Q: I get unknown error (-54) all the time when trying to update Match or Genious
This also happens when trying to update Genius
This is a new MacBook Pro Retina with all SW up to date & iTunes 10.6.3
I also cannot sync to my iPhone or iPad = time out issue when trying to copy musict to the device
iPhone & iPad are all up to date with the latest version iOS.
My iTunes library is large = ~110GB & I did move it over from a PC.
I can not deauthorize my old PC.
Any clue?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion
Posted on Aug 11, 2012 8:41 PM
I found the solution to this on another forum. I was able to fix this by manually disabling the firewall on my mac. From the command line:
sudo ipfw disable firewall
Match will then run fine until I do the corresponding enable or restart the computer.
I don't understand enough about the internals of the mac to know why changing this using the Terminal is more effective than simply disabling the firewall from settings, but it is. If you run this command line, it will make the -54 error go away.
Posted on Feb 22, 2013 4:08 PM