David Jack Wange Olrik

Ever since upgrading to the beta iTunes 9.2 I have been having an annoying problem. – Every time I click “Check for updates”¹ I get an error from iTunes.

We could not complete your iTunes Store Request. An unknown error occurred (5002). There was an error in the Itunes Store. Please try again later.

When clicking “Download All Free Updates” iTunes also tells me that the information displayed is outdated, and that I should do a refresh. A second click on “Download All Free Updates” downloads all the updates.

Googling reveals a few, but somewhat complicated solutions for iTunes 8, so I decides to take a look myself. My current iTunes library have existed ever since iTunes 7 and as such it has accumulated a a lot of cruft over the years.

My permissions looked fine, but I had two versions of my Mobile Applications directory.

I deleted the old Mobile Applications from the iTunes folder² and the 5002 error hasn’t been seen since.

1. And I do that a lot as I have a mild case of compulsive refresh disorder [↩]
2. The one on line 1 – And if you do this, please remember to back it up first, just in case… [↩]

Public transportation in Maps.app is so much nicer than Rejseplanen.

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Im happy to announce that I have just signed a contract with Microsoft, and as of May 1st I will be part of the Windows Phone 7 Series team where I will be responsible creating the user interface of the future.

I almost can’t wait – It’s going to be insanely great!

Update: As many of you¹ had guessed this was an Aprils fool joke, and hell didn’t freeze over and I’m not going to work for Microsoft anytime soon.

1. But not all, I did manage to fool a few people. [↩]