long time to sync ipod

I am having a similar problem except on my Mac. My touch was working fine last night and today it takes a very long time to sync. I checked the Console and the following was being posted there over the course of the sync:

2007-12-28 20:49:01.381 AppleMobileDeviceHelper[311] exception while performing selector allClients on server: NSInvalidSendPortException [NSMachPort sendBeforeDate:] destination port invalid
2007-12-Dec 28 20:50:20 Sams-Computer MDCrashReportTool[436]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 1/60
28 20:50:20.050|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashReportFromPath:]| ERROR: Error 2 while attempting to submit /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-093642.plist
2007-12-28 20:50:20.067|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashLogAtPathIfValid:]| ERROR: Error: failed to submit the crash log at /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-093642.plist
2007-12-28 20:5Dec 28 20:51:35 Sams-Computer MDCrashReportTool[436]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 1/60
1:35.057|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportCopier Private _submitCrashReportFromPath:]| ERROR: Error 2 while attempting to submit /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-093647.plist
2007-12-28 20:51:35.058|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashLogAtPathIfValid:]| ERROR: Error: failed to submit the crash log at /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-093647.plist
2007-12-28 20:Dec 28 20:52:50 Sams-Computer MDCrashReportTool[436]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 1/60
52:50.064|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportCopie rPrivate _submitCrashReportFromPath:]| ERROR: Error 2 while attempting to submit /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-095946.plist
2007-12-28 20:52:50.065|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashLogAtPathIfValid:]| ERROR: Error: failed to submit the crash log at /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-095946.plist
2007-12-28 Dec 28 20:54:05 Sams-Computer MDCrashReportTool[436]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 1/60
20:54:05.071|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportCo pierPrivate _submitCrashReportFromPath:]| ERROR: Error 2 while attempting to submit /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-095949.plist
2007-12-28 20:54:05.072|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashLogAtPathIfValid:]| ERROR: Error: failed to submit the crash log at /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/MobileSafari-2007-12-27-095949.plist
Dec 28 20:55:20 Sams-Computer MDCrashReportTool[436]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 1/60
2007-12-28 20:55:20.079|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashReportFromPath:]| ERROR: Error 2 while attempting to submit /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/ResetCounter.plist
2007-12-28 20:55:20.080|MDCrashReportTool|436:2684407808|CrashReportCopyX.m:-[CrashReportC opierPrivate _submitCrashLogAtPathIfValid:]| ERROR: Error: failed to submit the crash log at /Users/Sam/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Dark Ice/ResetCounter.plist

I know MDCrashReportTool is used by Apple to submit crash details for mobile apps, so I am wondering if this is on their end. My internet connection works, and I have restarted iTunes, my Mac and the touch. Nothing has changed since yesterday, so I do not believe the problem is with me. Can anyone give me a clue if I'm headed in the right direction or provide a fix?

I'm getting the exact same problem with my iPhone. Synced fine a couple of days ago, but when I plugged it in last night and again this morning, syncing never stops (iTunes crashes if I try to manual stop it) and my console has the same error messages. Internet connection is fine, and have rebooted both my Mac and the iPhone.

Anyone know what's causing this is - is it Apple's end?

Update:

Having just posted this, the iPhone finished syncing (after about 15 minutes) - no idea as to why it suddenly finished. Sync again and it took only a few seconds (which is normal.)

Perhaps there was a large backlog of Safari crashlogs (has been a bit crash happy the last few days) and iTunes kept submitting and failing, hence delaying the sync?

Message was edited by: tuggmesiter

These threads mention the exact same problem:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1311899&start=15&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6206904&#6206904

Looks like a solution that works in both of them is to go to the folder:

~/Libary/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/"your name" iphone/ (or your case iPod touch)

Then delete the files that the console is reporting errors with... Hope that helps!

It's works fine !!
Thx a lot.

Hi,

3-4 mins thats bloody good, my iPod touch takes 30-40 mins to sync 1.8GB of information and everytime I add music to iTunes it goes into the endless sync cycle. I have the lastest version of everything.

I am going to change my USB port and see if that works.

Consider yourself lucky!!

I tried this method and the box never showed up. However, deleting the .plist files worked fine. Hopefully, a fix will present itself. Thanks to everyone for their help.

hey Thanks bonioskutsel.
I followed your advice, and it works fine again,
My Ipod Touch just to take up to 2 syncing.
Now is faster than ever. It only takes few minutes again Thanks

Deleting those files took care of the problem for me.

It seems that when you agree to help Apple figure out what sites cause Mobile Safari to crash, you were also agreeing that the crash reporter should be able to try for tens of minutes to send reports, even when they fail, before doing ANY of your important synchronization.

Apple, it would be nice if the crash reporter waited until AFTER our data was synced, then gave up after a few reasonable attempts, rather than making it impossible to sync our iPhones.

So has anyone found a real solution for a Windows computer? The "reset warning" thing did nothing, as no box popped up when I connected my iPod again and the log deletion trick seems to only apply to Macs.

My iPod Touch used to to sync quickly and eventually it took several minutes (already abnormally long), but now it simply won't sync at all. It says "syncing," but always stays with the "preparation" bar (with all the lines) and won't make progress. And I'm not adding any tracks, just simply updating playcounts, etc.

Apparently, uninstalling the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 was effective in curing this issue. Makes sense, considering what a POS that Framework is. It kills my email and my iPod, but I need it to use other programs. Fantastic.