error 8008

This works!! I was having trouble with Transformers i bought today and i done exactly what you said and it worked! Thankyou!!

Hi,
I tried to download the new episode of Burn Notice called End Run. Once it downloads 20 MBs it freezes and says itunes error 8008. The iTunes store has been anything but helpful, after I tried buying it again did they only vonunteer to refund my money in iTunes credit. I have deleted it from my downloads and tried it again - It did not work. I tried downloading it again on other computers (Windows & Mac) - It did not work. Please advise what to do. Should I buy it again? or should I wait before i do? I really want to see this.
Thanks,
dazmania

thanks for help, im having the same problem downloading my inbetweeners. ive had to go through this method a hundred times but it works still 😉

Just wanted to add my name to the list of users who are being affected by this issue. Have repeated 800 errors, I can guarantee that if i buy a TV series, at least two episodes (maybe more) will be corrupt.

Have contacted "Support" (LOL) on this issue several times, usual story, they tell you to do what you have already tried, then refund you for the affected episodes. This of course is totally useless, as how can you watch a series with episodes missing?

I have tried all the solutions proposed in this thread, no improvement. Guess I too must also look at other ways of getting my digital content. Strangely like a few others I have had this issue since the "upgrade" to Itunes 8, never before. What is most frustrating though is the way Apple take the default route to blaming the user, and dont acknowledge there may be an issue with their server service.

I've tried all these suggestions but still get the same error for lots of files, including 24 day 7 9pm to 10pm and some heroes episodes. I just want to share my frustration at Apple as well. I am with virgin broadband, should I ring them to change my DNS?

I've been getting error 8008 with Watchmen (Director's Cut). It stops somewhere around 1.8GB.

I have attempted to delete the downloads folder, restart iTunes, retry download. Same error in the same place.

I attempted downloading another file and it worked fine. I have never had any network problems.

I shall be trying a more extensive deletion process next, but I'm not holding out any hope here.

I'll know soon if it worked. What bugs me is that we had to learn how to do this from Vincent. Apple, why don't you put this in the help or FAQ? All you tell us to do is check for available downloads, and the catch 22 loop continues. I knew I needed to trash the bad download, but couldn't find it. Instead, I have to email support and wait 24 hours. Then, whoever gets my issue has to tell me what Vincent already knew. This is not efficient. Thank you Vincent for being there. Apple, not so much.

Nope, it didn't work. Got the same error message when trying to re download the file. Guess I'll have to wait for Apple to get back to me.

I just downloaded itunes 9 and ran into this error 8008 problem right away. I've tried deleting the file from the folder and downloading again, but it hasn't worked. Were you able to solve this problem? How?

thanks, steve

This worked perfectly. I even got to completely download 4 episodes of top gear that have been sitting with error (8008) for a over a month. Thanks Vincent. 😀

I've had the same 8008 problem as most of you.

The solution I found was to exit iTunes, delete the corrupted files as detailed in earlier postings, restart iTunes, uncheck the "allow simultaneous downloads" option. All six episodes of Top Gear then downloaded without a problem.

Hope this helps!

Cheers
arh

Hello there,
i am having trouble with the error 8008.
I pulled up my itunes folder and i didnt see a folder named "Downloads"
Please help!

Hello again,
having trouble.
It still has the same error.
Ever When i delete them.
Is there something i'm doing
wrong? Or another solution?
Please help. Its Greatly
Appreciated.

I have tried both successfully and unsuccessfully to delete the Downloads folder, and/or temp files when getting this error.

I have found that when deleting doesn't work, renaming the Downloads folder does. That is, I *rename the Downloads folder to DownloadsX or something like that*. I am not sure why this works, I guess it has something to do with not making the space occupied by the bad files (perhaps bad blocks?) available and forcing new blocks of space to be used when downloading again and creating the temp files.

Try this! After days of frustration trying everything else, this subtle difference worked for me.

Ahh..this is driving me nuts.
I have had this errorfor about up to 2 weeks.
And none of the solutions suggested have worked.
I have tried renaming the downloads file.
Deleting corrupted files restarting itunes then unchecking the box.
And deleting the files and pressing check available downloads.
None of these have been successful.
I need serious help with this.
Is there any other solution or has anybody heard back from iTunes?