iTunes 8008 Error

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iTunes 8008 Error

Anybody have any suggestions on how to get rid of this error?

Thus far I have attempted to delete it from the downloads folder, only problem is there is nothing in the downloads folder, and as it stands right now I don't even have a downloads folder showing. There are currently two apps that will not download and claim to be corrupted.

I have even uninstalled iTunes completely, searched my computer for anything with the name of iTunes and deleted it and then reinstalled iTunes and I still have the exact same problem. I also have searched and seen the other threads but nothing in those has been able to solve my problem.

Any help is certainly greatly appreciated.

Message was edited by: BabyJesus

Message was edited by: BabyJesus

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Posted on Nov 21, 2010 3:16 PM

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Answer 1

roaminggnome

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Nov 21, 2010 3:17 PM in response to BabyJesus

Type "8008" in the search bar next to "Support" at the top of this page and see if the resulting articles help.

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BabyJesus Author

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Nov 21, 2010 3:20 PM in response to roaminggnome

I've done that already... None of those solutions in the topic has given me a solution. I've also attempted to contact support about the issue and tried every suggestion that they gave me. Nothing has gotten rid of the problem.

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VND9

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Nov 21, 2010 7:37 PM in response to BabyJesus

I have exactly the same issue. 3 days ago, I was trying to update ESPN Scorecenter. It started downloading in iTunes then an error showed up (err=8008). Now, this error will show up everytime I connect my iphone to my computer...so annoying

Tried searching for iTunes download folder but nowhere to find it....

Help pls....

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BabyJesus Author

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Nov 21, 2010 7:42 PM in response to VND9

That is interesting because I have the same app giving me problems on my iPod Touch. I'm getting the errors from Urbanspoon and ESPN Scorecenter.

I can download the apps no problem directly from my Touch and transfer them to my computer, but I still have the errors. Have yet to see or find a solution that works.

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BabyJesus Author

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Nov 22, 2010 11:30 AM in response to BabyJesus

So I take it that nobody has any idea on how to fix this problem? Apple support is pretty much next to useless.

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VND9

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Dec 4, 2010 11:17 PM in response to BabyJesus

I have tried many ways and finally got a solution. It worked for me when I tried this:

1. I uninstalled iTunes from my laptop and also deleted iTunes folder
2. Installed iTunes on another computer. Then signed in my apple id and checked for available download.
3. The app with download error (8008), which is ESPN Scorecenter for my case, started downloading normally without error.
4. Then I connected my iPhone to sync with the iTunes on this computer.
5. Went back to my laptop and Installed iTunes, signed in with my apple id then checked for available download......and no more download error.

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Feb 20, 2011 1:39 PM in response to BabyJesus

This one had been bugging me every time I launched iTunes for a week. The "failed download" in question was PCalc in my case, a calculator… makes "8008" all the more amusing.

Anyway, what finally worked was running iTunes on another Mac, signing in with my store account there, and doing a Check for Available Downloads from that second computer. PCalc duly downloaded – an 8 megabyte download instead of the faulty 1 KILObyte one on my own Mac's copy of iTunes – and cleared the issue on Apple's end. When I went back to my machine and restarted iTunes I was finally free from the nag screen.

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Apr 16, 2011 7:20 PM in response to BabyJesus

Searched far and wide to resolve this issue, tried all of the above and solutions from other threads.

Turned out to be the fact that I use OpenDNS and "Web Content Filtering" that was obviously triggering when I attempted to download applications from iTunes.

To resolve I "Never Block" the following domains in the OpenDNS control panel:

"apple.com" and "akadns.net"

This resolved the issue. You may need to restart your PC after this and wait a few minutes (or ipconfig /flushdns & restart iTunes)

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