Itunes freezes up a lot

My Itunes seems to freeze up a lot. I have done a safe reboot and repaired permissions and none of that has worked. Is there some sort of Plist file i should trash in my user library? i did that when my finder kept freezing up and that seemed to work.

That's XP SP3 I hope? iPhone Explorer support is shown at the bottom of the page you linked above or at [email protected] and it's them you should be asking really.
You should be keeping iTunes and the iPad software always up to date for security reasons. If that breaks external software then they are the ones to ask.
If you are having problems with the iPad then try resetting it by clicking the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears. You wont lose anything.
If iTunes is acting up then try asking on that forum: https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_for_windows

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Itunes freezes when connecting and ipod does not show up

When I connect my nano 3rd gen in windows vista using itunes 9 my ipod does not show up and itunes freezes. the ipod remains with the connected screen and I cannot close out of itunes. Any help would be wonderful... Thanks!!

I have (finally)solved the problem with my iTunes freezing! Here's what I did:
1.I backed up my entire music library to an external hard drive.
2.Then I completely uninstalled iTunes 9 from my computer.
3.After a re-boot I then completely deleted my entire music library. (this can be a little scary so I double checked my music library back up on the external drive)
4.I Googled iTunes 8 and found it at
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/28/apple-itunes-8-2-and-quicktime-7-6-2-di rect-download-links/
5. I downloaded it but before I installed it I copied my music library back to my computer. I did not copy everything that was in my original iTunes music folder however, I only copied the music,album art work, applications,games,Tv shoes, and podcasts folders. I placed those folders in a new folder called iTunes on my computer. I did not include any of the iTunes database files eg: .itl / .xml / or .itdb files as these were created in iTunes 9.
6. Now I opened iTunes 8.2 and added all of my music and other media content.
7. Next I attached my iPod nano to my computer. Then Windows automaticly open a window asking me if I wanted to scan for problems or continue without scanning. I had windows scan for problems and once that was done my iPod nano began to sync. Oh what joy!
I think, and this is only a guess based on what I've read here on Apple's discussion pages and my own experience, that there is a problem/conflict or bug with iTunes 9, Windows Vista and the 3rd -4th generation iPod. I will NOT be upgrading to iTunes 9 until Apple has addressed this issue. It seems to me that there are a lot of people having similar issues.

Itunes freezing when Ipod Classic plugged in

When I plug in my ipod classic 80 gb,itunes freezes (cannot click or play anything) and an error message shows up.
"There is a problem with this drive. Scan the dvice now to fix". Tried that and it doesn't work. It also says my ipod is not responding.
The newest version of itunes is installed and our computer is windows 8.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have looked at lots of other discussions but nothing has helped my problem.
Thanks!

I have the same problem: if I load iTunes for a second time and my iPod is plugged in the iTunes app and the system menus (top right corner of screen) freeze up.
Unplugging and plugging in the iPod seems un-freeze everything for me.

ITunes freezes when iPod touch 4G is connected + other issues.

I've seen a lot of people struggling with this problem and I'm afraid I got stuck with the same issue. I'm not sure when it started, but I noticed any time I connected my ipod touch 4G to my computer, iTunes freezes almost immediately. When I disconnect, it goes back to normal (most of the time) and displays a message that says: "An ipod touch has been detected but cannot properly be identified."
I tried reinstalling iTunes 5 times, all of which it comes up with what I suppose is an installation error. When I click ok on the error, installation continues as if nothing has happened. There's also been an update for iTunes but it won't download. (Note: my laptop runs Windows 8.1).
On the website, it says iTunes is 64-bit but when I download, it runs 32-bit. I don't know why this happens (I'm not exactly tech savvy) and I don't know why iTunes freezes. I also cannot manually restore my iPod as a lot of people suggested as my home button is stuck. I'm out of options unless someone saves me... and my need for my music. I've been through many forums and nothing worked.
Can anyone help?
Side note: my ipod also seems to be going through USB chords like nobody's business. It's not negligence on my part, yet they always start causing my ipod to say "charging is not supported with this accessory" then completely stop working. I had one that barely lasted a day! I'm fed up with all these problems and hope someone can help.

Thank you,
Pretty much all of the posts in that link deal with PC problems, drivers and bios stuff. Since I am running on a Mac, I don't think there is much I can do to deal with those kind of issues.
I don't seem to have any other problems with USB connections to other devices, and my iPod does work with iTunes for at least a short while after I wipe it and start over. This leads me to believe it is less of an USB issue and more something to do with software on either the iPod and iTunes. I am beginning to suspect either something with an App or using the onboard iTunes Store to download content that is somehow corrupting the iPod.
In the past, I had problems with the sync taking an inordinate amount of time to back up, which after months of research I learned that it most likely had something to do with downloading an App from the App Store on the iPod in the early days of the App Store (A problem I was never able to eliminate despite numerous restores, due to the corrupted App being re-loaded every time I used the backups. I WAS able to eliminate the problem after deleting and re-downloading all of the Apps when I nuked my iPod). My problems with not being able to sync happened shortly after I downloaded an App from the App Store (something which I refrained from doing due to fears of corruption!).
I dunno, any thoughts on this?
P.S. I am still waiting for an answer as to the fate of the content I downloaded on my Ipod. If I restore my iPod without transfering the purchases, are they ultimately lost?

ITunes freezes when I plug my ipod in

This problem started when iTunes said it couldn't sync some of the songs to my ipod. I think it said my ipod was corrupt or something like that so I tried to restore it. It froze after the restore, so I unplugged the iPod. It works when it's not plugged in, there's just nothing on it. When I plug it into the computer iTunes freezes. I tried doing reformatting it through Windows in disk mode, then it showed up in iTunes as corrupt. I restored it and the same thing happened. I don't know what to do; does anyone know anything about this?

If the above steps don't work, I went through a lot of trial and error to fix mine but found that this method worked great.
1. Press and hold select and menu to reset.
2. When the apple comes up, press select and play to put the iPod in disk mode.
3. Plug iPod in and make sure iTunes recognizes it. It will still give you an error but ignore it.
4. Find out what the iPod drive name is. Mine is G: so be careful what you put in because this will completely format any drive you type in.
Open up CMD from the run or start menu. Type in:
Format G: /FS:FAT32.
(Remember to replace G: with whatever drive your iPod is.)
Then hit enter. It may take a while. This will start the iPod format.
5. When that is finished, you will get an error that says something like the drive is too big for FAT. Ignore this.
6. Eject the iPod using iTunes and then press the select and menu button to reset the iPod back into normal mode.
7. Plug the iPod back in. You will get a message on Windows saying that you need to format it again. Ignore this.
8. Restore the iPod using iTunes.
This method will completely wipe the iPod and formats the entire thing to its original file format. I have read that doing this can reduce the life of the iPod, but better than having a iPod paper weight. This method made mine run like new again. I found that using the Windows Format Utility doesn't work to well. The CMD format seemed to do the trick. Hope this helps.

My itunes freezes whenever I connect my ipod classic

Hello, I have a 7th gen 160 GB ipod classic, the latest version of itunes (10.6.3), and I've been having a lot of problems trying to put music on it lately.
Whenever I try to connect it to the computer, my itunes just freezes up and I can't do anything with it (this happened when I tried it on another computer as well). When I disconnect it, my device appears on itunes for a split second and a message pops up saying something like "The ipod cannot be synced, the required folder cannot be found".
The day before this happened, I had problems with itunes freezing and that message popping up, but I could still put songs on there in between the freezing spells. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling itunes, starting itunes in safe mode, resetting my ipod while it was connected, almost everything except for restoring it. I'm afraid that if when restore it and all the music on it is gone, itunes will continue to freeze and I won't be able to put the music back on.
Also, I have Windows Vista. Should I try to scan and repair it when the window pops up, and then restore it? Does anyone have an alternative option, or do I have to restore it to fix it? Will restoring it fix the freezing? Does anyone else have this problem? I'll be very grateful to anyone who can provide a solution. Thank you for your time.

     If your not afraid of losing your songs and everything else on your ipod try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLX81c5KZ_I
     do everything he says but before plugging it in, put your ipod into disk mode by pressing and holding the select and menu buttons for 6-8 seconds, and when the screen switches immediatly press and hold the select and play buttons for the same amount(it should show a check mark/ok to disconnect.)
     And for step two on the video, scan it, he says not to but thats when mine worked is when i scanned it. one box should be checked in the scan(the one checked by default). Then follow the instructions on the video.
Also to add, mine fixed and worked untill i plugged it in and tryed adding more songs. I also did something undisclosed out of anger. So if mine doesn't work I wouldn't be surprised. Yours should.

When i connect to my computer itunes freezes

I have ipod shuffles and use itunes a lot. However when i plug my iphone 3gs into my computer itunes freezes and i cant put any music onto my phone.
I have been throught the troubleshooting on the website and it doesn't help.
Any suggestionsw

Have you tried using these articles here and try?
iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues : http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7 : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Hope it helps

ITunes Freezes when Burning a Mix

Every time that I attempt to burn a mix CD, using songs that I had previous to using iTunes which are in .mp3 format and some of the music that I have purchased through the store (.m4p) or at a brick-and-mortar store (.m4a) iTunes freezes up and I have to ctrl-alt-delete to shut it down. Please don't tell me that I'm not able to burn CDs featuring a mix of songs that I have purchased and songs I previously owned. I have paid a lot of money to Apple through the iTunes store and I should be allowed to make a compilation if I choose to. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Its not my burner or Windows because I burned the new Shins' CD (purchased on iTunes) with no problem.
PC Windows XP

Hi everyone on this thread.
I'm glad to see that it isn't just me who has problems JUST with the playlists with the downloaded/purchased tracks on it.
I have been to my PC company and they installed the latest firmware for my motherboard, so I have nothing more to do there.
I have tried everything. I can only assume this is an Itunes 6.0 problem as everything was ok for me until I downloaded that update.
Toonz - can you help me too? Here are my diagnostics:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
eveshamvale MS-7125
iTunes 6.0.1.3
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: ASAPIW2K (6.0.2.0), AFS2K (3.1.14.0), PFC (2.5.0.204),
UpperFilters: CDRDRV (6.0.0.0), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: RADEON X700 PRO\RADEON X700 PRO
DOT4\Vid03f0&Pid_3e02&DOT4&STOREHPHI11, Bus Type USB
IDE\DiskWDCWD2000JD-00HBC0____________________08.02D08, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomSONYCD-RW__CRX230ED____________________4YS1___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [3,0]
IDE\CdRomSONYDVD_RW_DW-D22A_____________________BYS2___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [2,0]
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
D: SONY DVD RW DW-D22A, Rev BYS2
Media in drive is blank.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 8 16 24 32 40.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 8.
E: SONY CD-RW CRX230ED, Rev 4YS1
Media in drive is blank.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 10 12 16 24 32 40 48 52.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
Thanks
Jane

ITunes freezes MY ENTIRE MAC

This just started happening a while ago and it didn't bother me much until I had just lost a bunch of data due to this problem
Basically, everytime I play a song in iTunes, it might seem to go well after a couple songs, but then at random points that happen very often now, iTunes freezes and I just see the song length stuck at 0:00
The weird part is taht the song actually plays ALL the way through without any problems, but my entire mac is frozen now...
I can only move my mouse, which is useless because the dock, background, iTunes, EVERYTHING is now frozen
The only solution I have is to hold down the power button and do a hard restart
Repairing Disk Permissions doesn't do anything and scanning my Mac says its fine...
So can someone tell me what's wrong?

I think the newest iTunes is a bit buggy. I have those complete system freezes if I start some movies one after another for testing purposes. All goes well unti film 3 or 4 and then the whole MBP stalls. Only help - reboot.
Another thing: every movie or TV show stalls after a certain time for some moments and jumps forward some seconds. After that stall, all runs OK, only some seconds later a short stuttering is noticeable.
I have a very large audio library on a external drive as primary drive. I leave the movies on another external drive w(o copying to the primary drive. So I just think, iTunes is stretched to its limit and has memory problems. The iPod classic 160 had those in the first weeks after its appearance, too. Lots of people with large libraries exchanged their iPods w/o effect. I was patient and now at least that works fine.
mk

ITunes freezes after playing or ripping a disc

I'm having big trouble with iTunes. Every time I play or rip a CD, iTunes freezes if I try to eject the disc or close down iTunes. Everything else works fine up to the point when I try to close iTunes and the whole PC locks up and I have to re-boot. I think the problem started when I switched from a USB ADSL modem to an ADSL router/modem. I was running iTunes 8.1 but the problem persisted after I upgraded to 8.2. I'm using Windows XP.
Any ideas folks?

Tania,
This exact same problem has been happening to me (and lots of other people) for quite some time now. What type of computer do you have? I'm wondering if it has something to do with Dell computers. Like someone said earlier, I don't think it's a hardware issue b/c it doesn't happen with Windows Media Player. Anyway, if you want to import your CD's to iTunes you can rip them using Media Player (in WMA format), then import these files to iTunes. This should work for the meantime until someone figures out why our iTunes keeps freezing!

ITunes freezes then crash when accessing iTunes store

I have this problem since a couple of weeks ago.
When I try to go in the iTunes store, iTunes freezes, then it closes unexpectedly (it takes a couple of minutes to close).
I don't get an error message but it slows down my computer a lot.
iTunes version 10.3
Using iPod Touch & iPhone 4 on it (crashes occur whenever my devices are connected or not)
Windows XP (up-to-date)
Videocard NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (latest driver installed - 275.33)
Antivirus bundle : Norton 360 Premier Edition (up-to-date)
I tried searching for an answer, but the only things repeated as a solution is the "videocard driver" and mine is the latest NVIDIA version.
So I'm lost and, let's say, very unhappy as I cannot search or download anything.
Any help would be welcome.

It seems that no one at Apple is willing to start working on this as I haven't had any feedback from them...
This is disappointing.

ITunes freezes when I'm trying to eject iPod (classic, 160GB)

I JUST got my new MacBook and iPod like 3 days ago and now all of a sudden iTunes freezes when I'm trying to eject iPod.
It's very annoying considering I never had this problem w/my old MacBook or my old iPod and this stuff is brand new!
I know a lot of people have similar problem. Did ANYONE find out what to do with it? Or do I have to drive to Apple Store again?
Thank you!

Do you have any better luck with that if you update to iTunes 10.6.1.7?
From the notes for the release:
iTunes 10.6.1 provides a number of improvements, including:
• Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view and syncing photos to devices.
• Addresses an issue where some iTunes interface elements are incorrectly described by VoiceOver and WindowEyes.
• Fixes a problem where iTunes may become unresponsive while syncing iPod nano or iPod shuffle.
• Resolves an ordering problem while browsing TV episodes in your iTunes library on Apple TV.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Itunes freezes when I try to Burn CDs

Every time I try to burn playlists I have made from purchased songs and songs I have converted to itunes the program will freeze on me and I have to restart. I have even tryed some of the suggestions from the help option and none of them work. Can somebody please help me? This is frustrating that I am spending money on songs and I cannot even enjoy them in my car!

I can't help you... at all. But if you scroll down to the posting burn cd = iTunes freezes (which was my post) someone was trying to help me on it and gave me a lot of things to try. maybe something of his will help you.

Upgraded to 10.5 on windows 7. now itunes freezes when trying to download old apps. any solutions?

10.5 upgrade erased apps & books from ipad. itunes freezes when trying to download from windows 7 computer. Any suggestions?

I am using Window Vista 32bit and have the same problem. After trying uninstall, reinstall, ccclean registry, over and over again and still cannot install itune 10.5. And finally concluded that this might be a registry corruption problem. The following steps is what I did to fix the registry isssue and get my itune 10.5 installed.
- Run Window update - and check the history file, if you see some failures in previous updates, there is something wrong with the registry.
- un-install all the apple related software (itune, safari, boujour, apple update, etc).
- For Vista 32bit, go to the following link and run the script to clean up the registry. I am not sure if other WIndow OS will work or not.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Windows-Update-Error-8000FFFF
- run the Fix-it script. you have to select the Agressive mode (even thou the pop up window advise not to do this) in order to clean up the registry. When I try without checking the box, and it did not fix the problem.
- reboot PC
- Run window update. It will discover a lot of old updates that need to be installed (I suspect that the fix it script delete a lot of stuff in the registry and removed previous updates). I got 53 updates that need to install.
- run the update and wait for a longtime (mine took ~2 hours).
- reboot PC
- run cccleaner
- reboot PC
- install itune 10.5
Now it works. Hopefully other window OS has similar step to fix this. I can only say it works for me using window Vista 32bit. and so far, my PC works correctly.

ITunes freezes when playing any kind of video

Up until a little while ago I was able to use iTunes to stream movie trailers, watch video podcasts, and watch movies saved in my library. For some reason now I am unable to.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Quicktime and iTunes, and I have even tried using older versions of both of these.
I can play videos in Quicktime OK, but not in iTunes.
The moment I hit "play", iTunes freezes. This happens with ANY kind of video (ie. podcasts, streaming, trailers, local videos, etc.)
Videos I used to once be able to play I cannot.
I have synced some of the videos to my iphone and they play fine on it, so the format is correct.
Any help would be great.

I had this same problem s a lot of others after updating to the latest I Tunes version. I finally got a decent response back from Apple, which was hard to do. Here is what they told me. Maybe it will help you:
I'm sorry to hear that you're dissatisfied with the way the episodes you purchased plays in iTunes on your computer. I appreciate your decision of contacting us to have this concern addressed. It's my pleasure to be of help for you today.
Raymond, please accept my sincere apologies for the inconvenience this issue has caused you. iTunes Store videos are optimized for playback on iOS devices and Apple TV.
This article often helps customers who are having video playback performance issues:
Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7 video playback performance issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1718
If your computer meets the requirements yet video playback is not satisfactory, here are some things that might improve the quality:
1) Make sure you are using the latest version of iTunes for Windows. It is available free of charge here:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download
(Note that installing the latest version of iTunes will not affect your library or any items in your account waiting to be downloaded.)
2) Quit as many other open applications as you can before playing videos in iTunes.
3) Wait for all iTunes Store purchases to finish downloading before playing videos.
4) Use this article to guide you through updating your PC's drivers:
Updating the drivers on your Windows PC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1768
5) Disable all non-Microsoft startup programs and services by following the steps in the appropriate article below:
Using Msconfig to troubleshoot conflicts in Windows Vista and Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2292
6) If the video's audio track is not satisfactory, follow the troubleshooting steps in this article:
iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Songs and other audio don't play correctly
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1362

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