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title="- Error -54 can occur when adding or removing files to your Music Library
- Error -54 can also occur when adding or editing file metadata in Get Info windows in Music
- Error -54 can also occur when syncing your Music Library to iOS devices
Error -54 can sometimes appear when you edit your Apple Music Library on your Mac. This error can occur in response to several actions in Music, such as when adding or removing files to your Music Library, when adding or editing file metadata in Get Info windows in Music, and when syncing your Music Library to iOS devices. In the first two cases, error -54 is almost always related to permissions errors on the files or folders on your Mac’s storage device.
To fix this issue, you’ll need to change the permissions in the Finder. Then you go back to Music and add or remove your files or re-open the Get Info window and edit the files’ metadata again. To do so in Music, Control-click or right-click the items whose permissions you want to fix, then select “Show in Finder” from the context popup menu. macOS will switch to Finder and reveal the files you selected. Then, select one or more of the revealed files in Finder, then Control-click on them and select “Get Info” from the Finder’s popup menu. This opens the Finder’s Get Info window.
In the case of syncing your Music Library to an iOS device, it is usually caused by the same permissions errors as above, or other problems such as the target device being full, a bad USB cable or unstable cable connection, or other problems. If you can’t resolve error -54 after trying all of the above, there is one latch ditch solution: back up your entire Music folder, delete it from your Mac, and re-add all its content to Apple Music.
Finally, you can use the `chmod` and `chgrp` commands in Terminal to batch-change file and folder permissions. Be warned: changing file permissions in Terminal is powerful and if you’re not careful you can damage the software on your Mac or even delete files unwittingly.
Error -54 is a common problem that many Apple users have encountered, but help is at hand! Chip Loder, a 30-year veteran of the Apple industry and author of 18 commercial Mac software products, has provided helpful advice to reset the file permissions and resolve the issue. Chip is a former Apple and Sony employee, and is highly knowledgeable about Apple products. With his guidance you can fix Error -54 without too much trouble! Don’t suffer through the frustration of Error -54 any longer – send this article to your friends and help them out today!
