Caching Bug in iTunes 9.0 (70)

When iTunes 9.0 (70) is first activated, it's new, main Cache (Users > UserChosenName > Library > Caches > iTunes) will sometimes not display any content. Running a recording with fseventer reflects the odd behavior.

See this -> Don’t Panic
"Yesterday (09/09/09, by the way) Apple released iTunes 9. Unfortunately it has a nasty bug that prevents iVolume from analyzing songs that have been imported from a file. All other songs – that is purchased, ripped or converted songs – will still be processed fine by iVolume.
We put highest priority on this issue. All other projects have been interrupted in order to restore full compatibility with iTunes 9 as soon as possible. We already found a solution and are currently busy implementing it. Things look good so far.
So please be patient, a new version of iVolume will be released very soon"

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