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October 3, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

iTunes 8.0.1: Problems Syncing the iPhone, iPod touch

by Ben Wilson

Several users have reported problems syncing their iPhones after updating to iTunes 8.0.1. The most common error message is as follows: "an unknown error 13014."

As one reader writes:

"I just downloaded and installed iTunes 8.0.1 on my iMac running 10.5.5, and synced my non-3G iPhone. I immediately received an error message stating that "The phone '[my iPhone's name]' cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (13014). Thinking I'd probably be able to fix it by resetting the phone, I did so.

"Now, 15 minutes into the reset, the phone is syncing nicely with no major issues, except that I'm still getting prompted that it can't be synced about every 15 seconds or so. It's even kind enough to queue up the errors so that if I ignore them for a few minutes I can go back and just click 'OK' half a dozen times and then go back to whatever I was working on. No idea of the cause, outside of the iTunes upgrade."

Users are reporting similar issues with the iPod touch.

Apple Dicussions poster Wade Dansby writes:

"I have the exact same issue with my iPod touch. As soon as I downloaded and installed the new iTunes update, all the problems started. Have tried restoring settings several times. To no avail."

In some cases, simply restarting the host computer and restarting the iPhone can resolve this issue. In other cases, this procedure is unsuccessful.

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by daniel4510_dotmac October 3, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
I had this problem on my 2nd gen iPod Touch but I seemed to have resolved by simply restarting my computer. No issues with it since.
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by njstuff October 3, 2008 2:03 PM PDT
No problems with my upgrade.
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by evansls October 3, 2008 7:33 PM PDT
it happened to me, but as soon as i restarted both my macbook pro and ipod touch the error went away immediately when i reconnected the ipod to the cable. but the error happened to me just as everyone described.
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by Theosophe74 October 4, 2008 6:04 AM PDT
I'm using Windows XP SP3. When the upgrade to iTunes 8.0.1 finished, iTunes informed me that I had to restart my computer. I did. When my computer was finished restarting, the sync between iTunes and my first-gen iPhone had zero issues.
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by jimyod October 4, 2008 1:34 PM PDT
No sync problems with my upgrade to iTunes 8.xxxx. I have a 1st Gen iPhone running Apple's latest firmware.
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