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May 9, 2014 1:08 PM in response to Redgasby ldigati,Redgas wrote:
After being exasperated by this for several weeks now I finally seem to have solved the issue. My problem was Step 2 being stuck with 72 files to go in a library of about 4500 files.
I hope this works for others.
- I backed up all my music files to an external drive
- I then deleted all my files and emptied the trash
- I then ran iTunes match...
- Guess what Stuck at Step 2 with 0 of 72 files left - there were no music files in my library
- I then adapted http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
- I deleted both the iTunes Library.itl & iTunes Library.xml (in the link it suggests moving the .xml file to the desktop to reimport later).
- I restarted the computer (to make myself feel better & make a cup of tea)
- I reopened iTunes - this forces iTunes to make a new .itl & .xml file
- I then ran iTunes Match and redownloaded (not imported the backups) from iTunes match
- So far...so good - no more stuck files - I am convinced there was a corruption of the .itl &/or .xml files and having followed the advice of the link above where you reimport the .xml file & the problem recurring I suggest in my case the .xml file was to blame.
I hope this helps others. iTunes - this is pretty poor for a paid service and needs work.
Thanks a lot Redgas!
I had tried several times, always had Itunes restarted at a certain point in step 2. I have tried everything (rebooting in safe mode, run Genius, swtiching on and off, etctera), unsuccesfully.
Then I have tried with your method and it worked, I guess my previous library was somehow corrupted.
So I could upload about 15500 songs in about 12 hours...which is quite good.
Thanks again!
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May 19, 2014 1:16 AM in response to Brad Hoodby Empezar,Thanks Brad! From the looks of it, I just saved a lot of headaches.
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Jun 11, 2014 3:25 AM in response to Brad Hoodby George Cassello,Thanks Brad! This soulution worked for me. I had to run match a few more times for it to sucessfully finshed but it did and fairly quickly.
I suggest everyone having this issue to try Brads simple soulution of before you try anything else.
1. Turning off iTunes Match
2. Updating Genius
3. Turning iTunes match back on
4. Repeat until Match is finished
Thanks again Brad!
G
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Jun 14, 2014 2:41 AM in response to JMC1989by -Txemi-,Subscribe to Spotify Premium. It worked for me :)
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Jun 14, 2014 11:10 AM in response to Black MacBook Foreverby lwnewton,This has been happening to me for months now, it's getting ridiculous. Apple is falling apart.
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Aug 16, 2014 8:13 AM in response to -Txemi-by robhall1982,My iTunes Match freezes on stage 2 and I cannot access the View Options to see what songs are stopping it. It is just greyed out. Any suggestions?
