ITunes on Windows 8 PC and iCloud

My iTunes library appeared on my Windows 8 PC when I downloaded iTunes for the first time. I purchased a track and wanted to synch my iPod. The computer wouldn't recognize my iPod. At first since it was a new PC, I thought there was a problem with the USB port but my Kindles were recognized. What I didn't understand was that each and every playlist had to be downloaded to my PC. I didn't understand what a cloud with an arrow meant until I called Apple.
However, what I also just learned was that I had about 100 duplicate tracks in the Cloud. iTunes Match said I had 705 songs but my iPod only showed 638 songs. There are many reasons for duplicates to appear in the Cloud but I think Apple could do a much better job of eliminating this duplication. I had to go to my Library, change the view to show all duplicates and manually right click on each song to get the option to hide the song in the Cloud. A good thing I didn't have 2,000 songs.

Do you get an error message when you try to install iTunes? If so, what does it say? (Precise text, please.)

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Follow these instructions to completely remove Apple software
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Then use free Ccleaner to repeatly repair your registry until it's fixed.
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard
download iTunes again from Apple.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
If you have 64bit Vista or Windows 7, look for the seperate download of iTunes for that further down the page.
Once installed, use the Apple Software Update under your Start Menu to fully update all Apple components.
Your content will remain on the drive in the Music > iTunes Folder, nothing is deleted.
You should be making backups of your content regularly, either through iTunes or via copying the iTunesFolder in your Music folder to a external drive.
Windows is notorious for having "other" issues that make it unstable, we as volunteers helping others can't always resolve those issues.

My ipod touch is not syncing, itunes store won't load, and icloud doesn't work!!!!!

My ipod touch is not syncing, itunes store won't load, and icloud doesn't work!!!!!

Try the standard fixes:
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least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
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See Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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Hi Dave_warr,
I would suggest restarting the iPad and see if the download resumes.
iTunes: How to resume interrupted iTunes Store downloads
Resuming downloads from an iOS device
From the Home screen, tap the iTunes icon.
For iPhone/iPod touch, tap More > Downloads. For iPad, tap Downloads.
Enter your account name and password.
Click the "OK" button.
Click the Resume or Resume All button to start the download.
If you don't see the application to download it, then follow these troubleshooting steps:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If the app does not appear in your list of purchases, then contact the iTunes Store for help:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
I hope this information helps ....
Have a great day!
- Judy

ITunes on Window 7 (unfortunately) and it won't recognize iPhone 4S or an iPod.

The computer recognizes the device, and I get an autoplay prompt when connecting either, asking if I want to import the pictures, or open the device to view the files (the latter doesn't help with what I want) and neither device shows up in iTunes itself. I have completely tried un-installing and re-installing iTunes multiple times. De-authorized and re-authorized accounts and devices. Adjusted the control settings in Control Panel. Completely stumped every technician I know. For the love of God someone please help me, all I want is to put music on my iPhone. Running on iTunes version 11.0.5.5

Hi mdrasmussen,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may find some of the additional steps in this article helpful:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Best,
Jeremy

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Does anyone know how to fix an iPod Nano second gen that is only occasionally appearing in iTunes? The OS is Windows XP. Thanks.

Hello ArtSci999,
We've an article that may help get your iPod Shuffle and iTunes working together once more.
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1363
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Allen

Windows 8.1 and icloud doesnt sync photos

Just installed icloud to my windows 8.1 laptop and it doesnt sync photos at all with my air2 (8.1.2). I have tried to sign in, out, middle, top, bottom, front, behind or whatever... Changed compatibility to Win7 etc. Turned off/on icloud sync/photos/streams/etc. I dont see those pics (added to icloud folder from my pc) in icloud.com either. It's only showing pics from my air2 but it doesnt even sync them with my pc.
Is this icloud a joke, or am i missing something?

What I have tried so far:
A possible solution (didnt work for me):
1. logget out from icloud (in win8)
2. Went to c - users - *current user* - AppData - Roaming - Apple computer -> Create a folder called "MediaStream" (it didnt exist).
it didnt work.
Tried this again, but now deleting all files from the existing "MediaStream" folder. And then logged back to iCloud. (Didnt work.)
Another possible solution (didnt work either):
1. tried to change permission for iCloud photos (unchecked the tap "read only")
Finally just another possible solution (didnt work either):
1. unchecked Photos from iCloud control panel
2. Logged out from iCloud.
3. Created a new folder c:\Photostream
4. Logged back to iCloud and change the Photos location to that newly created folder "Photostream"
AND the funniest part - I dont see "My photo stream" photos in iCloud (web/ipad) BUT they are somewhere becauce they come to my iCloud in my computer when i open iCloud (even if i have deleted it and remains (files/folders) from the pc and installed it back)... There is 31 photos on somewhere which dont exist in iCloud (web or ipad).

ITunes, external drive, local drive, and iCloud and Match- help!

I have a 2011 Macbook Air as my primary machine. Given it's small sized hard drive, I don't want any music or media to be on the local machine (if possible. So, I've done a few things over the years:
(1) I have, inside iTunes, the default media location set to be a folder on my external thunderbolt drive.
(2) I have iCloud support for iTunes turned on
(3) I have iTunes Match turned on
My iTunes library is split 70/30 between music and movies/TV shows. My household has iPhones and iPads and I need all this content available to all the devices.
Ok, given the above factors, things seem to work pretty well. The iTunes folder on my external hard drive is about 145 gigs (about right I would think). But as it turns out, I have a iTunes folder on my local drive as well, in the "Music" folder per the Favorites section in Finder. This iTunes folder is roughly 36 gigs, so barely 1/5th the size of the folder on the external drive.
So, I backed up the local iTunes folder (onto the external drive), and then deleted it off my local machine. iTunes started, and it played music and movies, but a few songs (picked at random) could not be found, and iTunes would try to communicate with Apple for iTunes match, but this process would stall...and the app would eventually crash (within 10 minutes of starting...even when music was playing). It didn't completely close, but it became unresponsive. Moving the smaller iTunes folder back to its original place on the local drive seems to have fixed this issue.
Ultimately I'd like to clean off the local drive, use the external drive for whatever "local" storage I need for iTunes, and rely on iCloud and Match to provide the content to the mobile devices.
Can anyone assist?

The first thing you need to do is properly move the iTunes media off the internal HDD of the MBA to the external HDD. This KB article will help you with that: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
To use iTunes Match exclusively for streaming music the best practice is to create a new iTunes library and enable iTM on that library. This has the advantage of leaving the original library untouched. To create a new library quit iTunes, then launch it while holding down the Option key. Choose "new library" in the dialog. Do not have iTunes scan for media; then enable iTunes Match on the new library. Once the initial scan is done you will be able to stream the music.
You will need to have a backup scheme in place for when you add new music to the library as well.

ITunes Still Not Syncing Notes and iCloud Confidence

Well it seems that the loss of USB Notes synchronisation functionality in iTunes at 10.8.1 was deliberate.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4191?viewlocale=en_US
Contacts are now synchronising via iTunes again as of 10.8.2 and iOS 6 formal release but not Notes.
You must now use either iCloud or an IMAP email account that Telstra (biggest Australian telco) does not offer.
Apple will get dissaffected customers if they start to withdraw functionality that was working on your model of iDevice.
They also need to develop better sensitivity to their travelling customers being stung via data usage.
Give users adequate control & iDevice cache data if possible - think Facetime optimisation, Maps update, iCloud Sync etc.
I am reluctant to embrace iCloud as I periodically travel overseas and Global Roaming can send you broke as matters stand.
I can not just turn off roaming or cellular data as I need to get SMS and updates to passbook for boarding passes & tickets.
Also Notes on an iDevice may have confidentiality or intellectual property sensitivity; do you want them on a public server?
I notice too that Photo Stream is getting advertising - again increasing data usage - so what comes next with iCloud cost-wise?
We need an international treaty so that global roaming can no more than double your bill per service - split 50-50 home-away.
Perhaps Apple could facilitate some such arrangement before the masses of new users loose confidence in smart devices?

Sorry about that. Well, I've tried deleting the AlbumData.xml file as suggested also, but iPhoto itself generates a new file every time it's opened, so that's really a dead end. Rebuilding the library and through iPhoto Library Manager are the steps that required most work, and both did not work either, unfortunately.
I do believe that I'm not the only experiencing iTunes syncing problem, as there have been many posts here before when 9.4 came out. Like I wrote, it has been better with each upgrade, so there's definitely something in the coding with 9.4.x that messes things up. I had no trouble whatsoever with version 9.3.2 and prior to that.
Terence Devlin wrote:
Please share a comprehensive list of things you've already tried so we won't your time - and ours - making suggestions you already know won't work.
Library size is not part of this issue. 12k photos is not a large library these days, I have one four times that size with no syncing issues.
Regards
TD

My itunes for window quit working and I can't delete it to reinstall

Any suggestions..... when I try to reinstall the windows installer seems stalled

Hi breed788,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you're seeing issues when trying to reinstall iTunes, I'd recommend starting with the "additional troubleshooting" section in this article:
Issues installing iTunes or QuickTime for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
Best,
Jeremy

ITunes for Windows, QuickTime, and Apple Application Support

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
*The relationship between iTunes for Windows and QuickTime for Windows*
Conceptually, you don't go too far wrong thinking of iTunes for Windows as a gigantic QuickTime for Windows plug-in. QuickTime for Windows provides the audio and video playback capabilities for iTunes for Windows, the codecs iTunes for Windows uses for importing and burning CDs, and so forth.
So, under normal circumstances, if you uninstall your QuickTime for Windows your iTunes for Windows will no longer launch. The exception is if you install a different application such as QuickTime Alternaltive, which also provides QuickTime playback capabilities. However, most such applications (QuickTime Alternative being a good example) are themselves built from actual QuickTime program files. So there's really no getting away from the requirement to have QuickTime for Windows componentry installed on your computer in order to get your iTunes for Windows to launch and run.
In addition to needing some QuickTime for Windows installed on the computer for iTunes for Windows, a given iTunes for Windows version will require *at mininum a particular version* of QuickTime for Windows to be installed on the computer in order for that iTunes for Windows version to run. For example, iTunes for Windows 5.0.0.35 requires at least a release version of QuickTime for Windows 7.0.2 to run correctly, iTunes for Windows 6.0.0.18 requires at least a QuickTime for Windows 7.0.3, and so on. The same applies for solutions involving other programs like QuickTime Alternative. An iTunes for Windows 6.0.0.18 would require an installed version of QuickTime Alternative to made from (at least) QuickTime for Windows 7.0.3 componentry in order for iTunes to run.
The most straightforward way to go about getting your iTunes for Windows launching again after you've uninstalled your QuickTime for Windows is simply to reinstall QuickTime for Windows. You can get the latest version of QuickTime for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 from the following download page at the Apple website. (Use the download link that doesn't mention iTunes.)
[Latest QuickTime for Windows version|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download>
*The relationship between iTunes and Apple Application Support*
iTunes for Windows uses a number of the same program files as other Apple software for Windows (most notably, QuickTime for Windows and Safari for Windows). Starting with iTunes for Windows version 9.0.0, QuickTime for Windows version 7.6.4, and Safari for Windows 4.0.4, program files common to more than one of the programs have been stored in a single location: "Apple Application Support".
So, if you uninstall your Apple Application Support (using the Add or Remove programs control panel in Windows XP, or using Programs and Features in Windows Vista or Windows 7), your iTunes for Windows 9.0.0 (or higher version) will no longer launch ... because several essential program files for iTunes for Windows 9.0.0 (or higher version) will have been uninstalled.
At the time of writing this user tip, Apple Application Support is not available as a "standalone" download from Apple. It is only available as part of the installer bundles for the most recent versions of iTunes for Windows, Safari for Windows and QuickTime for Windows. So if you have uninstalled your Apple Application Support and your iTunes for Windows 9.0.0 (or higher version) is no longer launching, the most straightforward way of getting your iTunes for Windows launching again is to uninstall your existing version of iTunes for Windows and reinstall the latest version of iTunes for Windows. (The iTunes reinstall should also reinstall your Apple Application Support.)
[Latest iTunes for Windows version|http://www.apple.com/itunes/download>
If, however, you've uninstalled both your Apple Application Support and your QuickTime for Windows, the most straightforward way of getting them both reinstalled is to download the latest QuickTime for Windows installer from the Apple website. (Use the download link that doesn't mention iTunes.)
[Latest QuickTime for Windows version|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download>
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on March 7, 2010 by b noir.
Do you want to provide feedback on this User Contributed Tip or contribute your own? If you have achieved Level 2 status, visit the User Tips Library Contributions forum for more information.

Let's try a standalone Apple Application Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of the issue.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
http://www.rarlab.com/
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleApplicationSupport.msi to do a standalone AAS install.
Does it install properly for you?
If instead you get an error message during the install, let us know what it says. (Precise text, please.)

ITunes freezes on Sign In to iTunes Store - Windows 7 64 bit

In the last 48 hours I have not been able to use my iTunes software as it hangs immediately after launching.
I have tried a number of options to rectify the problem including Repairing the iTunes installation, Uninstalling/Reinstalling the program and System Restore to name a few. After some hours of searching I have established (after reading support.apple.com/kb/ts1717) that when I remove the Roaming Preference Files I am able to run iTunes however at this point it no longer automatically signs into the iTunes store. The problem arises as soon as I enter my user id and password the program becomes unresponsive.
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Thanks

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Latest version of iTunes (10.5.2.11) and iCloud 1.0.2.17 installed. Only installed iCloud on the latest update.
iTunes frequently froze, so I deleted my roaming profile (having read of others having success by doing this).
iTunes now launches fine, downloads subscribed podcasts etc, I can access the iTunes store, but as soon as I try to log in using my apple id then itunes freezes and must be closed using task manager.
I'm using Windows 7 32bit.
I just tried launching the iCloud control panel and it froze up too. Uninstalling iCloud didn't seem to fix the problem.
I can buy apps etc through my ipad and iphone, so maybe I can use itunes without logging into the store, but frankly I wish I could ditch itunes as the interface for my iphone/ipad.

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