iTunes 11.3 freezing when refreshing podcasts

I did as you suggested, subscribed to several podcasts, downloaded about 4 total and the speed was as it was before I started having the problems.

I am in the middle of restoring my library now.

Wild Bill 1 wrote:

I have the exact same problem. If this keeps up I am going to stop updating iTunes. (e.g. A couple of updates ago everything stopped working also. While it took about an hour to perform, fortunately someone posted a fix that worked. What has happened to Apple's legendary software quality control? 😟 Extremely frustrating.)

Indeed, I wonder if Apple used a different set of developers for iTunes v11 from the ones that worked on v10. Certainly not their A-team (or B-Y for that matter). I'm so not happy with iTunes v11 so far.

Hi Linc & All,

Linc, I followed the steps you suggested.

Unfortunately, the problem was not resolved.

This whole thing definitely started happening after the update to the recent iTunes 11.3 (54).

I am using 10.8.5 on an iMac 2012.

Will have to call Apple support here in Japan and make a report and hope it goes up the ladder so that the technicians come out with a fix.

I hope others post to this thread so I can have the Japan support refer to it when I call them.

SO, PLEASE WRITE ABOUT YOUR ISSUES IN THIS THREAD … PLEEEEEASE! 🙂

I only use iTunes now, don't even watch television anymore. I hope an official fix comes soon … real soon.

Darren

Japan

thanks!

I figured it out - excellent description, once I had figured out the German equivalents

it didn't change anything

iTunes opens on Music in the side-bar, beachballs quit some time before changing to Podcasts.

I tried to delete a file with the Cloud-Symbol on the right - beachball - wait wait wait - force quit.

I am getting surer by the minute that Apple wants to get rid of Podcast-listeners

Here's another observation. After I restored my library, I was updating my podcasts, and expecting it to take several hours. However, after I had selected podcasts and hit the refresh button, I changed focus to my ipod. Surprisingly, the podcasts downloaded very quickly!

In the middle, when I changed the focus back to the podcast tab, everything froze as before. Knowing this, I forced quit, and changed focus right after I refreshed. Then I was able to update my ipod very quickly.

So, it appears that the problem is when the podcast tab is viewed, not when it updates.

iTunes since the last update before 11.3 doesn't have an update button any longer - maybe the NSA demanded that? ;-)

instead it has a complicated menu, where I can chose automatic updates for all subscriptions once every hour, once every 6 hours and once a day and manual - but manual in this new brillant improvement by Apple means that I have to update each subscription one after the other - I have at least a 100 of them - right now I have access to the update choice menu only right after starting the program and having waited for podcasts to react.

When podcasts aren't chosen I have no possibility to update. And if I say every six hours then it will try to update all at once and freezes and freezes and the ventilator starts working like crazy which makes me force quit it because when it's in that mode I can't switch any longer to anything else.

Apple wants to get rid of podcast enthusiasts - we are bad cash cows - when companies want to get rid of an employee without compensation they treat him/her that way. Why not do it with unprofitable customers.

I have a refresh button above my list of podcasts on the left.

Same problem here, freezing on podcast tab. What are some other podcast editors we can use, iTunes can't seem to fix this.

I have the same issue. It seems that not a lot of people are reporting this problem and I'm wondering if there is something we might have in common that is causing it. My podcasts comprise 880GB of a 1.5TB iTunes library. I have them on an external Thunderbolt drive (Seagate GoFlex 3TB drive). I'm running on a mid 2012 MBP 15 with 16GB RAM. Does my configuration have something in common with the other users reporting the same issue here?

I have the same problem with freezing after launching itunes 11.3. I had to roll back using time machine

Can't stress enough - this is something that the people who updated ITUNES to 11.3 and have problems with PODCASTS need to contact apple ITUNES support. I checked and support now has 2 options for scheduling a call - the second one allows you to give them the information on the problem you are having so they can review it before you schedule the actual call.

APPLE may not be aware that there are any problems with Podcasts because no one has told them.

It is something those with problems have in common and can include your setup and any plug ins you are running.

SO POST so apple can fix it.

What version did you roll back to?

I am also having the same type of problems. Judging by the number of posts since the release, many are having the same problem. Shame on you Apple, for releasing crappy updates. Someone needs to be held accountable.