ITunes locks up downloading podcasts

02 June 2013
I have an Imac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor wiht 4 GBytes of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (Early 2008). I use the 10.8.3 operating system.
Itunes freezes a lot, especially when I download and or process podcasts. I have the itunes library on a 1TB External USB3 hard drive.
I frequently have to Force Quit bevuase Itunes stopped responding. I also use the Disk Utility to repair and repair the permissions on the internal disk (with the OS) and the external disk (where the Itunes library is).
Is there a way I can improve the itunes proformace on my imac?
-- chhenden

Just a question. When I open Itunes, it starts up and all, and a little window comes us saying "Updating Itunes Library" then freezes. I can't click on anything, cause when I do, nothing happens..It just freezes. I've looked all over this site..and nothing is answering my question. So PLEASE I'm asking u all to please look at my question. And if you have any answer, or know someone who can help me..please tell me. Thank You!
p.s I know this has nothing to do with downloading poscasts, and I'm sorry. I just can't find a topic that is related to mine. Thanks Again!

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