Itunes freezing constantly

Itunes freezes anytime I try to search, load songs...pretty much anything. It cant scroll, seach or move songs without freezing up. Can Itunes really have become worse with every iteration?

My husband is encountering the exact same problem after upgrading to iTunes 10.7 on the latest version of Mountain Lion. All he gets is the spinning wheel of death. The only way to stop it is to right click on the iTunes icon in the dock.
It has rendered iTunes totally unusable. Need answers please

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Newest iTunes freezing constantly on startup...

Everytime I open iTunes it freezes instantly and beachballs and stops responding. Anyone know what this could be?
Thanks

My husband is encountering the exact same problem after upgrading to iTunes 10.7 on the latest version of Mountain Lion. All he gets is the spinning wheel of death. The only way to stop it is to right click on the iTunes icon in the dock.
It has rendered iTunes totally unusable. Need answers please

ITunes freezes downloading app updates

I'm running 10.5 (141) on my iMac running Lion and am running into a problem where iTunes will constantly freeze when I download my app updates. If I download updates individually, there doesn't seem to be a problem and if I turn off simultaneous downloads, the probelm will be less frequent but it always seems to happen if I have a bunch of apps to download. The scenario is this, I will click on "Download All Free Updates" and it will start downloading away. Things will be fine for a while but after a few minutes of downloading, I'll notice that suddenly the progress bars stop moving and the estimated times start going up. At this point, iTunes is effectively hung. I can sometimes press a few buttons like "pause all" and this will pause all the non-active downloads but not the ones in progress. Even though I can get to the Finder, I cannot quit iTunes, force quit iTunes or restart my system. If I try to force quit iTunes from the dock, that will usuually cause the dock to freeze. Each time this happens, my only recourse is a hard reboot. I've tried having Activitiy Monitor running and a Termimal window open at the same time but when this happen, both of those apps hang at the same time so I'm not able to type any commands or quit any processes.
This is any annoying problem because each time I do a hard reboot, I risk corrupting my iTunes library. I've had similar problems with iTunes in the past freezing but those were random. This always happens during app downloads. I had hoped that this kind of thing would stop once iTunes was a true Cocoa application but it still seems to bring the whole system down whenever it has a major problem. My guess is that it's crashing some network process and that in turn in hanging the whole system.
Luckily, I don't actually need to update the apps on my computer and can do it directly from my iDevices but it's frustrating that this problem exists. Any ideas?

I can't believe that no one answered Eric D's querry! It has been over a year! Come on Apple iPad users, help us out.
I have a similar problem that arrose recently. I have had my iPad for a couple of years, no problem. But recently, I notied that I had a number of apps that had free upgrades so I began to download them. ArtRage is one of my important apps as I use it on my iPad andI have ArtRage Pro on my iMac. However, when I attempted to download the latest upgrade, ArtRage froze. The app is greyed out on the iPad and it can't be used and I can't download the upgrade either. When I try to upgrade, it goes to "waiting ..." then, I receive an error window, "Unable to Download Application." ArtRage" could not be downloaded at this time: with a "Done" and "Retry" button. If I hit the Retry button, eventually the same error window reappears. This is a Catch 22! Moreover, the ArtRage App is frozen so I can't even use the previous version.
I checked with ArtRage help and they say this is an Apple problem (or a Appstore problem). I now have my SketchBook Pro app frozen like this also. These are two of my most importat and most used apps. I need help.
Just to make things clear, I was able to download Dragon a few minutes ago. So this problem does not effect all the apps I need to download.
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ITunes freezing with error -50, -3259 and 9006

Okay, so I have had a problem with iTunes freezing in relation to downloading Podcasts since around version 8. After updating to 10.2.2 on 10.6.7, iTunes has turned into one big fail. Downloading anything produces any of the following error codes: -50. 3259 and 9006 after about 30 seconds. After any error code is displayed, a few seconds later iTunes freezes with the pinwheel of death and no matter how long I leave it, I end up having to restart using my computer's power button. After 2-3 restarts like this, the iTunes library is corrupted and the app freezes while loading the library. During this library freeze, the drive where my iTunes library is stored is ejected. This happens on both internal and external drives.
Here is what I have done thus far:
Uninstalled iTunes completely.
Created a new user account and installed iTunes 10.2.2 to that account.
Added various media.
I have absolutely NO problems with iTunes until I download a podcast or something from iTunes U. Then, the issues occur and I cannot seem to get rid of them until I unistall completely and reinstall to a new user account.
I would like to be able to use iTunes WITH podcasts and iTunes U on my main user account without the freezing. Any suggestions?

I seem to have fixed my own problem. I just thought I'd post my solution since I read posts from many, many people having similar issues. So hopefully, this helps someone!
I found a file in /Library/Preferences called com.apple.pcast_integration.plist; the file text included QuickTimePro and Podcast Producer Export in its strings. Deleting the file solved my problem. I went from my main user account freezing constantly and throwing up errors to working 100% smoothly with just deleting that one file. I cannot believe this simple action solved a problem I've been having for so long!
I do not understand how this file is being referred to in downloading podcasts. I have tried everything, even loading and playing all types of media from old libraries I thought were corrupt, but cannot seem to make iTunes or Quicktime recreate the file...nor can I find anyone else having trouble due to this file. Could it be a remnant from an old installation, or something that somehow deployed along with a podcast? If anyone can tell me more about com.apple.pcast_integration.plist, I would appreciate it. And let me know if removing it helps you!

Itunes freezes whenever classic ipod is attached

I am being driven batty and really need a fix. I have spent hours looking at past threads but nothing gives me the answer.
I have uninstalled and then re-installed itunes. I have the latest ipod software. Itunes works fine on its own, ipod works fine on its own - I just have a whole pile of newly purchased stuff I want to put on my ipod.
Itunes freezes as soon as the ipod is attached and doesn't recognise it as a device. I can see my ipod on my computer and am currently restoring it through "format" once again as I can't use itunes with it to restore it through this. Last time I tried it, I was then able to re-sync everything and it let me sync once more before freezing everytime again.
As I see there are thousands and thousands of people that this has happened for, I am hoping that there is an easy solution that will fix this once and for all. I have tried all the steps on the apple website but this is driving me batty.
My laptop is only a year old and for the first three months it all worked brilliantly. I had never had an ipod before and I fell in love with it. But surely these issues shouldn't constantly happen - please please help!

Do you have the sceurity update for Vista mentioned in this article?
Ejecting iPod using Windows Explorer on Windows Vista may corrupt iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305289
Are you able to even run iPod diagnostics?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304314

I'm having trouble updating my iphone 4 since i updated to 4.3.3 i can't update it anymore. right now when i connect it to my itunes, itunes freezes for about 5 minutes then says something like "could not load sync service" any ideas on what i shud do?

I'm having trouble updating my iphone 4 since i updated to 4.3.3 i can't update it anymore. initially itunes would let me go so far as downloadin the new software then an error poped up as soon as the download finished, and now when i connect it to my itunes, itunes freezes for about 5 minutes then says something like "could not load sync service, reconnect or try again later" any ideas on what i shud do?

Did you try to connect in recovery mode? iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to restore

ITunes freezes on my macbook pro when i sync my iphone

Hi guys --
I've been following tons of threads to get an answer - can you help?
Out of nowhere, my iPhone can't sync with iTunes - whenever I plug in my iPhone, iTunes freezes, and I get the rainbow beachball. After a bit, I get a message that my computer is set not to allow synching -- do I want to allow synching? I select yes, and then I'm told this isn't allowed. When I select override, it's still not allowed.
Here's my specs:
MacBook Pro (2011, 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7), running OS X 10.9.4
iTunes 11.3.1
iPhone 5S, running iOS 7.1.2
Here's what I've done:
- repaired disc permissions, and restarted the computer (nothing changed.)
- followed every suggestion here (iTunes: May become unresponsive when connecting iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch) -- including installing updates to both OSs and iTunes, disabled sync (and iTunes STILL freezes), deleted every podcast I had from both my iPhone and laptop, and rebuilt my iTunes library following the instructions that they gave.
The only other thing I can think to do is to start a new user on this laptop, copy over my music (which is all backed up to an external hard drive, so no biggie - just annoying), and/or reformat my iphone or this computer. Would REALLY love not to do that. Any other suggestions or ideas?

Hi there,
I have the same issue as you do, this has been going on for quite a while now (2 months) and I have tried everything, including creating a new user - did not work. Perhaps you might have better luck than I did.
I really don't understand how this can just start happening for no reason.
If you have any luck I would be keen to hear how you fixed the problem.
Good luck!

Can't access the music on my iPod, iTunes freezes up

Hello out there, I have a problem with my fifth generation 30 GB iPod video. It has worked like a dream until yesterday. I plugged my iPod into my computer (HP laptop running Windows Vista) and it showed up in iTunes as usual. I dragged three albums onto my iPod and it did the usual routine of updating. When it was done I clicked the eject symbol in the iTunes menu and waited for the battery to show on the iPod screen before disconnecting. I turned on the iPod to listen to these new tunes and now my iPod appears to be blank. Under artists, albums, songs, etc there are no longer any options.
Okay, I have the day off from work so I figure I'll just sync it back up and put all 30 gigs back on. I plug the iPod in, iTunes opens automatically, and then freezes. After unplugging the iPod itunes resumes working. I try this several more times, restart the computer, restart the iPod, etc and it keeps doing the same thing.
Frustrated (as this happened once before with a much older iPod several years ago) I headed over to these forums. From looking around I saw the five R's that are always suggested. After reseting, retrying, and restarting, the problem still persists: I can't access the music on my ipod, and itunes freezes.
I then updated to the newest version of itunes. This also did nothing to solve the problem. I want to attempt to restore my ipod, unfortunately this is not possible because I can't access the iPod options through itunes because it freezes as soon as the ipod is attached to the computer.
After reading several threads on these support forums I stumbled on this one: (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1480926&tstart=0) in which a user recommends downloading an alternative iPod manager. I followed the link in that thread and settled on a program called poddox, hoping I could just throw all my music back onto my iPod with it. So I again plugged in my ipod, waited for itunes to freeze, closed it as it was not responding, and opened podox. Podox reported that all of my music is still on the iPod (it says there is less than 200 megs of space available).
Unfortunately poddox won't work for me either. Upon attempting to use it to remove all the data on my ipod my computer crashed and restarted. This is strange because although itunes freezes when the ipod is plugged in, it still appears as a removable disk in windows.
I returned to the apple website and downloaded and older, seperate ipod updater software from 2006. I installed the software and it restarted my computer. When I ran the ipod updater I received a message informing me that this software was no longer supported and that if i wanted to update my ipod's software or restore it I should just do it through itunes v.7 or later. The program then quits, and I have no choice.
I'm about ready to pull my hair out here. What can I do? It seems like a real catch 22 in that I need to restore my ipod for itunes to recognize it but i can't restore it because itunes doesn't recognize it. From what I gather there is no way to restore it without using itunes, is this accurate? What can I do to either delete all the data on my pod and reload it, or make it appear again in my ipod's menu/interface? Any help you guys can give is greatly appreciated, I will be monitoring the responses to this thread in case anyone should need more information from me. Thanks again.

right, figured it out. had to put it in disk mode, then reconnect, then it was recognized, then i restored and put everything back onto it. hope this helps anyone else who has a similar problem

ITunes Freezes when I try to sync my new iPod Touch

I can't sync my new iPod with my iTunes library. I have posted in the iTunes forum, although my title says that I have solved the issue. It isn't, so I'm contemptlating reposting.
I bought a 64gig iPod Touch the other day to replace an old broken iPod. When I try to sync it with my main iTunes library, after a short while (5-500 songs) iTunes freezes and won't shut down. I have on a couple of occasions got a message saying the the computer can't write to the iPod, or the iPod isn't responding, or an "Unknown Error".
It seems to work fine with my laptop.
I found a page on fixing "Unknown Errors" and have tried most of the suggestions.
I've tried:
*) Uninstalling and Reinstalling iTunes several times
*) Resetting and restoring my iPod several times
*) Updating my drivers - they are all up to date apparently
*) Stopping all unnecessary programs and services from running on start up
*) Creating a new user account and trying to sync my iPod from there. I have successfully managed to sync the iPod with a small number of songs or a film on my own account, so I need to test it with a fairly big library. I copied my main iTunes library into iTunes on the new account. The sync hasn't worked (although it is syncing the same files).
I found a post with a google search that suggested it could be a power drain on my USB port / Bus, or somet fhing like that. Not sure exactly what that means, but it sounded plausible. I have recently upgraded my graphics card.
I did also see a solution posted that suggested formatting the iPod using My Computer and the iPod icon, but I can't imagine that would do anything more than the restore iPod option in the iPod menu?
Can anyone help? Getting a bit fed up now... I've had the iPod a couple of weeks and have barely been able to use it yet.

Are you using security software on your PC? If yes, try to disable the software or check the settings. More info here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125

ITunes freezes whenever I try to open it

I installed the latest version of iTunes (7.3.1) and QuickTime. According to Apple Software Update, both of these programs are up-to-date. However, iTunes freezes when I try to listen to my music library by clicking on a song. I have already uninstalled and installed iTunes & QuickTime several times to no avail. Is anyone experiencing the same problem as I am?
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Solved my own problem by dumping all of the newly imported files in the trash and emptying the trash. Twas a case of overload it seems.

ITunes freezing upon device connection

When ever i plug my iPod touch 5th gen 16GB into my Windows 7 PC with iTunes open, iTunes freezes. It also freezes when i try to open preferences.
I have tried everything i can think of, i have re-installed device drivers, iTunes, I've uninstalled every instance of iTunes and apple related file on my HDD and re installed it, but it still freezes. After searching for a fix i came across iTunes: May become unresponsive when connecting iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support and tried everything there but it still freezes when i plug in my iPod.
Help?

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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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.Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them 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 which is irrelevant to 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.
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ITunes freezes

Hello. My iTunes freezes when I try to open it. I have tried restarting my PC, but it doesn't help..... Please help me!!!

Ok. I finally fixed my iTunes. I just had to wait like 5 min for iTunes to connect to the store. I am really happy it works now!!!

G570 USB mouse cursor freezing constantly

The problem will be explained lower but let me tell you how this was.
So I've had this problem like 1,5 years ago, after I bought the laptop. So I bought a cheap mouse for it back then, and I noticed that the laptop had problems with the USB mouse, fine, I thought it was the poor mouse, so I bought another cheap one, and it worked fine. Then I bought a gamepad, and again, this problem.
Today I bought a gaming mouse, and the problem re-appeared. I've been searching through the internet all day long.
Basically, the mouse cursor freezes constantly, also with that "plugged-unplugged" sound, but the touchpad works.
I've been looking all around, tried the mouse on another laptop and it works fine.
I've tried:
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- Uninstalling/reinstalling the realtek USB reader or w/e its name is.
- The device manager trick (I think you know what I'm talking about)
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Hey Barrett_killz,
Welcome to the forums
I would suggest you trying out a different USB mouse and see if that helps
Cant suggest anything else as you have already uninstalled and installed the Drivers
keep me posted
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Can only download one podcast at a time without itunes freezing...

Having never had any major problems with itunes before, it has suddenly started freezing when I set any podcasts downloading.
If I set one podcast downloading, it will continue to work as normal (although navigating the menus on the left hand side will be considerably slower - an aspect of itunes that I have had to get used to as it seems to slow everything down), but as soon as I click a second to begin it will immediately stop responding. The downloads will continue, although I cannot view their progression or move to the video, music, radio etc menus. Once the downloads have finished itunes will unfreeze and continue as normal. It does not crash or require Ctrl-Alt-Del, and whilst this is going on other programs continue as normal.
Anyone else suffered the same, or know how to fix it?

itunes 8.1 freezes if I download even one podcast. Unfreezes when download is done. I can click anywhere on the interface and nothing will happen. It takes about three seconds after I click on the GET button before itunes freezes up. If I restart [open a new itunes without closing the frozen window] the program, I might get one click before it becomes unresponsive again. Can't go back to the previous version because the library file has new code.

Why does iTunes freeze up for minutes at a time when modifying INFO (CMD-i) ? My files are not corrupted after it is done like many other threads i have readed.

Why does iTunes freeze up for minutes at a time when modifying INFO (CMD-i) ? My files are not corrupted after it is done like many other threads i have readed. Sometimes it's changing the title of a movie or editing the season and episode number of a TV show ect.....

Yup same here
I am running the latest iTunes, the latest updates to the OS and on an iMac 3.4GHz Quad core i7 with 8GB of RAM and the music stored on local HDD.
Still locks up iTunes for between 2 minutes up to 20 minutes.
Really annoying.
If you find a fix please, please let me know, I have just been throwing hardware at it with no joy at all

Itunes freezing constantly

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