Lots of problems since recent updates

Since the most recent updates for Mavericks and iTunes, I am having a host of problems with iTunes, and am losing my patience. If anyone can help, I would certainly appreciate it.
I have a rather large library, stored on an external drive, which I have not had problems with in the past, and this same drive holds files other than iTunes related items. iTunes has 'lost' my library twice recently, forcing me to go through great lengths to get it restored, including spending the past several days literally adding everything back into it. This morning, it did it again. After restarting my computer, iTunes, once again, came up with the message that it cannot find my library, in the very place it has been, and where it was accessing it 2 minutes earlier. The itunes library files are still there, nothing has changed, and this is now the third time it's done this since updating.
I have followed all of the recommended steps to restore the library, none of which has worked properly.
Right before restarting the computer, while I was finishing up Re-importing the last of my movies, iTunes stopped importing them. No error message, just I would drag and drop the files (these are the same movies I've had in my library and have been watching, some for years), and I got no response. Then, I tried 'Import to Library' rather than dragging, and got the same. So, I closed out, and restarted, leading me to yet another lost library. To start from scratch, to give you an idea, I have 500+ gigs of music, and several hundred movies/tv shows. I am not happy thinking that I will have to do that again.
When iTunes opens, and gives me the message that it cannot find its own library, I choose to select a library and send it back to the same spot I've been using. The library files are all still there, and yet iTunes claims not to see them, telling me there is no library file in this location. I am incredibly fristrated right now.
Please help?

Verizon Wireless Customer Support wrote:
I truly understand your viewpoint MySIII. Software is definitely suppose to enhance your phone and not hinder it. Your right, our customers should not have to worry each time an update is released. I'm sorry you are having so many issues with your phone. Our suggestion to uninstall and remove apps is just to give the new update a chance to make your phone better. This works the same for apps and functionalities that were not put on your phone when released. Now that your phone is working differently other functionalities have an opportunity to work or become better. We also suggest a factory reset after large updates. Please ensure your phone information and contacts are backed up. Here are the steps http://tiny.cc/7unvuw . Please let me know if the above information helps.
KinquanaH_VZW
All I hear is Blah blah blah..First of all, I am not gonna do a factory reset, (and I know all about backing up everything). And so now you are saying that every time we get an update, we have to factory reset or uninstall all of our app and reinstall?? That is utterly ridiculous...
This Issue is NOT an app issues or a factory reset issue. Are you no reading me , or any other threads or posts about this? The update was a keyboard and camera update, so take you VZW clout and let the people that need to know, that this update sucks and they need to FIX IT...Period. No factory resets, no app uninstall and reinstalls..This is a Samsung keyboard issue (and for some reason battery draining) The Samsung stock keyboard is not app related. .None of those suggestions work.. OK. Just fix the update. So no, the above info does not help. Thanks tho.

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Mark,
Forgive me for asking, but I am a bit confused. Is your "cold boot issue" now solved? If so, do you think that the new drives are the key?
Lev
Quote from: MarkJohnson on 17-December-07, 14:21:23
Sorry for late post.
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Hi
I am sorry to see you are having problems
I suggest you contact the forum mods they should be able to get this problem sorted for you this is a link to them http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
They normally reply by email or phone directly to you within 3 working days they will take personal ownership of your problem until resolved and will keep you informed of progress
They are a UK based BT specialist team who have a good record at getting problems solved
This is a customer to customer self help forum the only BT presence here are the forum moderators
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    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 3 days 2:23:21
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (207.83 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Hewlett-Packard HP USB Mass Storage Device
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.mice.driver.Wireless360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.mice.driver.Xbox360Controller (1.0.0d14 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [running]    com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mice.360Daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.nvidia.cuda.launcher.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.akamai.single-user-client.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.amazon.music.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    Origin    Application (/Applications/Origin.app)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    Google Chrome    Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
    BetterSnapTool    Application (/Applications/BetterSnapTool.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.4f1 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    PepperFlashPlayer: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Akamai NetSession Preferences [Click for support]
    CUDA Preferences [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Trusteer Endpoint Protection [Click for support]
    XBox 360 Controllers [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.35 GB Disk used: 791.52 GB
    Destinations:
        Data [Network]
        Total size: 2.00 TB
        Total number of backups: 63
        Oldest backup: 2014-06-23 07:52:14 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-04-07 21:49:08 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Too small
            Backup size 2.00 TB < (Disk used 791.52 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        16%    mds
         3%    WindowServer
         0%    fontd
         0%    systemstatsd
         0%    Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    790 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    481 MB    softwareupdated
    447 MB    Mail
    378 MB    mds_stores
    206 MB    Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    20.36 GB    Free RAM
    10.67 GB    Active RAM
    1.11 GB    Inactive RAM
    2.21 GB    Wired RAM
    44.56 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 7, 2015, 10:41:48 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/dreadout_2015-04-07-224148_[re dacted].crash
    Apr 7, 2015, 10:16:52 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Total War SHOGUN 2_2015-04-07-221652_[redacted].crash
    Apr 7, 2015, 10:13:51 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Total War SHOGUN 2_2015-04-07-221351_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
    Apr 7, 2015, 10:07:03 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/dreadout_2015-04-07-220703_[re dacted].crash
    Apr 7, 2015, 09:59:11 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/dreadout_2015-04-07-215911_[redacted].hang
    Apr 7, 2015, 09:52:10 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/dreadout_2015-04-07-215210_[re dacted].crash
    Apr 7, 2015, 09:50:02 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/dreadout_2015-04-07-215002_[redacted].hang
    Apr 6, 2015, 07:09:39 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Last.fm Scrobbler_2015-04-06-190939_[redacted].crash
    Apr 6, 2015, 07:03:58 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Last.fm Scrobbler_2015-04-06-190358_[redacted].crash

Time since boot: 3 days 2:23:21
I'd reboot to clear out some temp and cache files.
Have you checked with the game developers to see if you've got the latest version that is compatible with Yosemite?

Lots of problems since recent updates

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