I upgraded to itunes 6.0.4, it only launches when connected to the internet

Question

i recently upgraded my itunes to 6.0.4, ever since i did that, the itunes doesn't launch except when i have internet access, when i try to launch it anywhere else it says application not responding, what do i do?

Answer 1

one more thought -- perhaps one of the other iTunes preferences relating to internet connections is set to always on. If so, try turning those OFF (while connected to internet, so iTunes runs in your case).
Possible settings to check in iTunes preferences would be:
- Check for iTunes updates automatically (turn this off/UNcheck the box)
- Show links to Music Store (turn this off/uncheck)
- Podcasts: Check for new episodes every whatever (change to MANUALLY)
- Podcasts: When new episodes available (change to Do Nothing)
- Sharing: Share my music (change to off/uncheck)
- Store: Load complete preview before playing (turn off).
You might also try turning off some of those features via Parental Controls, which might stop the internet access.
If you want some of those features, once you have gotten iTunes to work (assuming my methods succeed), you could re-enable them one at a time, and checking that iTunes still comes fully active after changing one setting, quitting iTunes and restarting to make sure that single change did not cause it to fail. Best.
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