Can't sign into iTunes Store - endless loop. Help!!

iTunes = infinite pain

I am

Having this same problem but with my Apple

TV. It's a continual loop. It asks for a verification code which I enter and then just loops back to asking for my Apple ID and password again.

This is happening to me as well on a Mac Book Pro 17 i5 (10.7 and iTunes 10.4)

Endless loop of requests for Password when selecting Account Info or Purchased link. Says I am logged in when I go into the store WRT Mail address in top corner.

Logging in fine on iPad, iPhone and 10.7 iMac 27 i7

I can sign in and view the store on my Iphone4 but not on iTunes 10.4.... They must be having major problems right now.. 😟

UPDATE - 5:48PM EST

"I just called Apple and they said that they having connection problems since they updated there servers for itunes 10.4... They also said it should be fixed in a few hours.." But more then likely it will be tomorrow..

Dear Babaganoosh

I have almost the same problem, I loaded a value of CHF 30 into my personal account. I am able to buy music via my iPhone 4, using the iTunes app. On the same time, while trying to do the samie on my computer, it doesn't work. but in my iTunes account the value of each song was deducted as it should be. Still not able to enter the iTunes store. Will try tomorrow again (MET 20.30)

I am having the same problems!! I have been working on this endless loop issue since Friday afternoon. I'm getting the need to verify your email notice, yet it shows verified and I can log in to apple, just not iTunes.

As frustrating as this situation is, I'm glad to read I'm not alone in this craziness!

I've had 4 email responses from appleitunes support and none have worked In fact!id already completed their suggested steps of uninstalling and other minor suggestions.

I'm considering just starting a new apple I'd. I've backed up all iTunes files. So my question to the forum is this:

If I create a new appleid, is there a way to add in previous iTunes music and apps to the new appleid? Will it let me import the backups I made on cd? Will it recognize them as my purchases?

Very frustrated!!! All this started because I purchased an iPad2 and wanted to change user name on account. Now 4 Days later, cant buy any apps!

Thanks!

Same problem for me and it is getting worse. Updating apps does not work any more. "I have to logon to the iTunes Store first or use my AOL account.' I don't have an AOL account...

What I noticed in iTunes, my iPhone is not connected, only my iPad and my Windows machine. For some reason my iPhone is not connected.

I'm also not able to set automatic downloads. I also get in an endless loop.

Anyone a solution?

I'm having the same infinity loop problem with my new mac mini. All of our other Apple devices can sign in to our apple ID to purchase from iTunes. But my new main computer cannot. I have signed out of iTunes and signed back in, but still the same reoccurring dialog to sign into itunes to view account info. Not indication of anything I entered wrong, just the same dialog popping back up. Argh! So now my new, primary machine cannot make purchases from iTunes and I can find no solution on iTunes support. maddening.

EDIT:

Re-entering my account info via my iPhone solved it. Thank you. Now my iTunes account accessible through my computer.

Really poor on Apple's part. Thinking seriously about cashing in my APPL stock while the getting's good.

I received this email from Apple and this corrected the problem for me... I only had to reset the iTunes cache

1) Open iTunes

2) At the top menu, click File > Preferences (iTunes > Preferences on a Mac)

3) In the Preferences menu, click the Advanced tab

4) In the Advanced menu, you should see a button that says "Reset Cache". Please click this button.

After clearing the caches as explained above, please check your Internet browser settings and be sure that any settings titled "automatically detect settings" are turned off (or the option not selected). After doing this, follow these steps to sign in to your account:

1) Make sure you're using the latest version of iTunes. You can download the latest version free of charge from the Apple website:

Yup. Same problem. Quitting iTunes and restarting seems to work for awhile. Before the endless loop, I had to sign in a couple times per day just to download my TV series. Now iTunes no longer downloads TV, so I have to watch it online on the AppleTV. iTunes is horrendous. Somebody please fix it!

I have had the same problem for years. Every couple of months iTunes decides it doesn't like you anymore so it insists you change your password which you do and it still won't let you in. I've got a small notebook completely full of scribbled out iTunes passwords I've had to use just to buy music from them.

I wonder if PC users also have this problem. There seems to be an eternal list of interface problems from iMac to absolutely everything. I've totally given up on iTunes now and just use the youtube to mp3 converter. That works every single time.

On that note, I've also given up on the iMac and am looking forward to delivery of my new Asus PC.

Just found out it seems I somehow DO have two iTunes accounts (I guess I accidentally set one up using my old @me.com account at some point ~ my fault for just mindlessly following prompts while downloading something, probably). So, I have a handful of apps that I can't update using my 'regular' iTunes account. So, I logged out of that one, logged-in using my me.com one and... like everyone else, iTunes status bar at the top of the page scrolls endlessly, blue & white barbershop pole, without actually loading.

BTW, I'm using a 2011 MacBookPro and I have NOT downloded Mavericks. I'm still on 10.8.4 (I forget which cat that is).

This is the simple solution I needed after getting the endless loop of entering the password, without success. I would think somewhere in iTunes the warning should pop up that Safari's cookies need to be accessed in order to sign in to iTunes!!