ITunes has stopped working; should I reinstall?
I'm running the latest iTunes software on a 24-inch iMac G5 from early 2008 running OSX 10.9.4 with 6 GB memory. Recently, iTunes gets hung up and totally non responsive and quits or I have to force it to quit. This problem had already started when I decided to delete a lot of old podcasts, thinking that freeing up memory and disk space couldn't hurt. That didn't help at all. I've restarted my computer several times (this has been going on for weeks now), run various cleanup procedures on MacKeeper and other utilities, and other programs I use (mainly Safari and Mail, but also TextEdit, Word, and Pages) are running fine.
So, iTunes has become completely unusable. I can't make any changes to what's on my iPod, the program quits before I can get anything done. So, I assume I'll probably need to reinstall iTunes (does that require un-installing? Can I use MacKeeper for that or does Apple have a way to do it?).
I don't want to lose my podcast and music libraries. How do I save them, just rename them and then add back to the new library when I reinstall the software?
Or am I completely on the wrong track? Any help would be appreciated. My partner snores, and I depend on podcasts to help me sleep through it, plus I listen to them while awake also!
Many thanks in advance!
iMac G5 (20-inch), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
, run various cleanup procedures on MacKeeper and other utilities,
Can I use MacKeeper for that or does Apple have a way to do it?).
If you have MacKeeper installed, that could very well be what's causing issues with iTunes.
Do not install MacKeeper: Apple Support Communities
Instructions for uninstalling MacKeeper > how to uninstall MacKeeper
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I have today purchased an iPod nano (gen 6); I use Windows 7. Am trying to register my iPod but each time I submit required info I get the message "iTunes has stopped working". I have reinstalled iTunes with same result. Where do I go from here?
BrianHello notime4,
The article linked below details some useful troubleshooting steps that can help stabilize iTunes on your computer.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
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Read other posts and answers about codecs. But When I followed the Apple Support procedures for reinstall I first uninstalled all Apple software from the PC including QuickTime, and have not reinstalled QuickTime.
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The issue eventually resolved itself, I still don't really know why. I kept up with Windows update, and attempted downloading iTunes again from the Apple website, and it just... worked. It now works fine. I don't know why it took approximately 4 months to work, though.
I'm sorry I don't have any more helpful information. Posting here was my last resort, and clearly Apple never bothered to reply. -
Itunes has stopped working error I have uninstalled and reinstalled now what
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For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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i have tried all that and it still comes up with the same message or doesnt open at all . I have also i have created a new user and itunes works fine on that account. -
I tried watching The Movie Project X After i purchased it and downloaded it o itunes but when i tried to watch it,it says itunes has stopped working. Yes i have tried reinstalling itunes and Quick Time Player but that does not help.
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When I open ITunes, I get a message that "iTunes has stopped working". I have tried reinstalling iTunes, creating a new user file, changing the startup programs in accordance with articles in iTunes troubleshooting, but am having no success in getting iTunes to stay open. Any fixes for this problem?
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This is the problem details that come up with the box that says itunes has stopped working windows will close program..etc
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 10.4.1.10
Application Timestamp: 4e4e1904
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16850
Fault Module Timestamp: 4e211485
Exception Code: 80000003
Exception Offset: 0001280c
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Read our privacy statement online:I had the same problem. I'm using 64bit Windows7. This solution only partially worked for me. I still couldn't connect to the iTunes store.
The following solution worked for me:
COPY QTMovieWin.dll
FROM c:\program files (x86)\common files\apple\apple application support\
INTO c:\program files (x86)/iTunes -
ITunes Has Stopped Working (10.3.1)?
So before I downloaded the new iTunes, it kept saying "iTunes has stopped working." when I tried to open it.
After multiple tries, I finally resorted to uninstalling it, and installing the new version.
Still, it says "iTunes has stopped working." I tryed the repair option in the Control Pannel for both iTunes and QuickTime. QuickTime opened up just fine, and works as it should. Again, I opend iTunes, but checked the details, and this is what it's saying -
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 10.4.1.10
Application Timestamp: 4e4e1904
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16695
Fault Module Timestamp: 4cc7ab44
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00055bf5
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.11
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
From other posts, you usually could fix it from reading the Fault Module Name and repairing the name of whatever it was, but I have no idea what to do with this.
To play it on the safe side, I am doing a virus scan, but I have'nt downloaded any thing that would carry anything harmful lately.Fault Module Name: MediaToolbox.dll
Fault Module Version: 1.0.694.7
Taken at face value, you're having trouble with an Apple Application Support program file there. (Apple Application Support is where single copies of program files used by multiple different Apple programs are kept.)
Let's try something relatively simple first. Restart the PC. Now head into your Uninstall a program control panel, select "Apple Application Support" and then click "Repair".
If no joy after that, try the more rigorous uninstall/reinstall procedure from the following post:
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Hi,
I have a PC running Windows 7 - 64bit OS. I have had iTunes installed since the beginning of the year on this computer and have not had any trouble with it except actually using iTunes but that is a different issue. The other day I inadvertently downloaded "Tuneup" which I don't want or need. I firstly want to say I have no concrete evidence that Tuneup has led to my problems. It may be coincidental that Tuneup and my problems appeared together.
Tonight when I started iTunes, Tuneup took over a quarter of the screen on the right side. I closed this program. When the list of tracks was ready to be loaded from the CD and I went to" file" - "get info" option the message "iTunes has stopped working" would appear. Closing this message resulted in iTunes shutting down. I should say that before I closed the message the computer had essentially ground to a halt. The other curious thing was the behavour of the mouse pointer on the screen - the only place where it was visible was in the "iTunes has stopped working" box. Moving it out of the message box resulted in it disappearing. It would reappear if it were caused to wander into the message box.
I subsequently removed Tuneup (control panel, programs and features, etc...) iTunes had not improved. I then deleted iTunes, firstly saving the library to a file on the desktop. Then I did a fresh(?) install of ITunes but there seems to be no change. A curious thing was even though I had deleted iTunes through the control panel the library was still there as if I had done nothing. The whole thing is a complete mystery and extremely galling.
If someone has had a similar problem I would really like to know what the fixes were.
Thanks for "listening".
Cheers,
Grant Andrews.I had a similar problem. I'm using 64bit Windows7. The following solution worked for me:
COPY QTMovieWin.dll
FROM c:\program files (x86)\common files\apple\apple application support\
INTO c:\program files (x86)/iTunes
Also, reinstalling Quicktime has worked for others having this same issue. -
"iTunes has stopped working" during every startup
Every time I try to open iTunes, it says iTunes has stopped working. When I open it, it actually works for a good two seconds before it crashes. I've tried to play one of the songs by double-clicking one of the albums and it starts to play until it crashes one second later. I've even tried to open iTunes while my iPod 4G is plugged, and it's actually showing that it's starting to sync every single time. But of course, it's going to crash within a second. This has never happened until today. I've even tried reinstalling it with the latest version. What's up with that? How do I fix iTunes?
I'm using Windows 8.1.Try opening iTunes in safe mode (hold down CTRL+SHIFT as you start iTunes) then going to Edit > Preferences > Store and turning off Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases. You may find iTunes will now start normally.
If not try working through TS1717: iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues.
Otherwise for general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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"itunes has stopped working" after downloading album artwork??
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I'm a newbie - and i'm rally frustrated - so please be kind. Can anyone tell me - in plain terms - how to get my itunes to not "stop working" every time i hook up my ipod?? Please?
THANKS.OK, so after looking everywhere for an answer - with no luck - I figured it out on my own ( don't ask me how... ). I'll tell you what I did. I bet you have the same problem. Honestly, I thought I'd be returning the **** thing, but it's fine now.
I'd plug in my ipod ( 32gtouch, like yours ), and itunes would open. Everything was fine until it started to sync my music. Then it would freeze, give me the error message, and then shut down. I did this probably 10 times throughout the day, and always the same. Then I noticed it always froze at the same place during the sync. Soooo, I finally realized I must have a corrupt file.
Step 1: Do as I did, but when it starts to freeze, take note of the name of the song it freezes on. That's probably the culprit .Remember it. Let the error message come up and close as always...
Step 2: Open itunes again! Click on your ipod, and then on the music tab. Immediately un-check "Sync music" ( top of the page ) and then click "apply" ( bottom right ). DO THAT FAST...before it has a chance to sync, or it will just freeze again!
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Step 4: Close itunes.
Step 5: Open itunes, and go again to your ipod, and click on music tab. This time, check the "sync music" box ( and apply ).
That should fix it. If it doesn't you have more than one corrupt file. In that case, close itunes and then open it again. Follow step 1 and 2 again. Remove any songs from your library that aren't that important to you ( especially those that were from questionable sources... ). Basically, you need to figure out which song ( or songs ) are causing the problem. If you just delete them all, you'd have to add them again one at a time to avoid the problem again, and that would be a pain. So, just remove as many as you feel like ( out of 1500 songs or so, I removed a couple hundred ). I left mainly the ones that were from my actual CDs or that I had bought through Amazon ( or other legit source ). I removed most of my Limewire downloads. Most of them are probably fine, but I'll add them later one at a time to be sure...
I still have plenty of Limewire songs on there, and they are fine, but, as you know, you do get bad files sometimes.
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I hope this works for you. Let me know if you have any questions, and let me know if it solves your issue too!
Peace.
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I found a solution for my "iTunes has stopped working" problem
iTunes was opening ok but would only play music; if I tried doing anything else like importing music or even navigating around it would crash with a "itunes has stopped working" message and shut down.
I uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes twice with no luck. I searched for hours for a solution and finally figured it out.
What the problem was is a corrupt user profile. I determined this by creating a new user account on my computer, opening itunes under this new account, and doing the things that would make it crash under my original account.
Since it worked fine under my new account, I had to then transfer all of my user profile info from my previous account to my new one. Which is kind of a pain in the butt but not too bad.
There are instructions for doing this on the Microsoft site. One thing to make sure if that you setup the new account as an admin (the way I did it, per the instructions, was to setup a third account that transferred the files from the original to the new account) and to share all files under the user profile with "Everyone" so that they can be copied and transferred. I did have trouble trying to copy all of the files at once and paste. It didn't work. So I ended up copying individual folders and pasting them into the new account. You only need to do this with the folders that contain your individual data, e.g. My Music, My Pictures, etc. The way I figured out which folders and files to transfer was trying to open them under the new account. If they wouldn't open, they didn't need to be transferred. Anyway, rely on Microsoft instructions for this, I'm not a computer wiz myself.
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There is a License Recovery tool for the Mac, download that from:
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ITunes has stopped Working when using Ipod shuffle 3gen on Windows Vista HB
Itunes keeps shutting down when I insert my Ipod shuffle into the usb connection of my latop. I am using a Windows Vista Home Basic for an OS.
Not sure if this is a Vista, Apple issue, or something else...
I have contacted apple about this and uninstaled/reinstalled Itunes. Yet after all this, I get the same error message. The message reads:
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As far as I know Vista should be compatible with iTunes and it is until I actually try to use my shuffle (newest model). Its weird because my shuffle works fine on a second computer that has Windows XP for an OS...
Does anyone have a solution to this??
Thanks in advance!i have the same issue... but i found a workaround.. i tried 3 diff OS's . didnt change the problem. To Add apps or music to ur Ipod... simply DISCONNECT the Ipod from the PC then add files/folders to library. Then connect the ipod back to PC and sync. it has no problem adding the files that way (at least in my case) I hope this helps... Good Luck =)
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ITunes has stopped working when syncing iPad Air.
Please: someone help me....
I am at my wits ends. I have spent 3 days trying to solve this, without any success. I have really time better off than sorting stupid software problems. (Someone had a great rant, so I won't rehearse it - but it seems to me that
if there is an issues, it should at least give some clear of what the software stops!!). It seems to me that no one (NO ONE) is owning this problem There are plenty of people who have the problem, and although some suggestions, it looks to me that
there are just that - suggestions.
I have posted my problem on the Apple forum. I have not heard. But it seems to me that we (I) don't even know if it is an iTunes or a Windows problem. and now I have no idea which way to go....
Rant two ends. The problem:
I have windows 7 SP 1. iTunes 12.0.1.26. I can imports CDs and play music. But when attempting to sync,"iTunes has stopped working". It stops (usually) step 6. No doubt many of people have seen the issue. I problem have
not attempting to update since updating iTunes 12. (On the side, I have not been able to update iTunes without deleting and reinstalling it for some. Accordingly, I update with some concern, and only updated to 12 because I installed a new (different
laptop), and wanted to keep the same levels.
The steps I tried
Sync iPad Air (iOS 8.1). Failed.
Tried to sync iPhone 5S. It stopped. I then looked through the apps etc in the phone. I noticed, that my photos were not being synced (I had an issue with memory issue some months ago - now sorted - and so checked resynced them.
Tried again, and worked. Hmmm. (iPhone is at iOS 8.1)
Made changes with the apps etc on the iPad to recreate the same good result. No success.
I deleted iTunes etc (in the correct order) and reinstalled. No success. tried a number of times. (one of the definitions stupid is to try the same steps expecting a different result)
Searched google, apple and microsoft pages. Read them all. No one seems to have a clear answer to the problem, let alone the solution.
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Deleted and reinstalled iTunes etc. No success. Tried again (and again? - I have lost track)
Someone suggested going back to iTunes 11.4. Tried that (once sorted out the library files have been changed). Now, same result. (it all worked happily previously)
Tried a hard reset on the iPad. No luck
Discovered one post suggest that QuickTime may be a problem. Deleted iTunes and Quick Time. Reinstalled iTunes. No success.
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Status:
I am thoroughly out of sorts. And it is Tax time, which will not improve my temper.
iTunes 12.0.1.26 installed. iCloud installed
windows 7 SP1. The PC is not asking for any updates.
Qucktime not installed
iOS 8.1.2
iPad is probably useless, until problem solved - not all photos or apps downloaded
HELP!!
iPad Air, iOS 8.1.2, Windows 7Try Googling "sync without iTunes".
There are free alternatives and there are not so free alternatives.
Btw, to check if AVG is causing the problem, you should uninstall AVG and not just "turn it off".
Also, can you describe how you go about uninstalling a program? For example, how did you "delete" iTunes?
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