10.6.7 Freezes when attempting to run iTunes 10.2.1

I had the same problem and the same configuration (MB Air 10.6.7 and iTunes 10.2.1). After reinstalling iTunes everything works again!

Yeah ! Thank you for that advice. Just all ok !
All other solutions in this thread don't help.

cheers

the bug is back again... this morning iTunes crashed again
the fix for me is always the same , trashing Genius.itdb.
Now i decide to disable Ping at all from iTunes prefererence and see what will happen.
I think this is not a good moment for Apple, iTunes crash and iPhone 4 drains battery in a couple of hours.
Yesterday after brought my new iPhone4 (ios 4.3) and update my MBA to 10.6.7 i experienced something near to disaster.
Still now as i can see nothing is solved.

Same problem here 😟

Same here on a MacBook AIR 13. PRAM-Reset did work for a while until I connected my iPod today. After restarting and unplugging the iPod iTunes works again.

Message was edited by: Everic

This fixed my iTunes. Thanks Axel!

Once more:
1. sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
2. reboot
3. delete 'iTunes Library Genius.itdb'

Same problem here, Macbook Air (newest model) 13 inch, 2gb.

++Re: 10.6.7 Freezes when attempting to run iTunes 10.2.1++
++Posted: Mar 24, 2011 9:46 AM++

++This fixed my iTunes. Thanks Axel!++

++Once more:++
++1. sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions++
++2. reboot++
++3. delete 'iTunes Library Genius.itdb'++


This is a temporary fix only! It works but once you reboot again (after using itunes) you are back to deep freeze... I have yet to find a permanent fix using anything that these posts have suggested or any suggestions from applecare level 1 and level 2 techs have asked me to do. This is a serious issue and after 90 mins on the phone with applecare I think they are becoming aware of the problem. I hope the engineers can figure this out. Itunes is a hub for the Mac OS for most people, esp if you own ipods, iphones, ...

Message was edited by: mjbchem

Well... you are somehow right...

After having re-built my extension caches (they really needed it) yesterday, I tested various patterns of shutdowns/reboots/iTunes launches, and never experienced the freeze anymore.

But your message made me doubt, so I tested again.
And I got those freezes again, yet in a less "reliable" way than just after having applied the 10.6.7 update: currently, iTunes sometimes launches without a glitch, and sometimes provokes the freeze, without a really discernible pattern.
As a result, I won't dare launch iTunes without being sure to have a ssh access to my box (yes, a clean shutdown is still possible thru ssh) until a true explanation/fix has been provided...

My apologies for having been too optimistic,
Axel

same problem here.. sometimes it works.. i did nothing.. and sometimes when i start an mp3 it freezes screen without the "crash - press powerbutton etc etc" message and the song keeps playing but only power key works to make hard poweroff

😟 plzz fix it

thanks for the heads up. Just barely missed this update!

I was having this problem today for the first time and think I found the issue for at least my computer. I had hooked up two external HD (making sure I have all my old files in the correct place before I wipe one). I opened up iTunes to check a couple of songs and my computer froze. The I rebooted and opened up iTunes with both HD's attached and after 20 seconds it froze again. I rebooted another time ejected one of my HD's and now everything is working fine.

Same problem. Tried fixing permissions. Everytime I open ITunes 10.2.1 on MBA running 10.6.7, computer freezes completely. Has to be forced-shutdown. Everything working fine yesterday on 10.6.6

Graceful shutting down temporarily solved the problem, but it came back after a reboot. Deleting the Genius file also did not help. This is a serious issue.

Yikes, is Apple aware of this issue and working on a fix? I need to update to 10.6.7 to fix other issues, but I don't want to create even more havoc than I have now with 10.6.6.

And, on that note... Apple quality control... are you distracted with other things lately?????