Q: iTunes 10.6 crashing after upgrade

Totally agree.

Being relatively new to mac I expected a lot more than this from Apple. I have a 450Gb music library and don't relish the prospect of back loading it all to a previous itunes release.

This is as bad as windows OS which I thought I'd escaped from. I dont want to start messing about with deleting files and moving file locations - it's the job of Apple to make sure that any software release is up to the job and clearly 10.6 is not. I can't even get iTunes to open in any way and am immediately hit with an error message on trying to open.

The silence from Apple over this is a disgrace and an insult to their customers.

Next time I hear Apple shout 'It just works'  I'll laugh because it just doesn't.

I have the exact same issue. Just downloaded the Itunes upgrade and it started crashing all of a sudden after years of working perfectly fine. I am under snow leopard 10.6 and am actively contemplating  popping into an apple store and have a technician reinstall Mac OS X with the provided DVD just so as to revert to the old version of itunes.

I can't believe such issues are happening to Apple now.

I suggest the option of going back to the previous version of itunes.

Totally agree about the lack of care by Apple -- they should, by now, be aware of the problem, and at least acknowledge it (for some cases the new version crashes).

Is there a way to send a message to Apple? It is a simple matter of taking care of their customers.

Please search, under this thread, the easy way to reinstall the previous version of itunes.

It took me a couple of minutes.  Better than messing with Apple / their technicians, etc.

No need to reinstall the entire OS.

I have found a link in this thread to re install the previous version but for some reason it freezes just before launching the download. Do you have a link where u downloaded the 10.5.3 version?

Thanks for the fix on the iTunes mess it worked great!

Had the same problem on my iMac, OS X 10.7.3, and just upgraded to iPhoto '11.  I just made sure I had photos and music backed up. 

can i trash the two itunes libraries that were moved to the desktop after the import? or am I supposed to move them back into the itunes folder?

thanks for instructions on how to downgrade

Hi Obson

I searched for the original thread where I used to download the previous version of itunes. I couldn't locate it, unfortunately.

However, I found this link for you which may be the same:

09-Mar-2012 14:45    (in response to dmarvo)    

Apple's Direct Download Link for iTunes v10.5.3 for Mac OS X.

I trust this helps. I will continue to search for the original note, and if I find it I will let you know.

I have nothing constructive to add. I just want to say, this really *****.

¿How can I return to the previous version of iTunes? I tried to use my backup in TimeMachine but it doesn´t allow me to do it.

I am using Lion with all my computers... ¿What is going on with Apple?

http://www.apple.com/feedback/  is a link to give apple feedback with this problem

I just downloaded  the older version of iTunes. But when I tried to install it, my Mac told me that I couldn't use it becuase the iTunes library was created by a newer version of iTunes. Am I supposed to delete my iTunes library?? I don't even know what file that would be.

I have to say- this is extremely frustrating and disappointing.

I also decided to go back to the previous version of iTunes and I followed the instructions of this thread, with success:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1337890

I will wait for iTunes 10.6.1 which I hope will solve the problems of the later.

Hey thanks everyone for your insights. I uninstalled iTunes 10.6 and installed 10.5, and everything is working great. Thanks Mercurio2012 for link to the instructions on how to do this.