iTunes 8.1 "Verifying iPod" bug?

It doesn't really sound like an iTunes or touch problem. It sounds more like your PC is just busy with something else. Out of curiosity, how much ram and free disc space does your computer have? What other programs are running. You might want to shut down a few things and close out some of the stuff running in the background and then see if you have a problem.

No, I am having the same problem. Nothing running in the background. I plug it in and wait, wait, wait... Sometimes I have to force quit. This only started with 8.1

Yeah...I am having the same problem. My touch screen shows "sync in progress" but the itunes screen is frozen on Verifying iPod. Very annoying as all I want to do is send some new songs to my iPod.

Any help apple?

BTW this is also on my MacBook, so not just Windows problem.

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Mine is doing the same thing. The two weird things are:
1. it doesn't do it with my iPhone (3G 8GB), only iPod (5th Gen 30GB)
2. it just started doing it this morning, and I upgraded to 8.1 last week

My iPod seems to be working just fine, I just can't add anything to it. I thought it was because it was updating my Apple TV at the same time, but I unplugged the ATV, shut down all applications except iTunes, and it is still doing it. I let it sit for 45 minutes, and most of the time just had the spinning beachball while it said it was "Verifying iPod"

I have this very same issue myself and I'm using iTunes version 8.1.0.52.

If I hook up my old iPod Video (5th Generation), everything runs fine. The moment I hook up my new iPod Touch (2nd Generation - Version 2.2.1), iTunes goes into this endless VERIFYING iPOD. Eventually, I have to end the process via the Task Manager because iTunes will be listed as NOT RESPONDING.

Has anyone found out why this is happening?

8.1 doesn't seem to work for Nanos or Touches. Uninstalling iTunes/QT and reinstalling 8.0 seems to be the best bet until Apple acknowledges this and fixes the issue.

Reinstalled isn't a problem, but does anywhere know where I can get a version of iTunes 8.0 for Windows? All I can find is 8.1 versions.

I'm having same problem with 8.1 and an Ipod Touch. Bad timing - got my wife a Touch yesterday for anniversary. Now it hangs up on "Verifying (name of ipod)".

Hope Apple fixes this ASAP

Hello.
I am having the same problem with my son's ipod touch 2g. My computer recognizes it because the "download" screen pops up when I attach it through USB. iTunes will just freeze and when I press ctrl-alt-del it says "not responding".
I am NOT having the same problem with my iphone though.
I need to sync my movies for my son's ipod for our plane ride on tuesday - ugh!

I, too, am experiencing this issue.

I plug my 16GB iPod Touch into my Windows XP machine. I'm running iTunes 8.1.0.51. It never gets past "Verifying 'iPod Touch'". I eventually get frustrated and unplug the iPod.

I'm not working with a lot of RAM (512), but this is a new issue.

Is this recognized as being an issue to be addressed by Apple?

It appears to be a bug in the latest update

Try this:

Edit/Preferences/Devices ...Reset Sync History.

Same thing happens here on my husbands 32g iTouch. I've reinstalled iTunes, restored his computer to an earlier time, recovered the iTouch, etc, etc, etc.

I can get the iTouch to sync only after a complete recovery, and that's only if nothing's been added to iTunes in between the time the iPod was recovered and the next time it's plugged in. (basically just plugging into a USB port after recovery to see if it will get past "verifying (name's) iPod".) Once something has been added to iTunes, forget it... It freezes on 'verifying'.

By using the manual recovery, I've been able to get his latest content onto his iTouch, but what a process to go through to get the results that should be accomplished by a simple sync.

I'd be very anxious to hear if anyone finds/hears of a fix.

Good luck to all ~

Debrtino

I'm having the same issue here with iTunes 8.1 and a 2G 32gb iPod touch. Most times I can get through the "verifying iPod" part but it takes forever. Then it syncs for a while (even though I have it set for manual sync) and then its OK. HOWEVER, after I move music to, it goes into "determining song volume" mode. Five minutes of this and iTunes is frozen and I have to Force Quit only to repeat the process all over again. Yay.

-What's up Apple?

http://www.oldversion.com/iTunes.html

Hopefully that should help.