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snkhan Author

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iTunes Library cannot be saved (Error -54)

Hey guys,

Recently started getting the following error "The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occured (-54)."

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I've searched the forums and Google, but can't seem to find a solution which fixes the error and which does not delete my ratings and playcounts.

Any help appreciated!

Message was edited by: snkhan

Apple iMac 20" 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.6), iPhone 3G 2.1, iLife '08, iWork '08

Posted on Feb 19, 2009 1:45 PM

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iMacPodshuffle

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310 points

Posted on Feb 20, 2009 5:45 AM

Have you already tried this:
Go to iTunes, "file", choose export library. Save the library.xml file on your desktop. Quit iTunes, delete the library files in the iTunes folder. Relaunch iTunes, go to "file", click on import library and choose the library.xml file.

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