default locations:
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<login>\My Documents\My Music\iTunes
Vista: C:\Users\<login>\Music\iTunes
Windows 7: C:\Users\My Music\itunes
Right click the iTunes folder and choose Properties
Look at the Attributes and see if Read-Only is checked.
Uncheck it and click OK, at the apply to all subfolders and files prompt, make sure all subfolders and files is selected and click OK.
If your iTunes library saves now you are done.
If it does not you will need to try on each directory above the iTunes directory.
Of course if you are not using the default locations you'll have to alter the path to the one you find in iTunes Edit->Preferences, Advanced tab.

HT1660 I'm getting a message that reads 'The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." Why is this? And how can I fix it?

I'm getting a message that reads 'The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." Why is this? And how can I fix it? I'm worried that I'm going to lose my entire library because of this.

A belated reply, as the problems itunes has have discouraged me from using it much. If you uncheck the "read only" box, it doesn't stay that way! Next time you use it, the box comes up checked.
I'm still having that problem, even when I open iTunes as administrator.
I've yet to see the answer to this problem. I use itunes mostly to download audiobooks, and I'm ready to download more, and want to save them!

"The iTunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." Help! This keeps coming up. I've not changed anything. What do I need to do to fix this?

"The iTunes library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." Help! This keeps coming up. I've not changed anything. What do I need to do to fix this?

Sounds like a Windows user privelidge problem. Are you using an administrator account on the PC?

"The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. ..."

"...There is not enough memory available."
But I'm pretty sure 145 GB worth of free disk space is enough... I don't understand. ;_; And I'm sorry if you guys have heard this a bajillion times before but none of the searches that came up were able to help my technically challenged self.
It just happened to me yesterday when the message randomly came up and kept coming back two seconds after I close it. what does it mean? I read somewhere that you're supposed to hold shift as iTunes is starting up or something but that already accidentally wiped out my library so I really don't want to go through that again... What's the problem?
Thanks in advance!

I too have this problem. It started when I downloaded itunes 7.3
Can anyone help?? Please !!
I am a new ipod owner, and am learning every day. I
have itunes 7.3.
I put some tracks on my computer, and each time I
sign on to itunes, I get the following error:
"The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown
error occurred (-50)."
HELP! What does this mean???

The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unkown error occurred [-1450]

Has anyone encountered the following iTunes error,
" The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unkown error occurred [-1450] "
Whenever I shut my iTunes down the next time I start it up the library seems to be lost. I can do an Add Folder to Library from the File options, pick my iTunes Music folder and copy everything back in. However the whole repeats when I close iTunes down again. Have tried re-installing iTunes but this did not work.
Has anyone got any suggestions,
Thanks.

== 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 file cannot be saved (-48)

After migrating my library from an xp machine to a new vista machine, I get this error whenever I open iTunes.
The itunes library file cannot be saved (-48)
The most annoying result appears to be that my video iPod does a full sync every time now (as it can't save the library file, this isn't surprising).
Anybody know how to fix this?

I am getting this error on my Vista computer. I've tried rebuilding the library and that didn't help. Interestingly I had the same error on my old XP computer. When I migrated my music from the old to the new I copied the music files but I created a new libary files; so that indicates to me that the problem is not Vista specific.
I am starting to wonder if it's a software confict, ie some software that I had installed on both computers or a corrupt file among my music.
There is another discussion about this error here, but there's nothing conclusive http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1202649
BTW I have found that the error always occurs when I connect my 2nd generation Shuffle, but it also occurs randomly, particularly shortly after I have opened iTunes (even if I have not made changes that would require writing to the library file).
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The iTunes library file cannot be saved an unknown error occured (-50)

Eever sincd June 29th I have gotten the following error message when trying to sync my ipod
"The iTunes library file cannot be saved an unknown error occured (-50)' and the library does not update. I have re-installed (repaired) iTunes. It doesn't help.
Any advice. I subscrive to a lot of podcasts and i can't update anything.
Help Please

Just letting you know that I have also had that problem since downloading that "update" for itunes.
All of my new music that I have tried to transfer from my E-music file will not be accepted. error -50 keeps popping up.
I have seen a few others post this same question, but I have been unable to find an answer for it.
If anyone has come across what this problem is, please help.

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

I launch iTunes, I get "Updating iTunes library" and then, "The iTunes library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-50)." This started happening after I upgraded to iTunes 7.3. Things seem to work OK, but my artwork was rearranged in coverflow, and it seems to take much longer to get music videos to come up in Frontrow. This is a problem because my 2 1/2 year old doesn't like to wait for his Chili Pepper videos. What do I need to fix?
iMac 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.10) 500GB 2GB RAM

I am having the very same problem. Does anyone out
there have any ideas? Is this just a 7.3 thing that
needs to be fixed via apple ? Any ideas would be
great. Thanks
Same problem here,
I upgraded to 7.3 yesterday and have got problems since itunes taking ages to load beacuse of updaing library on start up,then the identical error message.The download that I bought last evening is nowhere to be found.I've only got the Ipod (and itunes) about 3wks and I have to say I WAS delighted up to this but this is really spoiling things,any getting the upodate now prompt might want to think twice. Somebody help please!
Many thanks.
Brendan.
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