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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."
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
I've been wondering about this too.
Saturday night and Sunday morning (6/14 and 6/15) I was listening to track samples in the iTunes Store, planning my next purchases, and it was acting like the 90s with frequent "re-buffering" and "Connecting to URL" messages that I hadn't seen for quite a while. It seemed to get a little better by Sunday night.
This worked FANTASTICALLY.
Downloaded Item: iOS 8
File Size : 1.55 Gb
Original download time: 5 hours
After Trying this: 15 minutes
someone removed by reply for reasons that are obvious. why are iTunes updates 155 mb? that is enough for a upgrade not an update.
go open-sourced software and forget Apple. they are really getting too proprietary and crazy. you can download music and burn them. when
you buy movies you have to use their software of hardware to view it. unless you understand the software like me and can bypass their so called
reasons for not being able to burn movies you buy from Apple. Might as well buy the movie. there are ways to burn to blue-ray and/or DVD movies from
Apple. just look it up online. if you buy it you should be able to burn it.
the reason the downloads on so called updates are slow is because its on the Apple end NOT YOUR END OF THE NETWORK.
they will keep asking questions about your network. it is slow on DSL and Fiber-Optic. I know from experience. it is not your network.
Apple the multi-billion $ company. the one that keeps on getting your money but not allowing you to really own what your buy.
It's time to go OPEN-SOURCE, IT'S FREE, EASY AND BETTER THAN ANYTHING APPLE CAN OFFER. YES I KNOW THIS WILL BE TAKEN OFFLINE SOON BECAUSE APPLE DOES NOT WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE UP TO.
SOON APPLE WILL BE SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS TO IRAN. THEY ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO LOBBY THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW DEAL
WITH THE IRANIANS. (LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY) PIGS IS WHAT APPLE IS.
WHAT A SHAME.
BILL GATES, I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THAT.
GOOD LUCK YOU WILL SOON SEE MORE AND BETTER COMPETITION I PRAY.
I AM SURE THIS WILL BE DELETED AS SOON AS A "WATCHER" SEES IT. (IT CAN ALWAYS GO OTHER PLACES)
HE OR SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES BECOMING?
READ FAST IT WILL SOON BE DELETED
APPLE WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN EXCUSE BUT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM
I AGREE 100%
APPLE IS ABOUT TO GO OUT IF THEY DO NOT SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS SOON. THEY RELEASE PRODUCTS ONE AFTER ANOTHER WITHOUT TRULY TESTING THEM.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
GO OPEN-SOURCED, IT FREE, EASY, AND FUN
I WONDER IF APPLE BELIEVES IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT
You're really driving the points home by screaming on the internet. Please do the open source world on Mac a service and stop mentioning it.
I change DNS to 8.8.8.8
Now speed download work fine!!
but.... Why??
Regards
I am also having the same issues. ISP DNS settings: slow download speeds from store, Google DNS: same issue. Another ISP's DNS from my country: no issues at all.
I really do not know what is triggering this, but something at Akamai's network is not working as it should.
I will try also Level3 DNS servers and neustar.
Hats off man. Your solution worked like a charm.
Even in Malaysia, where my home has a fast connection ALL the iTunes update downloads are SLOW!
I was not like that last year.
Why is Apple ignoring this issue?
Just saying, this is what I get from a 20Mbit connection... I know 20 isn't super fast, but it's really odd. I have no idea why because other downloads (browser, torrents, video streams) roll in at up to 2 megabytes per second. It's only when downloading stuff in iTunes like app updates, itunes purchases etc...
Why are My iTunes Downloads so Slow?
