Why does it take hours to sync and backup a 12GB data?

Does anyone know why it takes hours and hours to just sync and backup my 16GB iPhone 3GS before it installs the iOS5? This is getting rediculous! Why do Apple force us to use iTunes?

Shouldn't take that long although waiting a long time in between syncs can create longer backup times... ie more data, apps, etc... to back up etc... Make sure both iPad and iTunes are most current versions. Make sure you are using the iPad sync cord that came with the device and not another from a iPhone or iPod. Cables can screw up the deal.
Start there first and let us know how it goes.

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Why does it take hours to download a 1/2 TV show after purchase?

Hello allison224
Check out the articles below, it will give a starting point to troubleshooting the download speeds of a TV show form the iTunes Store.
iTunes Store: Download times will vary
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1577
Well known TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1629
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
Regards,
-Norm G.

Why does it take hours to upload a tv show or movie purchased on iTunes all of sudden?

Why does it take hours to upload a tv show or movie purchased on iTunes all of sudden?

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Why does it take hours to download movies from the iTunes store?

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Why does it take hours to import mp4 files into iMovie

I have some home movies I imported from VHS-C and compressed to mp4 files and now I want to start going through them in iMovie but it takes hours just to import a single clip (~575 meg).
What can I do to speed this up? Would getting a Mac Pro with loads of RAM and CPU's help? Would converting to a different video format before I import work?
Right now I have all this video I converted to digital and thus far spent days just importing and haven't been able to do anything with it yet!
I'm using an iMac core duo with 2 gig RAM and the upgraded video card (best one they had at the time).
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2 - Locate the file on your computer. Ctrl-click on the file and it will say "show package contents". Click on that.
3 - You will then see some folder items inside that. Open up "Media" and then drag and drop your mpeg file into it.
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Why does it take hours to backup my iPad?

Why is it that when I try to back up my iPad the backup starts alright but after a short while it seems to grind to a halt. I have made it a habit to monitor the affected folder on my MacBook Pro and it is pretty clear that, although the backup indicator in iTunes keeps on spinning, the backup files remain unaffected after the halt. My present attempt, for example, has now been going on for two hours and 45 minutes without any indication of it coming to an end.
My solution to this slight inconvenience is to delete the backup file from within iTunes and create a completely new backup. This, however doable, is not too convenient because it takes some extra time to do this.
So what am I to do about this. Should I just patiently sit tight and hope for the backup to complete (hoping it will) at some undetermined future point in time? Or is there any other way of coming to grips with this?
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Shouldn't take that long although waiting a long time in between syncs can create longer backup times... ie more data, apps, etc... to back up etc... Make sure both iPad and iTunes are most current versions. Make sure you are using the iPad sync cord that came with the device and not another from a iPhone or iPod. Cables can screw up the deal.
Start there first and let us know how it goes.

Why does it take 22 phone calls and leaving BT to ...

I used to have BT broadband option 3. For this I required a phone line, I made around 3 phone calls a year from it.
Last year in May some bright spark in BT decided to merge my phone and broadband accounts. I had been paying the correct amount of around 40 pounds a month for my line rental and broadband (+vat) until this point. When they made this "merge" they upped my monthly payments to 71.50. (I found this out much later after many many many frustrating phone calls)
I only noticed this overcharging in January when a bill of 71.50 was DD'd from my account. I then noticed this had happened for most of last year. I was refunded the 200 pounds my account was in credit at the time. I asked the person on the phone to set my direct debit to take the correct monthly account. He said he would.
What I expected was billing like so:
Feb 40 pounds
Mar 40 pounds
Apr 40 pounds
Its not rocket science. Its not hard. Am I missing something? Was my request too difficult?   I had paid monthly by direct debit since I have had a phone line.
On the 21st of January my account was debited £117.70 by BT. This was on top of the £71.50 already taken earlier in the month. It was directly before my payday and put me overdrawn with my bank who charged me for the pleasure. The bank refunded the amount.
I was about to go on holiday and called BT billing who apologised and stated clearly that I could call back in February to arrange the correct billing, that they were sorry and would put notes on my account to ensure no further attempt was made to take the incorrect amount.
While on holiday ..... an incompetant person in BT billing emailed me to say that she would be trying to take the £117.50 from my account "in the next few days". So, while on my holiday I had to ensure this did not happen by contacting this BT billing department. I cancelled the BT direct debitat this time.
After calling BT around 15 more times, speaking to various levels of incompetance i was finally told in Mid February that I had been switched to quarterly billing, but on a monthly direct debit: I was being charged for 3 months use up front and nothing could be done, I had to live with their mistake. Could I please pay up the £117.50 or I risked interuption of service ... which was a shame .... as after so many phone calls I had already put the wheels in motion to leave for Sky ....
Calling for my MAC code the poor lady offered me broadband at half price to keep me, at which I had to respond that she could offer it to me for free but I had no confidence that would be what appeared on my bill or what would be taken from my bank account. The billing department is the sole reason for my leaving.
So, I had left BT in mid February. Despite this, the billing department still insisted that I pay the £117.50 for the period "up to the 31st March". On pointing out that I would not pay for a service I was no longer receiving and could they produce a bill up to the 16th February, I am told "oh no, you must pay in advance and then we will kindly refund you the money".
Amazing ... pay up front for a service I no longer receive and hope the company repays me? Considering my confidence in their handling of money ... Heck no ...
I am told they will produce a final bill, "within 14 working days" (such speed!) which may ... oh so kind of them .. have the correct amount I owe them on it.
So after a few more frsutrating phone calls where I am demanding a bill, it transpires that BT have been sending my bills to the WRONG address. It appears that despite using the home move service some years ago and BT moving my phone line from one property to another that BT billing live on another planet and never received this news and were sending my bills to my old property. I was asked "Can you not go to the property and ask for the bills".   My patience had now pretty much run out. I just wanted rid of this company.
Today, I call .. yet. .. again .. to ask where the **bleep** my final bill is and they tell me its been put in the post. It is for the correct amount.   I will be paying it when it arrives.
Its such a shame. All BT had to do was charge me the correct amount per month for their own services. They failed utterly. From all my conversations with them I have an impression of a department in meltdown where the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing, let alone what the the feet might be up to .....
I have left BT for good, I have been left with a very bitter aftertaste.
From the posts on this board, it appears my frustration is felt by many. I do wonder if any action is being taken internally with BT to correct the mistakes being made?   Would a moderator confirm?

Hi Oxfordataloss,
Thanks for posting. I'm really sorry you've had such problems with BT, it's certainly not the kind of service we would hope to provide. I'll take your comments on board and if you don't receive the final bill as expected please drop me an email with the account details and a link to this thread for reference.
Cheers
David
BTCare Community Mod
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Why does it take hours to download a rented movie from iTunes.

When I rent a movie or TV show from iTunes with my AppleTV (2), the download starts and I get a message saying the download will take an an hour and 45 minutes to download. Then when the download it complete and I start to play it, I get a message saying downloading - and the rental never starts.
My AppleTV (2) it running the latest version, and it's plugged directly into my router via ethernet. I have reset the Apple TV, router and modem.
Netflix and YouTube streaming through AppleTV are immediate and seem to work fine.

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Hi
Seems very long time.
When my Mac starts to get into a slow-motion in action eg encoding DVDs or alike - it's nearly always due to that free space on Start-Up (Mac OS) hard disk is to low.
• I try to never have less than 25Gb free space
• 10Gb - might work but slows down
• 5Gb - slow and instable
• less - incredibly slow, instable and if DVD is produced - it usually doesn't work
This space can not be utilized on other hard disks - Neither for Mac OS or iMovie or iDVDs temp. files - Has to be stored here. No-where else.
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