Unknown error occurred (-50)

Sounds like the iTunes store is sucking wind at the moment. I am receiving the same error. Looks like quite a few people are having the same issue.

Same problem here. Everything else seems fine, I just can't connect itunes on my mac. I can upgrade apps fine on my iphone.

I'm having the same problem right now.

1st error: "We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (-50)."

after I press ok:

2nd error: "We could not complete your iTunes Store request. The network connection could not be established."

Please fix this Apple!

This solved it for me:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4471848?start=0&tstart=0

1. Quit iTunes and any other open applications until only Finder is open.
2. Choose Go > Go to Folder.
3. Type /Users/Shared/SC Info and click Go.
4. If Finder is not already set to column view, set it by choosing View > as Columns.
5. Select the SC Info folder and move it to the Trash by choosing File > Move to Trash.
6. Restart the computer and open iTunes.

Seems like a workaround fix. The problem went away without doing anything like this - as many reported in other threads, it was a local apple server based problem that was fixed overnight. Without knowing what this hidden sc info folder is, I wouldn't suggest deleting it.

Add me to the list of users experiencing this problem. Existed four days now.

Hi there!

I'm having the same issue right now, I see it has been over 2 days since the original post, has anyone got an update??

See my post from yesterday - yes, the problem just went away for most of us, as it was a apple server problem that got fixed. If you're still having the problerm it may be something else, like the one sidelines was having (unrelated to the original post) and that Ed Dyer2 sugested a fix for.

this (Ed Dyer2) fixed the issue for me