Itunes freezing on start up

im having a problem with my itunes keep freezing on startup

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ITunes Freezes at Start Up

I start iTunes. iTunes Match begins, Podcast downloads begin and within 30 seconds I've got the spinning beach ball. Force Quit. Start the process all over again. I can't access the store, music, anything. iTunes freezes and I'm done.
This is beyond frustrating. I'm doing everything with the program that I'm supposed to be able to do. I'd be spending money right now in the iTunes store if I could actually access it. Ridiculous.
Thanks for any help or insight.

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 try the action that you're having trouble with again. 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.
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ITunes freezes during start up

I have an iMac bought last year.
2.7 GHz Intel Core 1.5
8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OS X Version 10.9.4
iTunes 11.3
My iTunes starting freezing during start up about a month ago. As soon as it begins to sync with my iPhone I get the beach ball and have to force quit. I have tried reinstalling it, starting with WiFi off, and other hints from the forums with no success. Any ideas or help is very much appreciated.

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ITunes freezes on start up

I got the message that there was a new iTunes out and selected to dl it, and it didn't. It just froze. I shut it down and started it up again and it froze. Every time I try to start it up it freezes. I thought I would look to see if I could dl the new version and just install it and fix the problem that way, but I'm only finding 8.1, and when I try to dl my IE freezes and I have to use task manager to shut it down.
I use Windows Vista, so I can't follow along the steps in the apple support, besides all I found w/ the apple support steps was version 7 or earlier. I can't get email support because they just don't have an "other" to select and nothing of their select a box even comes close to fitting my issue. I'm at a complete loss. Any help is greatly appreciated.

After doing some searching around i found the answer.
I installed the stand alone product of quicktime and this solved my problem.
Many thanks

Itunes freezes on start

When I try to open iTunes, the window opens but I cannot click any of the songs. It is frozen when I start it up and the only way to exit is through ctrl-alt-delete.

I am also experiencing the same problem. I did all the steps....uninstalled, reinstalled, tried the two solutions posted, etc.,....still completely freezes everything when launching itunes.
The itunes screen comes up with my music list shown....but nothing works after that....no mouse clicks or keyboard entry does anything except a right click <close> or a ctrl-alt-del
Anyone from Apple....please respond to this topic
My OS is Windows XP and I am on a Dell Inspiron 6000....and yes, I have done all the Windows Updates, service packs, etc.
I also did a virus scan, defrag'd the hard drive, etc. to make triple sure that it is not a hardware problem
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The infamous spinning beachball shows up when iTunes starts up. I have the latest version of iTunes and I don't have a clue on what could be causing the issue.

The same thing was happening to me. First I thought my library was to blame (13300 + songs, a few movies and videos, 150 gigs), and performed all the usual procedures (repair permissions, recreate library) to no avail. Then I downgraded to iTunes 9.2.1 and voi-lá, it worked, no more spinning wheel.
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ITunes Freezing at Start

Hi There,
as soon as i turn iTunes on it goes straight into "determining gapless playback" and it instantly just freezes up, i have no idea why its doing this?
im on windows 7 and recently upgraded to it but i never had this problem on xp, all the music i transferred came from my xp library aswell.
any ideas?
Thanks in advance

as soon as i turn iTunes on it goes straight into "determining gapless playback" and it instantly just freezes up, i have no idea why its doing this?
That sounds a lot like a library file issue or a content file issue to me. You can find troubleshooting advice on both of those possibilities in the "User-specific troubleshooting" section of the following document:
[iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717]

ITunes freezes at start of sync with iPhone5

I am using an iPhone5 connected by cable to a Mac. All software is current. Multiple reboots of everything tried.
This problem started only a few weeks ago and has never happened to me in the four years I have had iphones. When I start the sync process, the iTunes dialog hangs at "Waiting for sync to start" and I must force quit from iTunes because it is no longer responding. If I try to sync my new iPad to the same system, I works flawlessly. There is, therefore, some new incompatibility between my iPhone5 and my Mac. I have read as many threads in our community as I can, and no solution works. Help.

FIXED! I can't believe this, but I just noticed that the problem is completely fixed. I have no idea if it was due to an upgrade or what. All I know is this: when I have a problem and post it here, it gets fixed spontaneously without any other help withing days. I can't understand why things go wrong and then right again with my Apple devices, but that has alway been the way. Thanks to all of you who viewed this posting and sent positive thougths my way - it worked!

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Hey, so my iPod touch 2g freezes at start up ipod logo when in the charger. Then when off the charger after a couple minutes it goes black. when i connect it to my computer does not connect to itunes so i can not restore it. please help!!!

Try to reset it by pressing and holding the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Maybe it help.

Have recently had problems with itunes freezing on me so having done various things to rectify it im now going to try to create a new user account but where the heck do you find the start menu ?

have recently had problems with itunes freezing on me so having done various things to remody it , im now going to try to create a new user account but i cant find where to start things ! ive been told to go to the start menu but where the heck is it ?

Leigh...
but cannot do this because I cannot access Mac App Store
If you can't access the App Store from the Apple menu, Dock, or Applications folder installing the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo will reinstall the App Store for you.
It's ok to do this even you are already running v10.6.8.
Plants vs. Zombies, and that is all for additional software on here
FYI: Some third party software can cause issues with the App Store > Mac App Store: Sign in sheet does not appear, or does not accept typed text
Apple is not responsible for incompatibility isssues with third party software.

Itunes freezes my macbook pro when starting

This problem just started happening for me a couple days ago. Every time I start itunes the pinwheel starts going and doesn't stop. Everything freezes. I can't do anything (force quit, switch spaces, launch a different application, etc) while the pinwheel is going. Even if i leave my computer alone for an hour it will still be going so im forced to do a manual shut down. This happens every time i start itunes regardless of what else I have running.
I've tried reinstalling itunes but that didn't help at all.
Anyone else have this issue. Any ideas on how to fix this? it's driving me crazy, I need my music!
Thanks!

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!

ITunes Freezes When I Start To Sync iPod

Every time I plug in my ipod, itunes opens up and my ipod starts to sync. After a few seconds itunes completely freezes up. My ipod changes to connected and i have to use task manager to close itunes. After i do this I try to "safley remove hardware" but it says my ipod is still being used. I go back to task manager but itunes isnt open. The only thing i can do now is just unplug my ipod. After my ipod gets to the home screen, it has all the music it had before the sync. I just want my new music on my ipod and i have no idea wats wrong!!! Please help me!!!!!!

I have the same issue and I too have Windows Vista (32 bit, how about you?). My itunes works on my laptop until I plug in my ipod. The second my laptop recognizes it, my itunes freezes. My ipod (mini) says that it's connected though. When I try to disconnect my ipod, it says that it's still being used but Itunes isn't open according to the task manager. The only way to "safely" unplug my ipod is to turn off my laptop and the ipod's screen no longer says "do not disconnect". I can't add or take off anything from my ipod now.

HT1386 As soon as I plug my iphone4 (running 4.3.3) into my pc, it appears in the left hand column and the little wheel starts turning. Then it stops after a few seconds and itunes freezes. I have tried everything. Can anyone help. Thanks

As soon as I plug my iphone4 (running 4.3.3) into my pc, it appears in the left hand column and the little wheel starts turning. Then it stops after a few seconds and itunes freezes. I have tried everything. Can anyone help. Thanks

Hi Patrick,
Yes, a very frusterating issue indeed. Someone else had mentioned a possible issue with real player, I tried getting rid of that and same issues. I even got completely rid of firefox for the moment. Guess what, problem still is persisting. I think this means it maybe something else altogether. I will go back to re-add firefox after I get this straightened out but now using Chrome for the moment.
What I've also found out is that the sound can be restarted when I unplug and replug in the 3.5mm speaker cable from the audio output jack on the back of the computer. Any ideas?
Thanks!

My new ipod classic 160 gb powered off and won't turn back on. if i plug in to computer, itunes will not open. if i start itunes first then plug in ipod, itunes freezes up. Looking for help. thanks

my new ipod classic 160 gb powered off and won't turn back on. if i plug in to computer, itunes will not open. if i start itunes first then plug in ipod, itunes freezes up. Looking for help. thanks. Was not connected to the computer when ipod died.

I have not heard of a good reason for this to happen or how to fix. 3 days later my screen lights up and says to connect to charger.... so its back "for now". Best music player on the market when it works.

As soon i start to synch Music Itunes freezes.

Hello Guys.
As soon i start to synch Music Itunes freezes.
I tried CCleaner, QuickTime Player, win sock reset, Computer restart ect. but nothing changes, it still freezes when i start synch Music!
Please help me.
i got Win 7 x32
I got the newest Version of Itunes.
I use a IPod Shuffle 4 Gen. (Silver) ^^
regards

Its something whit the Synch because i tried whit x Programms, it frozens everytime, no one can help

Itunes freezing on start up

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