Itunes freezing with iphone

hi, itunes has started freezing when synching iphone 4, did work fine for first 2 months, any clues? thanks

Many times.. reinstalled itunes at least 4 times restarted EVERY time.

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ITunes freezes with iPhone, when connected to network

iTunes started to freeze with latest version (9), when iPhone is connected.
I tryed everything from the Apple support page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1421
The last sentence on that page is "Disconnect your computer from the Internet"
iTunes is working well with iPhone, when network is disabled, but how I can fix it? What could be the problem?

Hey Hoods ginest,
Check out the following article, it'll go over how to sync your photos to your iPhone using iTunes:
iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4236
You'll want to read the section titled "Syncing photos to devices" and then "To sync photos from a folder on your hard disk to your device."
Take care,
David

I have iphone 4g and have updated to ios6 an updated itunes 2, but while sync itunes freezes and iphone is not sybc fully, finally i have to disconnect my iphone for itunes to shunt down. Can some one please tell why this is happening?

I have iphone 4g and have updated to ios6 an updated itunes 2, but while sync itunes freezes and iphone is not sybc fully, finally i have to disconnect my iphone for itunes to shunt down. Can some one please tell why this is happening?

I am having this problem. At first with the new iPhone 5, and then with the iPad 2. I am not sure why this is happening.
My gut feeling is this is an iO6 issue and here's why -
The problem mainly occurs with apps. I have about 150 apps, and when I plugged in the phone, iTunes went to sync all of them. The process would hang up after about 20 - 30 apps were loaded onto the phone. I could tell where about the process hung up because the apps on the phone showed up as "waiting".
Then on the iPad 2 I plugged in to sync and saw there was a huge "Other" component in my storage. It required me to restore the iPad 2 from backup. With this restore the same issues occurred - putting the apps back on the iPad would hang up. The videos on the iPad also got stuck - maybe after about 10 hours of videos transfered iTunes crashed.
My solution has been to soft reset the device, restart Windows, and continue the process until it's complete. This is remarkably inefficient and time-intensive but everything works with patience.
I have been wondering if others have had these same problems.

Since new MacBook Pro: iTunes freeze during iPhone sync

Hello
I know that there are already a lot of discussions going on about these but nothing works for me.
MacBook Pro mid 2012:
MacOS 10.8.5 ---> new clean install
iTunes 11.1.1 ---> new clean install
iPhone 3Gs:
iOS 6.1.3 ---> new clean install
The problem:
The problem started after a clean Mountain Lion install on a new MacBook Pro.
Updated all applications an system.
Copied iTunes folder to new MacBook Pro.
Connected iPhone to sync with new MacBook Pro.
And ...
iTunes freeze during iPhone sync for the first time in many years whitout problems.
Some apps in iPhone are partly installed because of freeze.
When i delete them they appear again during next sync and then iTunes freezes again.
What i already have tried:
# Clean iOS install --> again and again
# Recover from older back-up --> again and again
# New user
# New iTunes install
# Delete iTunes preferences and cache
# Delete all apps
# Reset permissions on the user in repair center
# select: "Prevent ..., iPhones, ... from syncing automatically"
---> but when i connect the iPhone it start syncing automatically???
# and so on, and so on
All the rest is working like a beauty!
Please help, getting down and losing al lot of time.
Regards

It have taken me all day but it's solved!
During last sync on old MacBook Pro the new version of the iBook app was only synced partly.
That's why, when i was trying to sync on my new MacBook Pro, iTunes was freezing during sync.
Once i have synced my iPhone on the old MacBook Pro again, and iBook app was synced complete, this problem was fixed.
Regards

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 when iPhone plugged in

So I've uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes twice, reset the iPhone settings and whenever I plug the phone in, iTunes freezes. The phone charges and appears in iPhoto, but no dice with iTunes. My iPod shows up fine. I haven't installed anything new on the computer (haven't installed much of anything beyond Microsoft Office) and I have a Mac, so I don't think it's a USB driver issue (or if it is, I can't solve it based on other Windows discussions on this topic). Anyone have ideas? I guess I could go back to iTunes 8.2 as someone mentioned this helped, but would really like to get it solves...

I had the exact same problem and after following apple support's recommendation to re-install itunes (which did not work), I simply deleted the last few podcasts I had downloaded straight to my iphone and this resolved the problem. Thanks for saving me the time of having to call apple support/go to genius bar.

Itunes freezes if iphone is connected multiple times?

One of the many annoyances of my phone. Currently running windows vista with iso4 and the lastest version of itunes. For some reason I've found that when my computer first starts up my iphone connects to itunes fine, will sync, stay connected, everything is normal. But if I eject it and then attempt to plug it back in, itunes will freeze up and stop responding. I will then have to either close it via task manager, or unplug my iphone (as soon as phone is unplugged itunes resumes functioning normally). On the handful of occasions where I've waited out the itunes freeze, after 5-10 minutes itunes may start responding again but does not recognize my iphone and does not display it under "devices". During this time also, my iphone does not indicate that it is charging but indicates that it is connected (with the green battery showing up as my wallpaper). The only way to connect it again normally is to reboot my computer. What could be causing this?
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Here is the fix:
1. If frozen iTunes is open and iPhone is connected, right-click the task bar and select Start Task Manager.
2. Click on the Processes tab.
3. Look for the process distnoted.exe *32 entry.
4. Right-click and select End Process.
5. iTunes will now unfreeze.
6. Close iTunes and disconnect iPhone. Wait 15 seconds.
7. Reconnect iPhone. iTunes will launch automaticallly like it should and your iPhone will begin to sync like it should.
There appears to be an incompatibility issue with Apple's distnoted.exe process and maybe 64-bit OS's. All I know is that this works everytime although there doesn't appear to be a permanent fix to this issue. You may have to repeat these steps everytime you reboot your computer or update iTunes.

ITunes freezing when iPhone plugged in. Windows 7.

Is this a known issue?
Every time I plug in my iPhone when iTunes is open it'll lock up 90% of the time and I'll have to keep unplugging it and re-plugging it back in to work.
Also, when I try to open iTunes when the iPhone is already connected, iTunes will either refuse to open (despite it running in the process list) or it'll open after a while but the iPhone wont be recognized.
This has only started happening since I've upgraded to Windows 7.
Is this a known issue with the OS or is it something my end?
I'm using iTunes Version: 9.0.0.70 and iPhone OS 3.1.
Thanks in advance.

Do you get any syncing message on iTunes at all? or in the windows taskbar? i found that the first time i synced after upgrading to 8.1 the first sync time was extremely long looked like it was doing nothing then verified then backed up then synced. Look for any activity at all on the PC. Also check to make sure that windows hasn't popped up a messagebox in the background somewhere as this will stall evetrything as well till you pick the Allow/Deny or Ok/Cancel option

Itunes freezing with Ipod Touch on Windows 7x64 when setting up

Hi,
I have an Ipod Touch 3G and a new Dell XPS16 Core I7 with Windows 7 x64. The Ipod cannot be Synced or restored properly. When connecting it it says there is an issue with the Ipod and it needs to be restored. The actul restore seems to go OK but after on the screen to setup new Ipod when I click OK Itunes just freezes. Seems like other people have similar problems.
I've put some troubleshooting steps and findings below.
1/ Though Itunes was corrups so uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck.
2/ Wanted new clean windows install anyway so formatted drive and reinstalled windows from scratch. Updated all drivers and BIOS to latest version. Installed latest Itunes. No other apps just Windows and Itunes. Same result. Itunes library is also empty so there is nothing to sync.
3/ Tried different Ipod (3rd Gen Ipod Nano). This works fine can restore and sync with no freezing issues.
4/ Tried Ipod Touch on 2 different PCs (one with XP 32 bit and one with Windows 7 32bit). On these machines the Ipod touch works fine.
It seems that there is either an issue with X64 Windows 7 and Ipod Touch 3G. Any suggestions.
If I go to Apple I'm sure they will say the Touch is fine because it works with 2 other PCs. If I go to Dell they will probably say the machine is OK because other Ipod works fine and I don't have issues with any other devices.

Hi,
Thanks for the information. Will try this later and post if it helps. i have tried many many supposed fixes but no luck. At the moment I have clean Windows 7 (no bloatware) latest drivers, latest BIOS and only Itunes installed. Still does not work.
Spoke to Apple on the phone who said they think it's most likely USB drivers. I was using this Ipod with Windows 7 32bit RC for months without any such issues. As soon as i got the new laptop it has been non stop problems.
I did notice Apple have not updated the software since late October, 2 months ago. I have logged a call with Dell but I have a sinking feeling that that will send me back to Apple.
In my case I noticed when it freezes that Itunes is using a reasonable amount of CPU which does not change. In my case 13% of my 4 core I7. I have also noticed that other USB drives tend to lok up and not be accesible when Itunes freezes. Do you get similar symptoms?
My gut feeling is Itunes x64 has some issues. The Itunes App does not seem to be 64 bit either even when installing 64 bit version. May just be the drivers which are 64 bit. If we can find a few people with reproducable issues on different hardware I will forward this to Apple as I still have an open support ticket.

Itunes freezes when iphone connected

when i launch itunes without connecting my iphone it works fine. when i connect any iphone, itunes freezes. can anyone help?

I have an Imac and a G3 IPhone and I have the same problem. When I plug in the IPhone, the IPhoto comes up and works and the ITunes will open but then all I get in ITunes is the spinning ball of death. I think it started happening right after I updated the IPhone to the latest version.
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Ipod 5G missing from itunes, freezes with 'do not disconnect'

my ipod simply cant be seen on itunes and whenever i plug it in, it will freeze with 'do not disconnect' and not able to do a legal,safe removel.
hav to remove it illegally and do the 'reset' to clear the 'do not disconnect' message.
ipod is still functioning and can only be charged using direct power, but will freeze when its plug into usb port.
any help on this?
Thanks

this may seem crazy but.........i had a similar problem for quite a while. my ipod worked perfectly and then all of a sudden for no reason (i thought) my ipod would stall out. the do not disconnect would flash and i couldn't do anything. this happened to me regularly. i did the restore and all that jazz.
one day i was seriously in tears about it. my husband said he would mess with it and voila! it worked perfectly. was he magic? hardly but he took the case off of it. i didn't have a big hulking case but a rubberized one and i guess the bottom piece was just a bit off. it seemed to connect but in reality it wasn't making a good connection.
i took the case off and haven't used it since and have not had a similar problem. its a thought.........if you have a case or something that might be keeping it from making a good connection.
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Why won't iTunes sync with Iphone 4s after upgrade?

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I just solved a similar problem, and I'm trying to get the word out. I found that my Firewire ports had gotten jammed up somehow. Unplugging and then plugging back in all the cords worked for me. I you're using USB, the same thing can happen.
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