Desperate- error 4450

Since the experts don't seem to care, I'll just say I've heard your problem might be a problem with the new I-tunes for which there is no fix yet. Try checking google using the same question. You might be able to find and install an older version of I-tunes, 6 or 7 and fix the problem temporarily until apple can get on the ball, keep looking and good luck.

Yep. Many many many people are having this problem and so far Itunes people have done nothing, or haven't told anyone that they are even trying to do something...

It's the new Itunes 8.1... It doesn't let you burn CD's for some reason. Which is how I back up my music and now I can't and Itunes has been failing me lately and i'm scared of losing my music because Itunes won't give it back even though its their program that is failing. My advice. Buy your music from amazon or some other program and then download another program that burns CD's. Right now Itunes is just failing. So we might as well just not give them our business.

If you would rather keep trying with itunes I think there are quite a few posts about this problem. So if you look around the discussion boards you can find other posts and see what other people have responded, just look for posts that have to do with CD burning. I know that some people have come up with changing the burn speed or something, not sure if it works. But ya.

I've written an open letter to Apple about this problem. I'm hoping that maybe this will garner some attention to this issue to which Apple is completely silent about...

http://godkillzyou.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/an-open-letter-to-apple-please-fix-e rror-4450/

Having the same problem here using iTunes to burn an MP3 disc (not an Audio CD).

My CPU was pegged at 100% while burning a 8x (and I have a 32x burner). Given that burning a CD-R is an I/O bound task, there is no reason at all that the CPU should be pegged. Very little CPU is required for this operation.

So iTunes is most definitely hosed up. I burned 3 coasters in a row, and then decided to bump up the priority of iTunes. I think what's happening is that it's CPU hungry, but as soon as another application vies for the CPU, iTunes is getting choked because it wants it all.

After bumping up the priority of the iTunes process to "Above Normal", it can now get the CPU when it needs it and other "Normal" applications won't steal so much CPU. The downside of this is that your computer is essentially useless until the burn is completed, but at least I got a successful burn this time.

Would certainly like Apple to find a fix to this ASAP.

Well, I had the 4450 error as well, just downloaded and installed version 8.2.1. CD (MP3 CD) burned just fine but won't play on all CD players. It'll play on my ThinkPad, home CD/DVD player, but not on another home CD player or the CD player in my car. So, thanks alot Apple, for nothin!!!

i know its been awhile but it is still happening? what happens when it messes up? Any sounds, messages? Let me know.

I am running iTunes 8 on XPO and had the same issue. I am not sure where I found the fix but I was told to go to www.gearsoftware.com and install the latest drivers. I did and then I shut down and restarted a IT WORKED!

Hope this helps.

I took the long way around it because none of peoples ideas worked for me.

My mom had downloaded a program that changes music files. So I changed the itunes music files from mp4's to mp3's and then used a totally different program to burn CD's and it worked perfectly fine.

I did have a few songs that wouldn't show up when I wanted to convert to MP3, not really sure why though. But for the most part all of my music can be burned to CD's now.

I then stopped buying music from itunes and now purchase from amazon because then you can use other programs to burn CD's because Itunes isn't working.

ive been having the same issues, and i just changed the burn speed and it worked. im running vista and changed it from maximum possible to only 16x but ive only tried it once. we will see if its a permanent fix

Message was edited by: jennekad

how did you give Itunes higher priority?