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itunes running very slow

I hope someone can help, my itunes is running painfully slow since I got my new computer. it can take up to 5 mins to scroll down 1 page, which is obviously quite a nuisance. Itunes was running just fine on my last computer, however, since I've installed and updated it on my new one, it seems to be going way too slow. I've uninstalled/reinstalled 3 times, and even been in touch with tech support on the phone to no avail. Hopefully someone here can lend a hand. Also, I was wondering if anyone can tell me the default download destination from the itunes store on a PC. Thanks.

Windows Vista

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 6:15 PM

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Jul 3, 2009 6:28 PM in response to fear.no.evil

Welcome to AD!


The default download folder on Vista is this path
c:\Users\[your username]\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\


iTunes uses a temporary folder named Downloads when it gets purchases. Then after the fies is downloaded, itunes processes it and puts it in the Artist/Album folder.



No idea why itunes is running so slow. Most new PCs come with Norton/Symantec preinstalled. You might check its settings to make sure it's not monitoring the itunes folders.

Oct 7, 2009 7:04 PM in response to fear.no.evil

Several versions ago, Apple introduced Folders to iTunes to help organize Playlists. It slowed iTunes down so much, I almost stopped using iTunes but I found a post that suggested eliminated Folders and, just like that, iTunes was speedy again. I currently have nearly a TB of Music, Movies and TV Shows running on a lowly G5 iMac with my Library on an external Firewire 400 Drive. If you are using Folders, get rid of them, it might fix your issue. Good Luck.

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