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iTunes 8.1 "Verifying iPod" bug?

Since 8.1 came out, pluggin in my IPod Touch results in iTunes freezing up and it unfreezes when it's unplugged. I left it plugged in anyway and after about 5 minutes iTunes unfroze and began "Verifying iPod." It takes way too long and no one is going to sit through this kind of delay every time you plug in your iPod. Is there any fix or workaround or explanation for this behaviour?

iPod Touch 2nd Generation, Windows Vista

Posted on Mar 24, 2009 6:49 AM

80 replies

Lyican

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May 26, 2009 11:44 PM in response to Lyican

Thanks guys, problem solved

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Jun 6, 2009 12:42 PM in response to Sunshine_Dave

not a particularly great solution and may not work on systems/ipods that arent mine, but i have this problem and stop it continually verifying by:

1) transferring some media (at least a few songs)) to the ipod while it's "verifying"
2) when the transfer is complete and the display at the top reads "Syncing iPod, do not disconnect" click the (x) to the right to stop it syncing.
3) if your system is like mine, the verifying should have stopped.

Jun 17, 2009 6:59 PM in response to Sunshine_Dave

if you update it to itunes 8.2 it somewhat fixes it -> When i first loaded it up it said verifying but it was gone in 5 seconds and itunes worked fine for a while

Jul 22, 2009 12:51 PM in response to ReLeaf

i tried the suggestion above. go to edit/preferences/devices and reset sync history and it worked. i just hope that it works for more than ten minutes.

Message was edited by: danni_elley

Aug 24, 2009 12:34 PM in response to Sunshine_Dave

I ran into this same issue. I run Leopard.

I "fixed" it by canceling the verify and then manually selecting "Sync" from the "File" menu.

iTunes 8.1 "Verifying iPod" bug?