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Itunes randomly pauses songs

I m using itunes 9.1.1 and facing this big problem. When i start listening music, it randomly pauses music for few seconds (2-5sec) then continues to play automatically. PLEASE HELP

Macbook pro 15", Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 27, 2010 12:26 AM

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May 27, 2010 1:52 AM in response to Aibak

Aibak wrote:
I m using itunes 9.1.1 and facing this big problem. When i start listening music, it randomly pauses music for few seconds (2-5sec) then continues to play automatically.


could you please check if there is activity in the scrubbing window ...

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... when the music pauses ? does the diamond in the progress bar continue to move or does it stop ?

also, could you please tell us more about your setup ? do you keep your iTunes library locally or e.g. on an external HD ? if the latter, is the HD connected directly to your Mac or is it hanging off e.g. an airport base station ?

lastly, what's your exact version of iTunes ? go iTunes > about iTunes. is your version 9.1.1 (11) ?

J GG

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May 27, 2010 4:14 AM in response to Aibak

Aibak wrote:
when the music pauses, the diamond icon also stops moving. i use the library locally i.e on my computer hard disk. the version of my itunes is 9.1.1 (12). Tq


okay, try this:

remove iTunes completely (click here and follow the instructions), then reinstall it. get a fresh copy from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.

this will disturb not your media files, playslist, or playcounts.

any improvement ?

J GG

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May 28, 2010 12:41 AM in response to Aibak

okay, so you backed up your data, then erased your internal HD and installed a fresh system. after that you move the data from your backup to the new system.

some questions:

1. how did you backup ? do you use time machine or are you cloning your system to an external HD ?
2. how did you put your data back ? did you restore from a time machine backup or did you move items manually from the clone ?

J GG

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Itunes randomly pauses songs

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