iTunes stuck processing file

Same problem here. Sign out and back into the store (as suggested in other posts) does not seem to help me.

Believe me or not...:

My home-network is connected to the internet over

1) A FritzBox ADSL-router (8 Mps)

2) An Airport Extreme to a fiber-link (100 Mbps)

Since a couple of weeks I noticed this situation:

When my MacBook Pro is using the ADSL-link I have no problems at all, when using the fiberoptics-link my App-updates fail after downloading, stuck while 'processing file'... Rocksolid and reproducable situation...

After deleting the 'iTunes/Mobile Applications/Download' folder AND creating a new one, the problems are gone.

Thanks for the tip!

I have the same problem...except that I'm on a MAC! This is very frustrating. None of my apps with update, and no new purchases will download!! If anyone has come up with a way to resolve this issue, please post!

I have the same issue, but with the download of a simple music album. Strangely, another person's itunes file shows up in my menu!

There are quite a few people on the forums that are having this trouble, including me. I saw that a few people had tried logging out of their Apple ID and then logging in again and then retrying the downloads. I have not yet tried this but will soon. Hope this helps!

I have had the same issue since yesterday. The only thing that helps so far is rebooting the system. After that I manage to download one or two songs of the purchased album, then file processing gets stuck again and I cannot download anything else.

I'm having the same issue. I've been trying to download app updates. When I select "update all," I might two, one, or no updates through before the download process hangs up on "processing file," and I have to force iTunes to stop running. Like you, I have to either log off or reboot before iTunes will even restart. As this is happening on both Windows and Mac OS alike, my guess is that the iTunes store is experiencing severe latency issues due to high user demand on the servers, causing them to time out. The fact that we must reboot to get iTunes to restart indicates that the transaction between end user and server is being interrupted. We can only hope that Apple is actually reading these forums and takes action.

I've been having this problem with "processing" for a few days now. Right now I have like 80 apps to update. They're building up. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes and everything else the Apple Help Center told me to uninstall. Cleaned the computer. Rebooted many times. If I'm lucky then 1 or 2 apps get through then it gets to three that freeze and stops the whole process of updating. I've been having trouble a lot with the new iTunes version update.

1. Exit iTunes (if not possible, force-kill it in task manager, Ctrl-Alt-Del > Task Manager, right click on iTunes and select "End task").

2. Delete every folder in this directory:

OS X:
~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/DownloadsNote: The tilde (~) refers to your Home directory.Windows Vista:
\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\

Windows 7:

\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\

Windows XP:

\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Downloads\

3. Start iTunes and start your downloads again.

Tried that everytime before I started iTunes. Still nothing.

I was having this problem too: force quitting iTunes, a few runs through Onyx, rebooting multiple times - nothing broke the log jam.

Then I tried logging out of the iTunes Store, and logging back in. And everything worked as it should. (Not sure how long that will last, mind you.)

Same problem on both my PCs and on my MAC.

Folks,

I just deleted the "DOWNLOAD" folder in iTunes on my PC and it worked, rebooted (as usual). Apps updated normally.

Now I will try to do the same on my MAC.

It Worked!!!!! Thanks to ParrishCO for the tip! Deleting the "DOWNLOAD" files and then rebooting seemed to fix the problem with both of my PCs and with my MAC PRO as well. Apps updated just fine.

THANKS!!!

Whoops, spoke too soon. My MAC will still not download "Purchased" TV shows, just gets stuck on "processing" just like the apps did.