Itunes rainbow wheel won't stop!!!

I recently installed photoshop cs6. Ihave only used 350 GB on a 750gb drive. When I open iTunes the rainbow wheel won't stop spinning. Please help.

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Rainbow wheel won't go away

no matter what I'm trying to do on my iMac - using safari, checking mail, or numbers, I am watching this horrible beachball spin more than actually DOING anything else. I saw a previous thread recommended to run Etrecheck, which I did and report should follow - can anyone help??
Problem description:
running slow, constant rainbow wheel
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/27/15, 4:40 PM
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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Mod wheel won't stop moving selected fader?

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I have looked all over these forums and on the web, and all I see is frustation. My only recourse I guess is to move on from Apple, or use some other program that Apple hates, like MediaMonkey. Apple really has become a bottom of the barrel provider -- your updates only introduce new problems that no one can seem to help with.
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Samsung, here I come.

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Nope,
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I moved the app and Library; I ended up removed all iTunes stuff(except) Library and reinstalled it. It now starts fresh....transferred stuff over however......I can't sync my iPhone...it says there another Library already synced....how do I know which one, I have a few(my fault).
Can I get these cleaned up somehow?
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Spinning rainbow wheel every time I connect phone to itunes....

I have an iphone (I'm not sure the model but I bought it in January). Did the recent software update and now every time I connect my phone it recognizes it in itunes and immediately starts with "verifying iphone" but in less than a minute if I click on anything in itunes or not it starts with a spinning rainbow wheel and the only way it stops is if I force quit itunes.
I can't update, change, add, delete anythig on my phone and also as a result the itunes/ipod function on the phone doesn't work and also freezes up.
Someone suggested I might have a bad file on there somewhere, like an mp3 or what have you, but how would I even go about deleting the music or the files if I can't even connect to itunes?
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Reset iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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ITunes won't stop launching

I don't know if this happens every time that Apple has a release but it seems like once they have pushed an update my iTunes goes crazy. It won't stop auto launching at will. It's doing this on all profiles and I do not have this in my auto launch application list. I also already tried to run a permission repair and this did nothing as well. The launchd is the parent service and I thought by force killing it, it might fix the problem. Needless to say that killed my session lol. I checked the permissions on the application and my files and the permissions appeared ok. Any suggestions would be helpful.
P.S. I have deleted the app before and reinstalling it but that doesn't help.

I believe I found the answer from another post. The post mentioned a Bluetooth connection problem. I looked at my Bluetooth item list and noticed that my discoverable option was on and I turned it off. I also noticed that my Bluetooth connected printer was also unavailable and think that this was the root cause.

IPhoto just stopped working. It loads pictures, but then goes into rainbow wheel forever. Then I try to force quit it, and then the whole Mac hangs up (had to power cycle it to get it back). I am using OS 10.5.8, and when I run software update, it assures

iPhoto just stopped working. It loads pictures, but then goes into rainbow wheel forever. Then I try to force quit it, and then the whole Mac hangs up (had to power cycle it to get it back). I am using OS 10.5.8, and when I run software update, it assures me I have up to date software. I have not added any photos since the last time I used it, probably less than a month ago. What gives?

Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
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I was changing my desktop screen saver in system preferences screen protection. Now it says it is "Loading Images" and won't stop. The Colourful wheel goes around for ever and It does not stop. Can anyone help me?

I was changing my desktop screen saver in system preferences>screen protection. Now it says it is "Loading Images" and won't stop. The Colourful wheel goes around for ever and It does not stop. Can anyone help me?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
I have seen a lot of cases like your issue, and it's easy to solve.
First, open Disk Utility, select Macintosh HD in the sidebar and repair permissions. Sometimes, a permission can be damaged and it makes that an application doesn't work properly.
If that doesn't work, open Finder, select Go menu > Go to Folder, type ~/Library/Prefereces, delete "com.apple.desktop.plist" and "com.apple.systempreferences.plist" and restart

We have an iMac 24-inch Mid 2007 with maximum of 4G bytes of SDRAM, with OX X 10.9.4 Mavericks. It is routinely locking-up with the rainbow wheel. Especially with iTunes and Safari. Ideas?

We have an iMac 24-inch Mid 2007 with maximum of 4G bytes of SDRAM, with OX X 10.9.4 Mavericks. It is routinely locking-up with the rainbow wheel. Especially with iTunes and Safari.
I'm wondering it it that Mavericks simply uses more RA that the machine allows when also running application, but I don't see the RAM is being maxed out per se' when in Activity Monitor either. I've also ran the Disk Utility and have run scans wit Sophos, looking for malware, but have found no issues.
Any ideas? Any better Malware/Spyware applications?
Help!

Here is the report:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.14 (50)
Report generated August 18, 2014 at 6:05:39 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac7,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI,RadeonHD2600 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 1 day 4:11:27
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Thomas iMac (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (697.1 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
MediaTek Inc MT1887
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ?
LaCie d2 quadra (button) 800mbit - 800mbit max
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Master Back-up (disk1s2) /Volumes/Master Back-up: 999.86 GB (640.35 GB free)
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.aliph.driver.jstub (1.1.2 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.5b15) Support
[loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.0.61 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.0.53 - SDK 10.8) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.configuration.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.notification.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.scan.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.sxld.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.webd.plist Support
[running] rapiback.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support
[running] syncmateStarter.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
None
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Java Support
MenuMeters Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: YES - System files not being backed up
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Thomas iMac: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 281.49 GB
Destinations:
Master Back-up [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 154
Oldest backup: 2011-11-26 04:54:07 +0000
Last backup: 2014-08-19 00:06:13 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.19 GB > (Disk used 281.49 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      2% WindowServer
      0% sysmond
      0% SophosWebIntelligence
      0% InterCheck
      0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory: ?
156 MB SophosScanD
143 MB InterCheck
135 MB softwareupdated
98 MB mds_stores
98 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information: ?
89 MB Free RAM
1.61 GB Active RAM
1.44 GB Inactive RAM
516 MB Wired RAM
2.92 GB Page-ins
446 MB Page-outs

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