I have a 30 Mbps internet connection. When I run a speed test against my connection I almost always hit 30 Mbps. However, when I download podcasts and other files from iTunes my download speeds max out at just over 7 Mbps. I ran the diagnostics in iTunes and everything checked out fine. Any ideas on why I getting such a slow download speed?
Windows 7
I can't help, but by way of confirmation, I typically get a 12 hour forecast for downloading a SD movie on a PC.
This is not your system.
I have to stay up tending the computer- it may speed up overnite. Sometimes it loses even that which it had and starts over.
It's not my system. Netflix streams away with never a buffering moment, reliably, any time of day.
I wish, when the issue is clearly Itunes/apple only issue , they would stop dishing out the usual suspects which a savvy user will haved tried a million times already. It's a terrible time waster.
I'd fell much better if they said " We have server and distributor issues, we're sorry and we are fixing it."
I found that if you have a video that you've already downloaded, playing, while you download, the speed is noticeably faster.
This article is so helpfull, i disable my antivirus "Kaspersky" and download 65mb/s now 🙂 thanks 🙂
hey! i also disabled my antivirus (avast) and the download went a little bit faster! (still slow though..)
Lately, my iTunes downloads have been stalling out many times during playback. Is Apple having problems? I checked everything on my end. It's not me.
Apple caps all data transfer speed to any given IP address to about 50-60Mbit/sec during non peak times and 10-30Mbit during peak hrs
I'm on a 144/20 connection. Plus I used to work
For Apple just outside of Sacramento, CA... Tier 3 engineering support...
and have friends at sac and Cupertino that confirm stuff like this
You're welcome.
And yes I guarantee a reinstall will not fix it - multiple OSs, reinstalls etc and iTunes is complete crap!
Apple Techs. What's the problem with iTunes keeps slowing up and putting up that circle spinning thing for 30sec. every minute and a half? Please, this should be your highest priority.
Its Works........ Thanks
But Not So Much
I Got Increased Speed from 1 MB/S to 5-6 Mb/s on as I have a 100 Mb/s network Speed..
Yet its much better than 1 mb/s.
What is the point of this page if its just everyone saying yeah, I have the same phuquing problem ???
how about 2 hours for a 46 minute album with 250 mb/s ?
My internet speed is 100mbps I am downloading sims freeplay and its taking too much time.
IS working now
I was downloading a 2gb game from utorrent at same time itunes was downloading about 500mb sims the utorrent download is completed but still the itunes download is not complete
This worked FANTASTICALLY.
Downloaded Item: iOS 8
File Size : 1.55 Gb
Original download time: 5 hours
After Trying this: 15 minutes
Why are My iTunes Downloads so Slow?
