As of iTunes 9.0.2 update computer slowing down to a hault.

Seeing if anyone else has this issue. Every few minutes all programs just lock up, no particular one and iTunes doesn't have to be running but it started immediately after installing iTunes 9. Driving me crazy.

I've had the same trouble since installing 9.0 (now running 9.0.2 (25)) Everything is slowed in spurts. If I add any files to iTunes, or add artwork to an album, it takes forever. I can't even change the titles of a track without slowing everything. Using Activity Monitor, there's not a memory concern, but iTunes goes red (not responding) for blocks of time before it re-appears. In fact, when iTunes is adding artwork, it (and Safari) are often missing from the Activity Monitor list, even though both are running. Immediately after installing 9.0, I actually purchased new External drives, bought and installed Snow Leopard, and eventually sent my computer to the Apple Store for 2 weeks, believing the video RAM had gone bad (according to apple's utilities) - turned out they found nothing wrong. During that 2 weeks, iTunes undated to 9.0.1 (now 9.0.2) and never said a word to me about the issues in iTunes that probably created all of this trouble. I hope they fix iTunes, soon. All my PC friends are saying they have no iTunes troubles, and here we Mac lovers are... frustrated.

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