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-50 error syncing iTunes 10.4 and Lion?

Upgraded to Lion and iTunes 10.4 and am now receiving a -50 error trying to sync my iOS devices? Anyone else? All of the support documents are for older versions of iTunes, so not sure they apply.

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 9:14 AM

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Jul 21, 2011 3:33 PM in response to j.king78

I am having the unable to sync due to "unknown erorr (-50)" with iTunes 10.4 (80) on Snow Leopard when it comes to syncing photos (from Aperture 3).


It occurs when it goes from "Analyzing photos" to "Optimizing photos" in iTunes.


I have done the following in hopes of resolving the error:


  • Repaired my Aperture 3 library database
  • Deleted the "iPod Photo Cache" in the Aperture 3 library
  • Updated my iOS to the latest version
  • Repaired permissions on my Mac
  • Changed USB cables and ports
  • Restarted Mac and synced with only iTunes running


None of the above worked... I am still getting this unknown error (-50) when it tries to sync my photos.

Jul 28, 2011 7:45 PM in response to Louis Trapani

Yes it is happening to me too now. So it works for maybe one or two syncs & then we are back with the same issue. So it definitely has something to do with iTunes 10.4.


Edit: I was syncing some 2446 photos. I deleted some albums & now I am syncing 2364 photos. It appears I no longer bomb out. So I must have a few corrupt files. Or it is just something with iTunes 10.4.

-50 error syncing iTunes 10.4 and Lion?

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