ITunes eats up CPU

My iTunes eats up CPU (95%-142%) while converting from MP3 to AAC!?
18 tracks (134 MB) is not to much I assume!
Fans on my MacBook Pro 17" are working non-stop (at 5800-6000 min.Speed) during this "operation"!
Is there a particular reason or there is something wrong with my laptop?

Yeah same problem here. The only thing I've been able to do to deal with the problem is to close out of mozilla firefox (or any other larger program), and it usually improves... kind of a pain.

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ITunes eating 100% cpu and reopening soulution

My iTunes made almost unusable my mac, and when I closed it, it always reopened. I havent noticed the RimAlbumDaemon, cause it hasn't took too many cpu time, but IT was the reason of iTunes's behavior.
I deleted every BalckBerry related software from my mac (don't miss the Library/Application Support folder!)

My iTunes made almost unusable my mac, and when I closed it, it always reopened. I havent noticed the RimAlbumDaemon, cause it hasn't took too many cpu time, but IT was the reason of iTunes's behavior.
I deleted every BalckBerry related software from my mac (don't miss the Library/Application Support folder!)

Since i up graded to itunes 10.5.2 i cannot access itunes store fully ,i have apple mobile device exe eating my cpu at 97% and now i tried to sync my ipod and it said that i needed to restore my ipod ,this i did and now i cant access my ipod library

this has got ridiculous now i cant access itunes tore,my ipod says there is no music on it even though i watched it sync nearly 5000 tunes and the program apple mobile device exe eats my cpu at 97% it slows my computer to a crawl should have had the courage of my convictions and stuck to itunes version9 at least that worked.tried resetting netsh winsock,flushing my dns all not worked.this has to be sorted out...and quick

Hi,
I have tried and confimed that you can download the previous version from some web-site about the version 10.5.1.42.
Remove/un-install 10.5.2.11 and restart your computer.
Install the old version 10.5.1.42
and then you can find the "Devices" on the left column and showing synchronizing when you connect the cable.
Good luck

Itunes 11 high CPU

Since downloading iTunes 11 I've noticed a considerable drop in computer functionality and speed whenever it's running. Even if it's just playing music. It's eating more CPU and Memory than ever before. Is this a normal thing?

Yessss! i' ve finally found the issue !
The problem was with "smart play lists" i dunno how you call it in english, but i' ve created a long time ago a smart playlist named "unread" because the "all random" function is not so much random for me, as they play some tracks more often than others...
With as criteria " numbers of play = 0 " so one title is played one time!
By using my brain as good as i can, i told myself " what itunes do when a song ends and then go to the next?"
It wrote something on the smart play list or something like that
Then test from "play all random" = no more issue !
Then deleted my smart play list and recreate one identical = problem solved !
norbml : i hope this help you

Itunes 100 percent CPU

I am running Itunes and my CPU is running at 100% also when trying to go onto the iTunes Store it just says "accessing iTunes Store" and hangs there. There was an update available so I tried to update which resulted in getting an error when installing saying that MSVCR80.dll was missing. I then uninstalled itunes following all the steps removing :
Itunes
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support (if this won't uninstall press on)
Bonjour
Apple Application Support
I downloaded the latest version of Itunes and installed it. I still have the same problem. I then tried using command prompt and netsh winsock reset. Restarting the computer but this hasn't helped either. I then tried Autoruns from Microsoft Website to see if there was any other programs using Winsock, but the only one that is showing is Bonjour.
Please can anyone help? I'm running out of ideas
I am running itunes on Windows XP SP3. I've only just started to get this problem and I haven't installed anything new for a while (not counting itunes-which I only updated to try and fix the problem)

Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
Now launch your iTunes and see if CPU problem is fixed now.
If you are still having these type of problems after trying the winsock reset, refer to this article to identify which software in your system is inserting LSP:
iTunes 10.5 for Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123?viewlocale=en_US

I downloaded iTunes onto my CPU and deleted it. Now I can't install it again.

I downloaded iTunes onto my CPU and deleted it soon after. Now I am trying to re-install it, but it says I still have it on my CPU. So I went to the control panel, and there is only one program that was named iTunes, but I could not delete it. How can I delete it, or how can I install iTunes again?

I'd try the following document:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(If there's a SpeedBit LSP showing up in Autoruns, it's usually best to just uninstall your SpeedBit Video Accelerator.)

ITunes 9.1 - CPU goes to 100% when playing prot. AAC - clicks and gaps

Since downloading 9.1, there are clicks and gaps when I play protected AAC songs on iTunes. Songs play fine with QuickTime player. When a protected song is played in 9.1, iTunes absorbs all available CPU.
I have followed all remediation steps in the apple.com support site including turning off sound enhancer, checking for driver updates, etc. I have also set buffering to maximum.
If I play an AAC protected song for more than a few seconds it becomes impossible to pause it and all other applications running freeze. This happens even when there are no other applications running . . . it is not a conflict problem with other applications. itunes absorbs whatever cpu there is left to take. Consistently using 60-90% of CPU w/ total CPU @ 100% constantly (when an AAC protected song is played).
iTunes works fine as long as the song is not protected.
I cannot find anything on the apple site to allow me to go back to 9.0. Why can't apple allow one to step back to the previour version? I am seriously looking at getting permanently off of iTunes. Each new release is harder to use and performs more poorly.

Unfortunately I have the same problem since I installed Itunes 9.1 anche this problem is shown in a lot of thread.....
I am seriously disappointed cause I BOUGTH these music and it's unbelieveble that Itunes doesn't play its music (sorry for my english...I am writing from Italy...).
I am afraid that it's an Intel Atom processor conflict.
I have already update everything was possible to update (driver, codecs, setting audio configuration, energy saving...) but I didn't find any stuff to solve this issue...

HT2731 i need a link to purge itunes enformation off cpu. so i can create another with clean slate

i need a link to remove existing i tunes from cpu to create new account info free of old account

What do you 'purge iTunes enformation off cpu' ?
You can log out of an account on your computer's iTunes via the Store > Sign Out menu option. If you want to remove all of its downloads from your iTunes library then select them and press the delete button on your keyboard.
If you want to use the same email address on a new account then you will need to replace it on that account first (iTunes accounts can't be deleted, you can only stop using them) e.g. via the Store > View Account menu option on your computer's iTunes or via http://applied.apple.com

ITunes eats 100% of the processor

Since yesterday evening (Still pre-iTunes 7.2) iTunes eats up 100% of the processor and won't respond anymore. When I force quit it and restart it, only seconds later (interacting with it or not) same thing happens.
I deleted the plists for iTunes and that helped yesterday evening, today I fired up iTunes - same behaviour.
Repairing disk permissions didn't help and there is no thing like "determing gapless playback". Disabling plug-ins/add-ons didn't help as well. I can't find anything in the logs.
I sampled the process with the activity monitor and I get:
Analysis of sampling pid 591 every 10.000000 milliseconds
Call graph:
100 Thread_0f07
100 0x3089
100 0x3162
100 0x24c33f
100 0x38182
100 0x24bc36
100 0x24b1c6
100 0x1b12ff
100 WaitNextEvent
100 WNEInternal
100 GetNextEventMatchingMask
100 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
100 CFRunLoopRunInMode
100 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
100 TimerVector
100 0x32ff0b
100 0x32fb34
100 0x30f2c6
72 0x30c84e
70 0x2d1a1e
16 0x2d1907
16 0x2d1907
15 0x2d190c
15 0x2d190c
7 0x2d18da
4 0x2d121c
4 0x2d121c
1 0x2d1230
1 0x2d1230
1 0x2d1235
1 0x2d1235
1 0x2d1239
1 0x2d1239
7 0x2d1902
7 0x2d1902
6 0x2d1905
6 0x2d1905
4 0x2d1962
4 0x2d1962
3 0x2d191a
3 0x2d191a
3 0x2d195e
3 0x2d195e
2 0x2d18bb
2 0x2d18bb
2 0x2d195c
2 0x2d195c
1 0x2d18b6
1 0x2d18b6
1 0x2d18c6
1 0x2d18c6
1 0x2d18f5
1 0x2d18f5
1 0x2d1960
1 0x2d1960
1 0x2d1982
1 0x2d1982
1 0x2d1a11
1 0x2d1a11
1 0x2d1a26
1 0x2d1a26
25 0x30c884
15 0x2d1a85
9 0x2d1a1e
2 0x2d18da
1 0x2d121c
1 0x2d121c
1 0x2d1239
1 0x2d1239
1 0x2d18b7
1 0x2d18b7
1 0x2d18b8
1 0x2d18b8
1 0x2d18eb
1 0x2d18eb
1 0x2d1902
1 0x2d1902
1 0x2d190c
1 0x2d190c
1 0x2d191a
1 0x2d191a
1 0x2d1a1e
2 0x2d18b2
2 0x2d18b2
1 0x2d19da
1 0x2d19da
1 0x2d1a26
1 0x2d1a26
1 0x2d1a41
1 0x2d1a41
1 0x2d1a85
7 0x2d1aa5
2 0x2d12af
2 0x2d12af
2 0x2d1539
1 0x2d1256
1 0x2d1256
1 0x2d12ab
1 0x2d12ab
1 0x2d14f0
1 0x2d14f0
1 0x2d14fa
1 0x2d14fa
1 0x2d1505
1 0x2d1505
1 0x2d1a6b
1 0x2d1a6b
1 0x2d1a79
1 0x2d1a79
1 0x30c884
1 0x2d19d6
1 0x2d19d6
1 0x2d1a43
1 0x2d1a43
1 0x30c85f
1 0x30c85f
100 Thread_1003
100 pthreadbody
100 _apeagent
100 machmsgtrap
100 machmsgtrap
100 Thread_1103
100 pthreadbody
100 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)
100 HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*)
100 CFRunLoopRunInMode
100 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
100 machmsgtrap
100 machmsgtrap
100 Thread_1203
100 pthreadbody
100 0x325f09
100 0x235b0e
100 semaphorewait_signaltrap
100 semaphorewait_signaltrap
100 Thread_1303
100 pthreadbody
100 0x218812
100 CFRunLoopRun
100 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
100 machmsgtrap
100 machmsgtrap
100 Thread_1403
100 pthreadbody
100 select
100 select
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
5 pthreadbody
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
machmsgtrap 300
select 100
semaphorewait_signaltrap 100
0x2d1907 16
0x2d190c 16
0x2d1902 8
0x2d1905 6
0x2d121c 5
Sample analysis of process 591 written to file /dev/stdout
Sampling process 591 each 10 msecs 100 times
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