itunes + iPod classic freezes

Same happens to me. I've send a Bug Report to Apple. Hope they will fix it soon.

Are you really running 10.4.7?

I just bought my 80Gb classic(black) last friday. sync with my notebook with 2000 songs and it went perfectly. everyday, i kept on adding and it works. i am also using the new itunes which i downloaded upon connecting my itunes the first time.

really guys, itunes 7.4 eats alot of system resources. considering of course on how you use your pc/mac.

if you are using old ipod's and they sync perfectly, you can try removing or uninstalling all the updates that came from apple like ipod updater etc and try installing a fresh copy of itunes which comes with a new ipod updater added in your menu(for windows).

if you are adding music directly from cd's, whe ipod classic is connected, ripping those music into the library may take awhile for reason, i don't know yet. but what you can do is disconnect your ipod first, rip those music cd's that you wanted then do the sync, so far it works for me that way. sync is much faster.

ipod classic software is much better esp when it comes to sync and after sync. it will disconnect itself automatically onces sync is completed and the benefit of this is, your files are protected(since its a harddrive base). if you are using windows, (remember, we have the disconnect usb devices properly icon in the task bar), ipod disconnecting itself automatically(logically or purposely) for file protection(i am only guessing).

it's true that ipod is sluggish at times especially if your are switching back to the usual cover when playing the music to the main menu's or sub menu's or even the cover flow, maybe becuase it is a harddrive base mp3 player which is at times, reading data from the harddrive may take sometime(seconds).

in conclusion, regardless of whatever gadget is coming out of the market, might be from apple, dell or hp or even nokia, we can't really get away of the mere fact that there has not been a perfect one. there is always some flaws that comes with it. so we just have to live with it.

cheers everyone..

helo. i've encountered this before but not with the classic, ipod's not recognizing in itunes. what i did is removed ipod updater completely from my computer and it works.

try it. if it didn't work with classic, try removing all related applications with itunes in add/remove programs and install a fresh copy of itunes 7.4. updater is included automatically

Sluggish...?

I have experienced two 160GB iPod Classics frozen solid while attempting to sync for the first time out of the box. Both were permanently frozen on the boot up screen. Apple Genus's were baffled.

I will not be swept under the rug. There is a fatal malfunction with at least a large portion of the new iPods and none of them are performing as well as previous models. I understand bugs in new products... but FIX THEM!

Seriously Steve, let's get going with the fix. I have a house full of your creations and I love them all. I come home from work every day and tap the Check For Updates button confident that a fix will be there... you're killing me.

I have found a temp. workaround while messing around with iTunes tonight.

The solution is simple, disable viewing album artwork in iTunes.

- Connect your iPod
- Open iTunes
- Press Ctrl + G, or click View - Hide Album Art

While its not going to solve the sluggish transfers or addition of album art it will stop the complete freezing of iTunes every few minutes.

Nevermind, that seemed to have fixed it but it seems I jumped the gun and it still freezes. Wish apple would get this fixed it is completely unacceptable for any product to be like this. Clearly apple didn't test this before they released it.

I had the same satisfaction until the number of songs exceeded 11000-12000 bar. After, ... the iPods(both 160 and 80) freeze, and you have to go the disk mode, and go back BELOW 11000 to get it going again. Apple, Please FIX IT !!!

I got my new iPod Classic 160GB three days ago and also have been having the same freezing on sync problems as every one is describing repeatedly each time I have tried to sync my 50GB iTunes music library from my G5. However, this evening I found a very useful article on this problem on the Gizmo Report which has solved the problem http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9775240-7.html
Very simple and obvious solution - just uncheck the "Enable disk use" box on the Summary page of your iPod Classic in ITunes and it syncs faultlessly without freezing - the benefit is that it also syncs much faster!
This cures the problem that causes the freeze - iTunes and Mac OS are conflicting each other in telling the iPod to unmount.
Good to have the problem solved - someone should tell Apple help!

Well, forget the idea of unchecking the "Enable Disk Use" box - that doesn't work either - after the sync looking like it was going perfectly, it froze after getting to around 3,000 songs out of 12,000 (the furtherest I've got!), then only actually downloaded 50!
Hopeless - the only way is to manually load the songs and you can't get any playlists synced.

Well, I hate to see all of the proBlems you all are having, but now I know I'm not the only one!!! I'm having the same freezing issues within iTunes witht he classic, but none at all with my Nano or 60 GB 5th gen. The 100% CPU usage seems to be what's getting me as well. Is Apple ever going to fix this mess?

Well I've tried a LOT of things and the MOST SUCCESSFUL in REDUCING the freezing is to disable displaying album art in iTunes.

I've tried:
- Disabling Sound Enhancement
- Disabling iTunes Store/Podcasts/Radio/etc.
- Killing off iTunes components such as AppleMobileDevice, iPodService
- Moving ALL OTHER processes off to ONE PROCESSOR, and putting iTunes to the other PROCESSOR and boosting iTunes priority to REALTIME..NO LUCK on this either.

I've ran diagnostics (Help - Run Diagnostics) which claims the iTunes Helper failed. Haven't been able to resolve this issue, I'm wondering if anyone else has run acrossed this?

I need to join this queue. My itunes screen freezes up whilst I update details and play music. But I also find that my Classic 160GB is syncing every time it happens. I update my music etc manually so why does the ipod sync so frequently? Is there a setting I can use to stop it syncing until I tell it to do so (i.e. on ejecting the ipod)?

As ever all help greatfully received.

Colin

well I'm having exactly the same problems you other guys have.
With my 80GB iPod classic connected via usb, my Windows freezes frequently for about 15 sec. with almost 100 % CPU. What is going on?? Neither the firmware update nor the iTunes Update changed anything. It's quite annoying not beeing able do anything the way it should be.

How long will it take untill the problems will be solved, Steve ????

Dude

I just purchased my new 160 gig classic, im looking forward to a fast fix, I don't want to return this beautiful but laggy product. Im just another voice to this crowded and loud thread.

Anybody else is having problems looking at pictures in your I pod?

Hurry up Steve I trust you.... but right now I'm on denial about your buggy product.... please fix this before i wake up from it.