iTunes Optimization???
Hi folks,
I'm wondering if it's possible to do anything to optimize the performance of iTunes on a desktop Mac. Presently it takes a good 15 minutes from the time I launch the app until I'm able to actually click on anything after the beach ball stops spinning, and then at random times it'll get stuck "thinking" during playback or iPhone sync and the beach ball will spin for another 15 minutes before letting me perform another action. Any song that was playing when the ball started spinning will continue playing until it ends, but a new track won't start until the ball stops. While it's stuck, opening the Force Quit menu says that iTunes is "not responding," but quitting and restarting does nothing to help the issue (it starts over again with another 15-minute wait time at relaunch), and it says "not responding" until whatever point it magically comes back to life. Similarly, changing any information in the Comments section of the Info screen for any number of files (even just one) leads to a one- to two-minute wait before iTunes unlocks and I can move on. It's very frustrating and seems like it shouldn't be happening, so if anyone can suggest any fixes I'd love to hear them!
Technically speaking, I'm on a MacPro running OS 10.6.7 with iTunes 10.2.1(1). The music is on four internal RAID drives which are all functioning properly and there are 111,707 songs in my library, or 965.28 GB of music. Anything else you need to know?
Thanks!
Tim!
I'm wondering if it's possible to do anything to optimize the performance of iTunes on a desktop Mac. Presently it takes a good 15 minutes from the time I launch the app until I'm able to actually click on anything after the beach ball stops spinning, and then at random times it'll get stuck "thinking" during playback or iPhone sync and the beach ball will spin for another 15 minutes before letting me perform another action. Any song that was playing when the ball started spinning will continue playing until it ends, but a new track won't start until the ball stops. While it's stuck, opening the Force Quit menu says that iTunes is "not responding," but quitting and restarting does nothing to help the issue (it starts over again with another 15-minute wait time at relaunch), and it says "not responding" until whatever point it magically comes back to life. Similarly, changing any information in the Comments section of the Info screen for any number of files (even just one) leads to a one- to two-minute wait before iTunes unlocks and I can move on. It's very frustrating and seems like it shouldn't be happening, so if anyone can suggest any fixes I'd love to hear them!
Technically speaking, I'm on a MacPro running OS 10.6.7 with iTunes 10.2.1(1). The music is on four internal RAID drives which are all functioning properly and there are 111,707 songs in my library, or 965.28 GB of music. Anything else you need to know?
Thanks!
Tim!
MacPro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), See notes.