Takes an hour to Prepare Tracks
I recently upgraded iTunes to 7.6.2.9
I then downloaded an album from iTunes, set it to burn disc, and it takes an hour or longer just to prepare tracks. After the excruciating wait, it fails to burn the disc.
I've never had problems with iTunes,and it's always burned in about 5 minutes. I tried lowering the burn speed, but it still doesn't work.
Can anyone help?
Another update:
I am still able to burn a CD using Windows Media Player. Still no luck with iTunes.
I've disabled my firewall, I've tried lowering burn speed, I've even disconnected the USB cable for my iPod dock (which another poster suggested in a different thread).
I'm doing everything I can to fix the problem, I just need a little help. Am I the only one with this exact error? Does anyone have a suggestion? Bueller, Bueller?
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http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stereogol.com%2Faudi o%2Fwimpy_podcast.php
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Greetings,
I know that this question has been asked recently in this forum (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9527542�), but I don't think that the respondents completely understood the question... Or perhaps I did not understand the suggested solutions to the problem. I will ask the question in a slightly different way...
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I have had my iPad 3 since Feb 2012 and have always commented on it's slowness to charge. I was just wondering if it's meant to take 6 hours plus to charge to 100% or if this is a bit excessive?
As it has always done it, I have never really thought of it but a lot of my friends are now commenting that it's a really long time and it shouldn't take that long.
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How to Calibrate Your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Battery
http://www.macblend.com/how-to-calibrate-your-mac-iphone-or-ipad-battery/
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http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/
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http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/
New iPad Takes Much Longer to Charge Than iPad 2
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/03/new-ipad-takes-much-longer-to-charge-than-ipa d-2.html
Apple Batteries - iPad http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
Extend iPad Battery Life (Look at pjl123 comment)
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New iPad Slow to Recharge, Barely Charges During Use
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252326/new_ipad_slow_to_recharge_barely_charges_d uring_use.html
Tips About Charging for New iPad 3
http://goodscool-electronics.blogspot.com/2012/04/tips-about-charging-for-new-ip ad-3.html
Prolong battery lifespan for iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3: charging tips
http://thehowto.wikidot.com/prolong-battery-lifespan-for-ipad
iPhone, iPod, Using the iPad Charger
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4327
Install and use Battery Doctor HD
http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/battery-doctor-hd/id459702901?mt=8
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What operating system is it running?
Allan -
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When I was called over the computer was so slow that I could not even scroll without getting the beach ball of death. I checked the activities moniter, and found an HP application was taking up 46% of the CPU. We attempted to go in and uninstall all of the HP applications, but the computer ended up freezing. Ended up doing a hard shut down, and decided to run disk utilities. Repaired both Permissions, and Disk. Restarted... no difference. Thought of restoring the computer to when it was working fine via Time machine in disk utility mode... failed. Finally resorted to deleting the hard drive, reinstalling Tiger, and upgrading.
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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