ITunes 4.8 and system clock freeze up when docking my iPod
Hi. Here are the details of my problem:
When the iPod is already docked and charging and THEN I launch iTunes I get the dock bounce once or twice (usual) and the tiny black up arrow under the green iTunes icon is the dock indicating a running app. Sadly, I get no iTunes window, the system clock in the top right corner of the screen freezes, and the mouse arrow turn to spinning beach ball only when I move the mouse over said frozen clock. No other problems though. All other apps work fine even if already launched. This happens every time and has been for weeks now.
Current workaround:
Even if the clock has been frozen for hours with a stalled iTunes launch, at the EXACT moment I pull the iPod from the dock the iTunes app come up with my library selected, as it should, and the corner clock resumes with correct time just fine. If I dock the iPod at this point it all syncs up just fine, as usual. Similarly, if I wait to dock the iPod for syncing or just charging purposes AFTER iTunes has already been launched I have no problems, ever.
Weird. What gives?
Laura,
For what it's worth it feels nice to know I not the only one. I restored and wiped my iPod a few time too with, unfortunately, no change. The problem continues.
It remains true for me that if iTunes has already been launched when i dock the iPod I have no problems. But if I launch iTunes with an already docked iPod it's freeze up city for me.
Is it possible that we're the only two people with this issue? We need to find strength in numbers if a fix is to be uncovered or programed by apple.
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