Itunes will not quit

itunes will not just quit, the downloads say they are compete but the little blu icon shows something is still downloading. I have to force quit each time.
I am using the lates version of itunes 11.1 but it would happen with the other verision prior also.
Apple support says the mac is trying to sync with my iphone/ipad but they are not even identified in the menu as being connected.
I have only had the mac about a month and this is my first one.
Anyone else experience this issue.

Today this happened to me as well. I tried everything I could think of. Force Quit, Terminal.... I also couldn't launch some applications. (I could launch Terminal but not the Activity Monitor. Finally logged out but even that wouldn't force it to shut down. It just sat there with a desktop picture and nothing else. According to Terminal iTunes wasn't even using the CPU. Finally I pulled the plug.
I remember when I wouldn't have to restart for a month. Now it seems like a few times a week. Honestly, iTunes has become a huge bloated POS. I am really starting to hate it and my Mac. Things get even worse when iTunes starts linking up with Apple TV. After a few hours of playing music or photos both Apple TV and iTunes are gasping for breath. I wont go into how nasty Apple TV Take 2 behaves in this thread.
The last time iTunes acted up it was after being linked up with Apple TV for a few hours. At least then I could force quit it. The upgrade to 7.6.1 didn't help. I was thinking it might be my "old" G5 but to read here that his is happening to new iMacs is discouraging.

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