Q: iTunes: multiple "sign in" required on launch

This fixes it for only a day or so for me, does it really permanently fix it for everyone else?

Thanks for any help!

Amie

Deleting plist didn't help. My iTunes requires login countless times. After logging in 35th time I gave up and force quit that **** app.

Hi,

Nobody seems to have an answer for this one, but here's something that might be worth a look.

If you're asked repeatedly to sign in to the iTunes Store - Apple Support

No joy for me either. I followed Suzanne's advice (I used to have a similar problem in Lion and it was the com.apple.WebFoundation.plist files that were the problem then), but when I looked for the hidden plist files now, there are none.

Oh well, i guess Apple doesn't want my money.

None of this is helping. I tried resetting my iTunes cache, deleting the plist, and resetting the keychain. I am down to two sign in requests.

This doesn't work.

One more thing to try is to go to the Store menu in the iTunes toolbar and sign out, then sign in again.

I have tried that in the past and it would work for a few days and then come back. I signed out and in again and after four prompts for my user ID/password when entered correctly each time, it stopped asking and signed me in (?).  After the second sign out and reboot of iTunes, no more prompts. I will see how this turns out over the next few days.

Signing in and out did not work. Still have problem. My iMac has just been a source of frustration since I've had it. I think they should have replaced it when I began having problems within the first couple weeks.

It may be worth while to contact Apple Support about it. http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/

You might also try changing your Apple ID password in the hope that the new setting will get rid of the bug.

This has been driving me nuts for awhile, to the point I avoid using iTunes unless I have to.

If it has to do with Safari cookie preferences and/or reseting Safari, then they need to fix that, not just tell people to quit using features that should have nothing to do with whether I use iTunes.

I've bought one album twice, because iTunes signed out of the cloud, at least in one area. Actually I had the songs on another compilation as well, so 3 times. But none of the songs were showing up in iTunes, despite the fact I had signed in, and was obviously signed into the store to buy it again.

I usually get one sign in request for the cloud, followed by two identical ones for "downloads". Sometimes I get a fourth one as well.

Going into iTunes is a chore. iTunes is central to the fortunes of Apple. This is not how you compete with the emerging services. I tried to sign up for the Apple Music Family membership to give it a try. I don't think I got the Family one I was trying for, but I can't find the information anywhere, and there is no was I can discern to upgrade.

It's a moot point anyway. I'm only using iTunes when I absolutely have to, which is less and less. I never want to. And it used to be my go to application (I'm a musician, and I'm listening or making music all the time).

Now, it's a drag.

Very disappointed that this latest update didn't fix this problem for me...time to call the support people again....Has anyone here had any more permanent fix?

I had five requests to login tonight, and when I cancel all of them, iTunes even recognizes that I am already signed in...

Amie