Why does purchasing a movie from Netflix take so long to download?

When purchasing a movie from Netflix, why does it take so long to download?

I think you mean iTunes, Netflix is a subscription service and there's no PPV rental
In any case, check your internet speed.
You need a minimum sustained 6mbps connection for HD content
If you are lower turn off HD via the settings

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Why do movies rented from iTunes take soooo long to download to my Mac?

Why do movies rented from iTunes take sooo long to download to my Mac?

I am noticing the same thing. It appears to be since the recent update, but I have never had a delay before.

If I purchased a movie, from a computer a LONG time ago like 3 years but recently I changed computers how can I get that movie back? p.s. I bought the movie from iTunes

If I purchased a movie, from a computer a LONG time ago like 3 years but recently I changed computers how can I get that movie back? p.s. I bought the movie from iTunes

If you don't have the movie on the old computer and you don't have the movie backed up on a disc somewhere, your only choice is to purchase the movie again. Currently, movie downloads are a one time deal andit is your responsibility to have a backup copy.
If you have the movie on the other computer still, you can burn it to a DVD and then copy it over to the new computer.
Personally, I have two computers and when I make a purchase on one, iTunes automatically copies it to the other and I have never lost videos or music in this manner.

HT5731 Why does a one hour TV show take 3 hours to download

Why does it take three hours to load a one hour tv show? It does'nt matter if it is on my IPAD or on my PC.

Slow network or server.

TS1412 i purchased a movie from itunes and it will not download! why?

i am on vacation and wanted to relax with a nice long movie so i purchased the film scarface for 9.99 on itunes and it will not download and through all of my effort to make it download i have learned about converters and all kinds of mumbo jumbo how do i just watch the movie that i purchased? i do not want to get a refund for the movie....

this is the iMovie board - about the editing software delivered free with any Mac.
purchased movies can only be playbacked in iTunes.
any mumbo jambo probably gets better explained in the 'iTunes for Windows'-section of this board:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_for_windows

Why does my sidebar index of bookmarks take so long to recover every time I move a bookmark and how do I fix it?

Once I've moved a bookmark in the sidebar, the entire list will freeze up for sometimes a minute before anything works again.

A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
You can also try to repair the places database with this extension:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/

Why is a rental movie from apple tv taking 15hrs to download?

Hi Has anyone had this problem? Rented a movie on Apple TV the other night,haven't watched it yet because I'm not hanging around for 15 hrs waiting for it to download
Anyway I was under the impression that rentals from apple TV were streamed from the cloud?
My Internet connection appears to be ok ,what's happening?
thanks.

your internet speed is likely just slow
even if 7Mbit/Sec was fast a few years ago these days it's pretty slow
and downloading a movie take some space

Why does synch of my iPod touch takes far longer than before iOS 5?

Synching of iPod before introduction of iCloud never took more than a few minutes and during the process iTunes reported how many photos or songs were being added or deleted based on what had changed on the iPhoto and iTunes libraries since the last synch event.
Now the synch process begins with a major "backup" effort and then lengthy processes in which it is not visible if or which photos or songs are being added or deleted. The process takes up to an hour and I have been forced on more than one occasion to RESTORE the iPod in order to get the synch to work at all.
I carry my entire iPhoto library (about 20'000 photos, excl videos) and iTunes library (7500 songs) on the 64 GB iPod, for which there is plenty of space. Why is synchronization no longer just the incremental process it originally was and now consumes far too much time?
- Eran

I think it's normal...but you can try to do it again.

Why does syncing photos with my iPad take so long even if the photos on my Mac haven't changed?

Whenever I sync my iPad (1st generation) with my Mac/iTunes, everything syncs fine, but the syncing of the photos takes forever - even if none of the photos has changed on my Mac. Is this normal? Anyone else experiencing long sync times? Is there any way to tell the iPad or Mac to not bother re-syncing existing photos that haven't changed (just do a delta?) Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Support Discussions.
Considering OS X is extremely stable I don't think there is something Apple needs to address. However there very well could be an issue with your set up. One of the common issues is if you live in a suburban area you may be competing for bandwidth for wi-fi with your neighbors. Most wi-fi routers are use channel's 5 & 6 as their default channels and most people never change them. Where I less I no less than 15 wi-fi networks within range so I changed my channel. You can download and use iStumbler (Google it) and it will tell you what networks are within range and what channel each is using. There are about 11 channels so then it's just a matter of changing your router's channel. If you are using a Airport Extreme or Airport Express you can use Airport Utility to do this, if you are using another router then locate instructions for how to change channels.
Another possiblity is your ISP could be causing the problem by using DNS settings that create problems. I use Comcast as my ISP (if you're not familiar with them, they're huge!) and was forced to change mine. Here is an article from MacWorld that explains the problem and how to fix it.
http://www.macworld.com/article/146064/2010/02/troubleshootdns.html?t=234
Just some ideas to check.
Roger

I just purchased a movie from iTunes and it will not download on either my new macbook and iMac. Keep getting error 8008.

I have been having this problem with other movies for about a week now. I just tried my new macbook pro to see it it would download on it but I received the same error code 8008 (corrupt).
I have about 60 movies I would like to download and back-up but it is happening on all of them.

You probably need to delete your iTunes media downloads folder. From http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297:
"Error -50," "-5000," "8003," "8008," or "-42023"
These alerts occur due to timeouts or conflicts trying to write a file during download.
If you encounter this issue while accessing iTunes Store:
See iTunes 9: "One Moment Please" or "Error (-50)" message when accessing iTunes Store
If you encounter this issue while while downloading something from the iTunes Store:
Delete your iTunes Downloads folder, located in:
Mac OS X:  ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Downloads Note: "iTunes Media" may appear as "iTunes Music. Also, the tilde (~) refers to your Home directory.
Windows Vista:  \Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\
Windows 7:  \Users\username\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\
Windows XP:  \Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\
After locating your iTunes Downloads folder:
Quit iTunes.
Delete the Downloads folder on your computer.
Open iTunes.
Choose Store > Check for Available Downloads.
Enter your account name and password.

Why does support package SAPKH60014 15 & 16 take so long (ECC 6.0)?

I've been running these three items in a que for 2days. I don't see any errors in the morning, but maybe because I can't see the errors?
I thihk that 14 & 15 have completed and now running on 16
Has anyone implemented and had similar experience?
ECC 6.0 on Win 2003 SQL 2005 , 64bit OS , Unicode....
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Maria

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Why does publishing in 1.0.1 take so long?

I updated some pages tonight, the first time I've used iWeb since upgrading to 1.0.1, and it is taking an excruciating long time to publish. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I read today on mac.com that 1.01 updated the directory which iweb publishes - to simplify the address. Because of this, the entire site needs to be republished. It took me 15-20 attempts before mine worked. Now everything seems to be fine.

HT4889 Why does ethernet Mac-to-Mac transfer take so long?

I have a 2006 MacBook Pro/120Gig HD with OS 10.5.8 and want to use Migration Assistant to load my new MacBook Pro Retina via ethernet cable. Migration Assistant says the time to transfer is 21 hrs! That seems excessive.
Joe

That may have more to do with the CPU and disk speed on your old MacBoo Pro than with the ethernet speed.

TS3623 purchasing a movie from apple tv has stopped working. I click on "movies" and it takes me back to the same screen instead of the movies available. I have updated software, unplugged the modem & apple tv box, & the tv; Netflix still works!

purchasing a movie from apple tv has stopped working. I click on "movies" and it takes me back to the same screen instead of the movies available. I have updated software, unplugged the modem & apple tv box, & the tv; Netflix still works!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
First you should try logging out of your iTunes Store account (settings > iTunes Store > accounts) and then back in again.
If that doesn't help, try resetting the Apple TV (Settings > General > Reset > Reset all settings). You should also try restarting your router.
If both of the above don't help, you should try a restore (Settings > General > Reset > Restore).

Why does it take so long to download a saved movie from the cloud

Why does it take so long to download a saved movie from the cloud

Hi first off if your running fcp 7 with compressor 3.5 and fcp x and compressor 4 on the same drive you may run into problems
as you now have a mix up between Qmasters which caused me lots of problems when i did any back ground Rendering via compressor of FCP-X
i had to completly remove compressor 3.5 and compressor 4 then put compressor 4 back on again as the shared rendering out of FCP-X seems to loose the plot with both versions on the same on the same drive there is an app
Here
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
which you can get allows you to get rid of certain bits of FCS and FCP-X correctly as you may know deleting the app is,nt the whole story as you need to remove the pref etc as well
but its really clearing out every thing to do with qmaster thats is the thing here thats what causes all the issues
really you should follow apple install instructions for FCP -X install ( and put it on separate volumes ) and i know they say there is a way to get every thing working on the same drive ...but it did,nt work for me like you i had massive render times and that 3x crash error
any way
once i had remove done my remove C3.5 ,C4 and reinstall C4 only it worked straight away from FCP-X using all the cores on my machine
get some thing like istats or run activity monitor to make sure Fcp-x is using all your cores to render and you can actually see if its doing anything at all instead of waiting 5 hours for an error
if you want to use multi core in compressor 4 you have to go into the new apple qmaster tab and setup up a quick cluster etc
On another note i alway use Optimized media when doing the import as while you editing its back ground render every thing into pro res making it a much nice codec to compress down to H264 which you need for the ATV
i hope that helps a bit ,some else may have a better solution but worked for me
thanks
G

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