Itunes 10.6 is very slow and rarely plays songs. It will either not show it playing or show it stuck at 0:00

Hey, i have had this problem for a while now and it finally got on my nerves. Itunes has been very slow for me lately and now it rarely even plays a song when i want it too. It either wont register that i clicked the song by freezing up or it will show that the song is stuck at 0:00. Sometimes it does play the song, but i havent figured out why it does at random times and what im doing differently when it does. I have itunes 10.6 on windows 7 64 bit. Any help? That would be great

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ITunes Running Very Slow and other errors

iMac, OSX 10.6.7, 2.66 GHZ, Intel Core 2Duo, 4GB Ram 1067 MHZ DDR3
iTunes 10.2.2
Media is on 1TB USB attached WD Drive / Mac OS Extended. Music Folder is 83GB
When I launch iTunes it tries to update Genius and gets the following error:
"We could not complete your iTunes store request. An unknown error occured (4002). There was an error in the iTunes store. Please try again later."
While viewing my music list in the iTunes browser if I select a star rating for a song, the spinning beach ball may spin for as long as a minute or longer.
If I launch iTunes and do nothing but play music, it "seems" to do ok. If I do something like change a rating that then invokes the spinning ball, from
there on out everything is slow. A change in songs can take a minute or more.
I was just able to download / purchase an album from iTunes store. It was slow and the spinning ball was active for the entire download. I was able to
use other applications but could not click anything in iTunes.
After the download I am able to switch between any and all songs in my library without any noticible lag.
I updated the rating on one of the new songs just purchased and it took a full 3 minutes for the spinning ball to stop.
Any help is appreciated.
Terry

OK, found it. This fixed my performance issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2536941
This fixed my Genius issue:
Turned Genius off
Closed iTunes
Launch Safari
Preferences/Security/Cookies
delete the apple.com entries

Here are my Etrecheck results....can anyone help me get my computer faster? Problem description: Computer very slow-.and unresponsive EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121) Report generated April 16, 2015 at 10:19:42 AM EDT

Problem description:
Computer very slow….and unresponsive
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated April 16, 2015 at 10:19:42 AM EDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
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    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
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        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
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    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
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    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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No, downgrading the iOS version is not supported by Apple.
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- if having problems with Safari, clearing its history and data : Settings > Safari
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- backing up (and copying any purchases over to your computer's iTunes library via File > Devices > Transfer Purchases) and restoring
- adjusting settings e.g. turning 'reduce motion' on (Settings > General > Accessibility), turning off 'background app refresh (Settings > General), turn off multitasking gestures (Settings > General)
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When starting Thunderbird to retreive my emails it is very slow and eventually no emails show up. Help

I use Thunderbird to retrieve my emails. When I click on the site at the bottom left hand corner it indicates how many emails are waiting to upload on my page. AVG AntiVirus scans the emails. It starts out very slow and the green bar comes across the bottom right hand corner very slowly. I may get one or two emails but then it just stops and the rest of the emails don't upload on my site. My husband has the same issue as he uses Thunderbird also. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

H Sean,
Welcome to Apple discussion: )
What if anything have you tried or have done to trouble shoot the problem.
Look in your Console, found in the Applications/ Utilities folder for any
clue, check the console.logs & system.logs, for any clues & paste them in a reply post. Look for items that access the net.
Do you do any internet clutter cleaning, using a tool, such as OnyX make sure to get the correct version for 10.3.9 if you do download it.
See Neils User's tip article , on Clearing caches with OnyX
Do you do any Regular Maintenance/General Troubleshooting ?
Go to Home~/Library/Caches/Safari cache folder, and Get info on the size of the Safari cache folder, if it is larger then 5 MB's I would trash the entire Safari cache folder.
~/Library/Safari folder/Icons folder, what is the size of that folder, if more say 2-3MBS, that could slow things down. These are the icons beside every
bookmark & URL , when you trash this folder the Icons will all become default
blue bubbles, the icons will recreate, unless you set the "You -can" Read & Write to Read only, in the "Ownership & Permissions" portion of the "Get info" window. Same is true for the Safari cache folder.
System Preferences-> Accounts-> Start up items, the more items there the more CPU usage the more spinning you may experience, which items do
you have there?
Which version of iTunes are you running, & have you removed the extra files?
Do you have and problems running Disk permissions repair?
Please post back.
Eme'~[)

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The first step in addressing the black screen is an SMC reset.
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.
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Weblogic server performance is very slow and memory consumption is 99%

I am facing one critical issue with the weblogic server..
The server performance is very slow and one of the process is consuming more that 99% of the memory. Bouncing the server is not resolving the issue.
Can see the memory usage below...
Tasks: 134 total, 2 running, 132 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s):100.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
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Next
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

My macbook pro is running very slow and restarts

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Reset you SMC which can fix power-related issues, and also reset the PRAM (see below). If that doesn't fix it, please post back.
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
You might also run the Apple hardware test. You'll need your original OS X disks to run it.

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hi everyone I have a 13 inch mid 2012 MacBook pro,
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what does this mean? is it something to do with my fan?
also there is a very strange clicking noise when I lift the mac up or if its on its side and sometimes it just randomly freezes, the computer does not respond and then it restarts.
what do I do?
please help!

" the fan didn't seem congested with dust, at least not enough to cause any malfunction."
The lint and crap builds up in the heat exchanger radiator. It's the grilled thing at the output of the fan.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2012+Fan+Replacemen t/10367
Look at step 6. It's that grilled thing at the top of the fan. If you remove the fan that radiator is probably clogged with lint. Brush it all away and if possible blow out the fan with compressed air. Make sure the fan turns freely and doesn't feel stiff.
http://s291.photobucket.com/user/spudnuty/media/13%20inch%20MacBook%20Core%202%2 05-2007%20dirty%20rainstrm/MacBookHeatsinkinlet.jpg.html?filters[user]=68196367& filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=21
This isn't a MBP radiator but the problem will look like this.

My MacBook pro is running very slow and unresponsive.

My MacBook pro is running very slow and unresponsive. I have mid 2010 model running on lion. Past few days it looks very unresponsive. Tried to reinstall lion as clean copy. Still no luck. Any help on this is much appreciated !
My model has 4 gb ram.

Things That Can Keep Your Computer From Slowing Down
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

On my macbook pro I have a message on my homepage telling me that certain items want to use my keychain. I've pressed cancel the message will not go. The mac is now running very slow and iphoto and safari are not working. Can anyone help?

On my macbook pro I have a message on my homepage telling me that certain items want to use my keychain. I've pressed cancel the message will not go. The mac is now running very slow and iphoto and safari are not working. Can anyone help?

What version of Mac OS X?
What home page?
What browser?

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