iTunes for Mac reports a -48 error during iPod sync

  • Last Modified: August 11, 2009
  • Article: TS1478
  • Old Article: 304893

Symptoms

You may see an iTunes message stating "Attempting to copy to the disk "Customer's iPod" failed. An unknown error occurred (-48)" as shown below.

 

Products Affected

iPod nano (2nd generation), iTunes 7 for Mac, iPod (5th generation Late 2006), iPod (5th generation), iTunes 8 for Mac

Resolution

Use the latest version of iTunes to restore your iPod with the latest version of iPod Software.

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