Itunes ridiculously SLOW

Does anybody experienced the slowness of the new version of itunes. Is it a bad joke from the developers? Or Steve Jobs is out of budget? Any idea if a new upgrade is coming soon to fix this rubbish

I just noticed this today. I kept ignoring the apple itunes software update for days, but the darn thing kept bugging me... so I finally gave in. Now iTunes is very sluggish. I wish I could go back to the old version. Maybe I can use my original disks that came with the computer ....

Similar Messages

ITunes is ridiculously slow. What gives?

I just bought a new computer, doubled my storage and RAM, Windows 8. Now, iTunes is ridiculously slow. What gives?

I can only add my XPS M1530 to the list of computers having the problem. I have seen posts back to the beginning of the year, so I suspect it is a problem Apple isn't interested in and it is likely a problem with their DirectX or other video routines gone bad.
Maybe they'll consider taking this as a formal bug and getting it fixed, because coverflow ***** as is while it is dreamy on the iPhone.

Hi, I upgraded from iOS 5.1.1, to iOS 6, and it's ridiculously slow, I can't sync to my computer, (manually manage music), and all of my photos were gone. How can I get my photos back? It says restoring photos, but it's said that for two days now!

Hi, I upgraded from iOS 5.1.1, to iOS 6, and it's ridiculously slow, I can't sync to my computer, (manually manage music), and all of my photos were gone. How can I get my photos back? It says restoring photos, but it's said that for two days now!

It just does't sync. I connect it to itunes, but nothing happens. Where it says how much space I have, it's just on ebig bar that says other. I can play my music on itunes, but not when i unplug it.
All of my photos were gone, i took and saved them with my ipod.
The photo app is saying restoring.
What should i do?

HT1577 how do a get a refund on a ridiculously slow downloading rented movie for my apple tv dispite a 5mb/sec down load speed? my first experience with appletv movie rental. no good. rented at 4:30pm. still waiting for standard def movie to finish at 8:1

how do a get a refund on a ridiculously slow downloading rented movie for my apple tv dispite a >5mb/sec down load speed? my first experience with appletv movie rental. no good. rented at 4:30pm. still waiting for standard def movie to finish at 8:10pm. Not good enough.

Thanks for the pointers folks. Yeah, 1.5GB is pretty poor isn't it? There are other suppliers, but you have to get a their phone line installed to access the internet so it's an £85 setup fee plus a day off work for a guy to come round and drill a hole in your wall before you even get to the monthly costs.
Don't get me wrong though - I'm certainly not an Apple basher, but am equally frustrated with both them and the ISP.
Virgin Media spend all kinds of money advertising their broadband as the fastest in the UK, but don't tell you (up front anyway) that you'll be cut off if you actually try and use it.
Apple on the other hand carry on with their 'it just works' mantra, but with Apple TV this only applies if you meet certain criteria (again, not mentioned up front).
I guess it aint a biggie, as i was gifted my Apple TV, and love all the other stuff it does, but from the number of posts on this forum can see that there's a lot of angry customers out there who want explanations as to why they're having similar problems to me.
Will be very interesting to see if Apple release any kind of software update that turns the flash drive from a buffer to permanent storage, to at least ease some of the pain...
Message was edited by: McGinty

Can't recover songs and itunes very slow

My computer crashed and had to be totally restored so I lost itunes and everything. I downloaded it again and proceeded to try to sync with my nano. First of all, itunes was running way slow...so slow that I thought the computer was freezing but its not. Itunes is the ONLY program that this happens to. When I plugged my ipod in it said it wasn't synced with this computer and gave me two options to sync it, both of which would have pretty much wiped everything off of it.
I did some digging and found that I needed to get some software to pull the songs off of my ipod and put them back in itunes. I opted for Media Widget and it worked very well. It pulled all of the music off of my ipod and put it back into itunes. When I synce my ipod with itunes it started uploading the songs as expected but then I started getting messages similar to "this computer is not authorized to play (name of song)." I started looking into it and it is all of my purchased music from the itunes store. Its all in itunes but it won't upload to the ipod. So I thought I'd just create a few audio discs from the purchased playlist and then rip them into itunes and remake the playlist. Nope, itunes won't let me burn those songs to a disc, either.
So, I'm frustrated and a little angry that I can't get music that I paid for back onto my ipod. Anybody have any suggesions? Also, why is itunes running slower than molasses in January?

It seems I just needed to do a bit more digging. All I had to do was to authorize my computer in itunes and it loaded all of the songs to my ipod and everything is working again with the ipod. Itunes is still painfully slow and I can"t figure out why. It's the only program that runs like that and it was pretty slow even before my computer crashed. Anyone have any suggestions?

Whenever i download the latest version of itunes it slows my computer down and will not access the store, whenever i download the latest version of itunes it slows my computer down and will not access the store, any suggestions?

whenever i download the latest version of itunes it slows my computer down and will not access the store, whenever i download the latest version of itunes it slows my computer down and will not access the store, any suggestions?

In the course of your troubleshooting to date, have you worked through the following document?
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store

After installing Yosemite on my MacBook Retina, (including the 10.10.1 update), my wifi connection has basically disappeared. When it does work, it is ridiculously slow. Any tips?

After installing Yosemite on my MacBook Retina, (including the 10.10.1 update), my wifi connection has basically disappeared. When it does work, it is ridiculously slow. Any tips?

Wi-FI connection drops
Wi-Fi Problems in OS X Yosemite
Wi-Fi Problems in OS X Yosemite (2)
Wireless Diagnostics
Also try turning off Bluetooth.
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (2)
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (3)
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (4)

Ridiculously slow performance with WRT320N

Hello all. My name is Ben Herrmann. I'm running a Windows 7 64 Bit machine and am using a Motorola cable modem. I have the WRT320N wireless router attached. My PC is connected via ethernet cable to the machine - but the other two laptops are connected via wireless to the router.
Normally, my connection speed when connected to the Motorola modem ranges anywhere from 15,000 to 21,000 kbps. I have North Carolina Road Runner service Turbo Boost and just with that setup my download speeds are awesome.
However, with the WRT320N router attached, my internet and download speeds have screeched to a whoppingly slow 978 to 1100 kbps. I realized that adding a router may slow things down a bit - but not by this shocking level.
What am I doing wrong? I set up everything the way it was supposed to be. I even installed the the LinkSys Easy Advisor software. The Cable company can't help me because on their end, things are coming to me at high speed. So it's obviously the router.
How do I install firmware (if it needs it)? How do I determine what my current firmware is? Lots of questions here - but short of an answer, I'm just ready to "can" this router and go out and look for something better.
Thanks in advance...
Ben Herrmann

Well, I took a chance and contacted LinkSys tech support. But this guy was extraordinary.
Prior to contacting tech support, my download speeds with the router attach ranged between 512 and 950 kbps - a ridiculously slow speed considering I'm on a high speed cable network. But after he was finished messing with my settings (he took control of my PC), he got my download speeds up to 22,000 - 25,000 kbps - the same speed I was getting if I just had my cable modem (and no router).
So I'm very, very appreciative to his support and I never envisioned getting these types of speeds with a router attached.
Ben
(Mod Note: Edited due to non-compliance of forum guidelines.)
Message Edited by iamgiantherockstar on 02-15-2010 09:41 AM

Is it just me, or is the iTunes Store slowing down?

Seriously. Does anyone else notice that download speeds are getting slower? I do...

I just bought all of the season of Psych since all the HD seasons are on sale for $16 including the current season. Downloading the first episode alone which is just under 2GB i going to take 89 minutes today
Again it's Sunday though, most likely a high volume day for iTunes so slow speeds are going to happen.

The new itunes is slow and I can not see my musics anymore. How can I have my musics listed like they were before?

The new itunes is slow and I can not see my musics anymore. How can I have my musics listed like they were before?

I have the same problem with new 11.0. Presentation of album data now seems scrambled in 'Album' screen. Instead of albums in alphabetical order with all album tracks I now get albums in the order of the Album Artist. Unless the album artist is EXACTLY the same, the tracks on any one album can be spread all over the screen (hopeless for compilations). Does anbody know how to get the Album screen to sort solely on the Album title?

Apple TV iTunes super slow downloads

I've had my Apple TV for a couple years. Never had a single problem. I use it to stream movies & video from the iTunes store, Netflix, Hulu, Vimeo, etc. I have a fast broadband connection and view everything in 720p HD. It's always worked fine. Instant rentals have been just that... instant.
Just this week, downloads from the iTunes store slowed to a crawl, as if I had gone back to a dial up connection. 3 1/2 hrs. to download a 40 min. show.
I restarted ATV several times. Nothing. I restarted my DSL modem and Airport Extreme. I checked for firmware updates for the AE. All up to date. All in good working order. No network speed problems on any of our Macs or devices in the house. I downloaded content from Netflix, Hulu, etc. via ATV to check if it was a network problem. Netflix and Hulu stream fine on the ATV, just as they have in the past. Only iTunes content is giving me this problem.
Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have a solution?

Netflix adapts to the connection so that wouldn't be a good way to judge.
If you haven't, check your actual speed (www.speedtest.net)
Try to rule out interference, if on wifi, by using istumbler.net
Ensure you are using your ISPs DNS

Ridiculously Slow Performance when Movie Scoring - brand new macbook

Hello there guys ! Sorry for my bad english, i will try to do my best.
The title almost says it all. I have a brand new Intel Core Duo Macbook (White, 2ghz, 512 ram, I haven't added any extra ram or anything).
The machine is blazing fast, I am really loving the experience. But when it comes to using a feature I would love to use everyday, it disappointed me. The movie score feature in Garage Band 3. So, I create a very simple movie in iMovie HD 6, capturing video from my fireware camera.
It is a very simple video, no soundtracks, just the original sound that came with the camcorder footage. No stills, reverse, slow-motion, effects or anything. Plain video with sound, just the way it came from the camcorder.
The problem is when creating a movie scoring project with that footage in garageband 3 , the performance is RIDICULOUSLY SLOW. I mean, I press space and the movie strats playing after 1,5 seconds, and the video is halting every other second. It is so laggy that when i press space again to stop the video, the motion continues for another 1,5 seconds until it pauses.
There's absolutely no way to do any work in conditions like that. And the strange thing is that when using garage band to do other stuff, or when working in iMovie with that same movie there's no lag at all. I have even edited 30 minute long videos with effects and soundtracks in iMovie and it was blazing fast, no lag, no halting.
But in Garagaband even the simplest of all videos gets this ultra-slow performance, and it makes me wonder why.
- I have tried desabling recording on the audio track in garageband. I have tried to lock the track. I have done all the steps in the optimizing garage band performance in the help. I don't have firevault activated.
Any help ? Does anyone have a macbook just like mine that is able of doing moving scoring ? Because EVERYTHING ELSE is ultra fast, including video and audio editing, but when movie scoring it *****.
Apple Macbook 13inch 2.0ghz Core Duo 512 60GB White SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Ha! It's funny really - you say it all yourself; no extra ram, it doesn't come with enough to run Pro Apps and when you start to use the Scoring feature you are accessing two different functions - playing movies and music tracks - movies are always a stress unless they are very small and the Right Codec - so first up - what format is your movie? Do you have Quicktime Pro? if the answer is No - get it, it's not expensive and it gives your machine many extra abilities - you can then convert your footage to something easy to play.
How many tracks are you working with?
Get more RAM - MacIntel or MacPro needs 4-6 gigs to multi-task happily - with only the base load of RAM it can't.
I have a DP 2 Ghz G5, no where near as fast as yours but I have 4.5 GBs of RAM and a fast graphics card with 512Mbs VRAM - this means Motion and FCP can fly.
We are about to get a MacPro 2.66 Dual with 6 GBs RAM, essential.
Hope this helps.

MBP 2011 ridiculously slow after installing Yosemite

Installed Yosemite last Friday night and it's ridiculously slow. I click on the Safari icon and it took more than 4 minutes to open... If I try to open a new tab, it tells me that it's not Responding. Before the upgrade, it took 2-3 seconds to open Safari/etc. I opened a Terminal window and don't see that it's encrypting the hard drive. Not sure if it's indexing but this is BAD!
Suggestions welcomed!!
JJ

Installed Yosemite last Friday night and it's ridiculously slow. I click on the Safari icon and it took more than 4 minutes to open... If I try to open a new tab, it tells me that it's not Responding. Before the upgrade, it took 2-3 seconds to open Safari/etc. I opened a Terminal window and don't see that it's encrypting the hard drive. Not sure if it's indexing but this is BAD!
Suggestions welcomed!!
JJ

ITunes Store ridiculously slow

I have a £25 iTunes voucher, and so I tried to buy a song today on iTunes. BIG MISTAKE, it's currently been downloading for 5-10 minutes, and is at '448kb - 3 hours remaining'.
This is ridiculous - I have a fine connection - Spotify would just play the track, Amazon would download it in 3 minutes. I can't see how I'm going to be able to spend any of my store credit if it's like this. Sort it out Apple. This is a joke.

There's tons of people in Australia also experiencing majorly slow downloads from the iTunes store, which is completely abnormal.
This problem has troubled me since November 3, and so far it's been getting worse. I used to be able to download at over 2 Megabytes/sec from the store, now downloads are crawling at anything from 30 to 200 k/sec

Itunes 9.0.2 ridiculously slow

I am by no means the first person to post on this topic, but after reading through countless threads that all lead to the same frustrating "Where is Apple??" conclusion, I thought I would post my own thread to see if any light has been shed on the subject yet. Problem: Itunes freezes on that annoying spinning wheel nearly everytime a track is changed or other formerly simple tasks (like clicking on a playlist) are attempted.
I've tried turning off "Keep songs and folders organized" as well as Genius and many of the other functions in 'Preferences'. I also uninstalled and re-installed Itunes, but the problem persists. Any solutions yet? (like a new version of Itunes!)
Also, my Itunes library reads 83gigs in the actual Itunes window, but the music folder I dragged and dropped into it is 90gigs. I haven't noticed any songs missing yet that were in my old library (didn't write down the size of the library or number of songs, doh!), but could anyone tell me if this is normal or if there is a way to check what that 7gig difference actually is? (preferably without deleting the entire library and reloading it again..)
Help!

Also, my Itunes library reads 83gigs in the actual Itunes window, but the music folder I dragged and dropped into it is 90gigs. I haven't noticed any songs missing yet that were in my old library (didn't write down the size of the library or number of songs, doh!), but could anyone tell me if this is normal or if there is a way to check what that 7gig difference actually is? (preferably without deleting the entire library and reloading it again..)
Open the itunes folder and check. I see that in my folder the album artwork takes up 1 GB of space. The itunes window probably just displays the space taken up by the media files.

Itunes ridiculously SLOW

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for