Itunes 11.01 crashes on updating match

Question

Hello
iTunes crashes every time it tries to accomplish the match-update.
Crash-Reporter says:
Crashed Thread:  21
Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000011b689000
It is always near the end of step 2 (I admittedly got a huge library), and I wonder if it has to do with either the size of my library, or with a corrupt file?
Any hint how I could get close to the problem?
Thanks much!
david

Answer 1

I don't know the source of the problem but have figured out a workaround for this that's working for me.
1. Turn off Match on any devices that receive it.
2. Open iTunes. Go to iTunes Store and select Turn Off iTunes Match.
3  Now iTunes shouldn't crash. Add any songs you want. When you're through, go back to iTunes Store and turn iTunes Match back on.
4. Turn on Match on all your devices.
Nothing started uploading until I turned Match back on my devices. I guess it has to be on on those devices.
At this point, after a long pause, iTunes should start matching and uploading songs without crashing.
I've been in touch with Apple support, who are very responsive but don't seem to have a clue how to fix what is apparently an increasing problem with iTunes 11.
Happy holidays, and I hope this works for you. Would love to hear if it did.