Cannot Sign-in to Music and TV App after Catalina 10.15.1

Hi All, I tried to sign into Music and the new TV app on my Mac and I don't seem to be able to get in. I get two different error messages could not connect to the iTunes Store "unknown error (1001)" and "unknown error (11556) make sure your connection is active? Does anyone else have this issue or tips on how to solve it? 😊


MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Nov 3, 2019 1:05 AM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2019 4:13 AM

Hi all

Finally found solution without deleting your account. Thanks to Serge Rosenthaler for his reply on another post.

1) sign out of iCloud on your Mac

2) Open Terminal & use the following commands:

sudo -v

***Enter Your Mac Password***

killall -9 accountsd com.apple.iCloudHelper

rm -rf ~/Library/Accounts

killall -9 accountsd com.apple.iCloudHelper

3) restart your Mac

4) Open Music App & sign in to your account (You should sign in to your account)

5) Check your TV & Podcast Apps (You should sign in to your account)

6) Open System Preferences & go to iCloud (You should sign in to your account) just activate iCloud Drive

The post contain solution

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250828009




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Nov 4, 2019 6:11 AM in response to BertieO

I have this same problem after update to macOS Catalina 10.15.1, in the 10.15 version all is working. But after update i can not:

  1. Sign in to Apple Music or TV with the Apple ID
  2. When i clicking to iTunes ive got error 11556
  3. When i clicking to another menu, ive got FUSE.Error.GenericDataError message or Try again button


This trubles on the iMac Pro 2017 and macbook pro 2019 Retina - macOS Catalina 10.15.1. On the iPhone x and 11, and iPad Air and Pro is working great.


Can Apple replies for this issue?

Nov 7, 2019 1:48 AM in response to bert.powell

have already clean installed Catalina several times but the problem stays!

I found out that my MacBook password is some how switched with mij Apple ID ?I don't know how this is possible because on my other devices I don't have that problem en Apple Music is there working well at them.

I think I will wait till Apple sort it out with an update or so?I also noticed that when installing, on verifying my iCloud id it takes a very long time and I have not the possibility to give any input or look at it.


Nov 7, 2019 7:01 PM in response to BertieO

I’m having the same problem, can’t log in to “iTunes Store” and The TV App. Same error codes. I tried the 2nd user account and it worked, but it’s too much work to change over my main account. My playlists are also not syncing correctly from Music app to my phone. But for now trying to resolve the iTunes Store logging in issue.

I was on the phone with Apple support for a while, went to level two help, she sent me a link to diagnose my computer and we emailed it to Apple engineers for diagnosis. She will call me on Tuesday with the results. Hopefully something will come of it.

Nov 18, 2019 11:09 PM in response to BertieO

Hi folks,


I just wish to confirm that Serge Rosenthaler's solution to this problem (originally posted at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250829294) really does work, and to thank him for it. I have no idea why Apple Support is not aware of this simple fix, or if it is aware of it, why it doesn't advise it. I haven't experienced any problems since using it.


When I was eventually able to sign in to my iTunes account, I received a message saying that I was being transferred to the correct iTunes Store. So the problem for me, it seems, was that the user database was corrupt with respect to the country setting for the store. This is not something that can be corrected by changing the time / date settings (which Apple Support repeatedly proposed), or any other setting. Even if the problem (corruption of the user database) is caused by family sharing, switching this off does not do the job. Other dead-ends included ensuring that the firewall was off, checking network settings, using different types of connectivity to the internet, etc. etc.


I strongly recommend a clean install (i.e., with prior disk erase) of Catalina for *all* devices, as otherwise syncing issues also arise. Also, prepare yourself for the fact that most of your apps (and Steam games) won't work after the update. Finally, you might (as I did) have problems with the "Find Me" app. The only solution to these (as far as I can tell) is changing your iTunes account password.


The transition to Catalina is painful.






Nov 3, 2019 3:33 PM in response to BertieO

This issue just started yesterday for me. New MBP purchased in mid October. Never had an issue, until I was trying to activate my TV+ trial. I'm still able to sign in to TV and Music apps on every other device (iPhone and ATV).

Very frustrating, all the solutions I've seen recommend signing in and the out of the store... not very helpful when you can't sign in.

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