APSDaemon.exe uses excessive CPU resources
On my dual-core WinXP system, APSDaemon.exe (the wireless sync service) regularly uses all the cycles on one CPU (it runs at 50% CPU utulization in Task Manager). If I restart iTunes, the utilization drops to zero for a while, but soon rises back up. I have iTunes 10.5.2.11, and "Sync over Wireless" is disabled for my iPhone. I also connect a shuffle and a nano, but neither supports wireless, so they shouldn't matter (shouldn't...).
I've disabled automatic start of APSDaemon at boot in my registry but iTunes starts it when it runs anyhow. So I've renamed the .exe file, an inelegant solution at best.
Sadly, Apple doesn't let me report this as a problem, so I'm reduced to complaining here. I expected better of them.
Ideally, we should be able to turn off services we don't want to use, like wireless sync, so we can reduce iTunes' bloated footprint. And when they are enabled, but not in use, they should sit there quietly, of course.
iPhone 4, Windows XP Pro