iTunes 11.1 freezing constantly.

Itunes freezes up for me almost immediatly after it starts up, usually after the cloud has updated. To the point of not being able to click on anything and having to force the program shut.I did run it in safe mode and the problems did stop so Itunes Support suggests that it may be a third party plug in. My question is, how am I supposed to identify third party plug-ins? The author for all of my plug ins seems to be Apple? Especially since I have not installed anything to my computer except the Itunes update to 11.1. I'm on Windows 7.

Is this still happening for others?

It still happens to me. iTunes runs perfectly normally for 2-3 days but when I try to sync my iPhone or close iTunes down it just hangs requiring a re-boot of iTunes.

There were a few apple updates and then it stopped. As in everything works fine now. Would have been nice of apple to acknowledge and explain the problem and subsequent fix.

Not fixed for me

I am having the same problem.

iTunes works fine for a while but later it stops recognizing when my iPhone or iPad has been connected to the USB port. I have to quit iTunes then to get it working again but always have to force it to quit because it stops responding when quitting. It has happened times in a single day. I think Apple has reduced their QA/QC efforts before releasing an update. I am running Mavericks

As best I can figure a lot of this freezing problem is due to the way iTunes Match works (or doesn't) with Apple's servers. I am guessing, but seems that when iTunes starts the time duration for iTunes to communicate back and forth with the servers is so long that the beachbal just comes up and seems to spin forever -- or for a lot longer than just a few minutes.

The following has worked for me in past -- at least temporarily. (I am running latest iTunes on Mavericks.)

• As soon as I launch iTunes I quickly "Turn Off iTunes Match" (if I wait even 2 seconds iTunes freezes)
• Then I "Update Genius", and wait till that process is done. (It usually finishes OK.)
• Then "Turn On Itunes Match". Again, this process then usually finishes OK after havng done the "Update Genius" first.

Hope this helps at least some folks.

But sure wish Apple would "fix" this problem. It is a huge pain !!!

Mine was freezing a ton especially when streaming to my ATV3. I read either in this thread or a similar thread that turning off the wifi syncing for any iOS devices helped. I had 5 devices set up for wifi syncing. I've disabled all of them and haven't had an issue with iTunes freezing again (almost 2.5 weeks since I did that). It's not really a fix but it was a workaround for me.

REPG, this is exactly what is happening to me. It's very frustrating. I always send a report to Apple when I force quit, maybe they will tire of seeing them and fix it.

This is definitely a wifi sync problem. It's all very well iTunes working when the wifi isn't on, but it means I can't download the podcasts to which I'm subscribed, or buy new music. I'd say I manage to successfully run iTunes and wifi together once in every 10 attempts.

I am frustrated. I scheduled a Call Back with Apple Support and they never called back.My iMac is under warranty and I also purchased the Apple Care for it.

It seems Apple is neglecting not only QA/QC but Customer Service too.

Is there any support at this freaking company. I have had this problem for months. I still do not find a solution. I am so unhappy with apple products and their lack of costumer support. Believe me my next tablet will be a different vendor.

Version 11.1.4. No iTunes Match. No wifi. Freezes up everytime it is opened. Re-installed THREE times! We're just about done with Apple.

I had a lot of freezing problems with and without iphone connected. Finally did system restore to December 2013 and reinstalled latest version of itunes 11.1.5.5 Phone is running on 6.1.6

I did also install quicktime (which I dont use) but the problems with freezing have all gone away.

same problem. no solutions. Is Apple losing its edge?

itunes constantly freezing, can't open a thing, have to force quit everytime...