iTunes visualizer is choppy until I start other apps

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iTunes visualizer is choppy until I start other apps

I just noticed a strange behavior of the iTunes 11 visualizer on my MacBook Pro: it looked slow and choppy. No other program was running. Since I assumed memory problems to be the cause I started Memory Clean. Starting it (not even executing it) immediately made the visualizer run smoothly. Even stranger, upon quitting Memory Clean the visualizer was choppy again. I tested a couple of other apps whether they had similar effects on the visualizer: Firefox did not, Word did not, but iPhoto did. Again, starting iPhoto made it run smoother, quitting iPhoto reverted it back to choppy. I have a feeling that not only the visualizer might be affected because I have the overall impression that my Mac used to be more responsive. But I might be wrong about this.

Any clues are much appreciated!

Max

MacBook Pro, i7, 2.8 GHz

OS X 10.8.4

iTunes 11.0.4

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Aug 15, 2013 9:44 AM

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matt00

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Aug 17, 2013 12:08 PM in response to bruchmax

Hey bruchmax,

Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.

I understand you are having some issues with iTunes on your Mac. You may want to isolate the issue further by testing to see if it persists in a new user account:

Isolating an issue by using another user account

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4053

You can also try starting iTunes in safe mode:

iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3430

Thanks,

Matt M.

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