iTunes not responding after Mavericks update

Thanks Mike_Tr, this is a great temporary solution.

I like the Status Bar though, so hopefully there is a more legitimate fix this problem soon.

I would think you could change the setting from the shell using the "defaults" command prior to launching iTunes. But I don't the XML specification of the setting.

I have no idea how to do that. Any help would be much appreciated.

Latest iTunes update 11.1.3 appears to have fixed this issue for me.

we were apparently a "minor issue" according to the description of the 11.3 update. Huh. Warm and fuzzy.

Sadly, v11.1.3 and hiding the Status Bar have not fixed the problem for me.

Update 11.1.3 worked for me. Hallelujah.

not me. sliding past irritated into furious.

No, we are not minority, because 1. There can be many people reporting this bug through other 'feedback channels' other than this community.(I personnally sent 2 reports and 1 mail to apple..) 2. They release this update so quickly, that means there are some urgent bugs, these bugs cannot be other ones but the syncing and connection. 2 even they realize there are indeed such problems, they won't state it explicitly in update page, it's a strategy.

so, not big on the sarcasm I take it? 🙂

Didn't work for me either. Very frustrating. if I had time to sign out of itunes before it freezes, I could maybe try something. However, itunes hangs within one or two seconds from launching.

It works if I sign in as guest on the same computer. Again, very frustrating.

Eureka! The gods at Apple are smiling on me. iTunes update 11.1.3 has fixed the problem and all is working normally again. I hope it sorts everyone's problems. Many thanks.

Not yet. The files synced into your devices may be impaired, though you don't realize, at least it occurs to me.

The 11.1.3 update seems to have fixed my iTunes. It would not even recognize my iPhone, let alone open. Now it does both!!!! Hope it helps others. This was one of the most lousy things I've ever dealt with Apple-wise.

Britemoon, how did you restore iTunes from the time machine? I went to applications on time machine and did not see any application, only anti virus. No iTunes.