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iTunes sign in request infinite loop - tried many solutions already and still no success

Hi all,

After updating to iTunes 10.6 I've had a problem where iTunes gets stuck in a loop asking me to sign in to my Apple ID.

I am already signed in and it keeps asking me to sign in to activate Automatic Downloads. I enter the correct password and it simply asks me again. It just keeps going until I click Cancel.

I just subscribed to iTunes Match yesterday as well and it asked me for my password to add my MacBook Pro to iTunes Match. Same problem. It just keeps asking me. So I've now paid for iTunes Match and am unable to use it.

I am not able to add things to or view my Wish List either because it keep asking me to sign in to view or add to it.

I've tried deleting iTunes preferences which made it forget my Apple ID so I could sign in fresh. Same result. I tried signing out, quitting iTunes and signing back in. Same. I even tried restarting my Mac. Nothing.

I've contacted Apple via email but they haven't offered any solution yet. They just directed me to a couple of articles that told me what I already knew about signing in and using iTunes Match.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (early 2011) 15 inch-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 8 GB RAM

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 5:02 PM

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Heronymo Author

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Posted on Mar 15, 2012 5:31 PM

I can't even view my account information. When I click my user name in the iTunes Store it just keeps asking me for my password.

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cuervo7

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Dec 3, 2013 4:49 PM in response to HazyRigby

Nice one. This sign-in loop was really annoying. Thanks for the tip!

Dec 4, 2013 2:47 PM in response to mojidara

I finally got past the infinite loop to authorize playing a single song by deleting the song from iTunes AND the computer (move to trash/recycle bin) AND then re-downloading the song from...

iTunes Store > Home > Purchased > Music > Not in My Library

...then the song would play.

I've had to do this several times to get certain purchases to play on my computer that I've payed for via iTunes on an iOS device.

Dec 4, 2013 3:14 PM in response to todorojo1010

What I meant in that last statement was that randomly, every once in a while, an item purchased from the iTunes store on an iOS device would automatically download to iTunes on my PC but I couldn't play it due to an infinite loop authorization issue and only the workaround I listed above would work for me.

ramonjg

Level 1

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Jun 4, 2014 7:37 AM in response to HazyRigby

THANK YOU Hazyrigby. Just stop blocking cookies in Safari, how easy...

Well, I spent at least 10 hours with Apple Care. To be fair, customer service was great and very willing to solve the problem. We tried everything: deleted library files, reinstalled iTunes countless times etc. Nothing worked. Finally we created a new computer user and I guess that stopped blocing cookies because it reset all my apps.

Apple really needs to get their stuff together syncing their apps and devices and letting us know what's connected to what. It's getting sloppier and sloppier by the minute. They may turn into Microsoft soon... too many moving parts.

Ziatron

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Nov 16, 2014 9:41 PM in response to HazyRigby

Turns out that she'd disabled cookies in Safari (in Safari > Preferences > Privacy). As soon as cookies were re-enabled, boom—iTunes Store and appleid.apple.com would let her log in.

That fixed it for me !!! THANKS !!!!!

Mar 11, 2015 5:23 PM in response to HazyRigby

THANK YOU!! This solved my problem!

j thom

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Jun 23, 2015 5:41 PM in response to HazyRigby

This helped me, a couple years later! Thank you and hope you get this.

JThom

iTunes sign in request infinite loop - tried many solutions already and still no success