HT203200: If you see 'There was an error downloading your purchased music' when you try to download music from iTunes

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cmurlin
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Q: an unknown error occurred (-50)

I am receiving error message "an unknown error occured (-50) when trying to share a video I created in iMovie with iTunes so we can watch on our TV through apple tv. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

iMovie '11, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 22, 2012 6:14 AM

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cmurlin

Q: an unknown error occurred (-50)

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 22, 2012 10:37 AM in response to cmurlin
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    Sep 22, 2012 10:37 AM in response to cmurlin

    paramErr = -50,  /*error in user parameter list*/

     

    Not too helpful by itself, but can mean an unacceptable character in a filename like...

     

    ? / \\ < > " | > *

     

    when copying to a FAT32 formatted drive or using SMB for file transfer. Can also be a Permissions problem, usually on the receiving end, & in the old days could happen if a file had forks...

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20831