Just updated to iTunes 12.2.1 for mac and found that it is extremely slow - is anyone else having this issue?

Just updated and I'm Having the same issue it been spinning for about 5 mins now and still going, had no issues before downloading this

Same problem here. And, I'm running everything off an ssd. When I change a song's info, whether it's currently playing or not, iTunes beachballs and it take up to a 1.5 minutes before it becomes responsive again.

I'm getting this problem too. I load up iTunes and within a minute, even if I don't do anything, I get the beachball. I've just been force quitting but I'm going to try to be patient and see if it goes away after a while, but if it keeps happening when you do anything then this update has basically rendered my iTunes useless. Hope there's a fix coming soon, this is unacceptable. I'm also running the latest Macbook Pro 13" so speed should definitely not be an issue here.

I agree. I've been using iTunes since version 2.0.3. This is the worst ever.

Any action on 12.2.1 causes the spinning beach ball to appear, and freeze out the program. Deleting a track is practically interminable.

Yep. Worst updates EVER. First it randomly decimates files in my own music library, right out of the directories and probably off the server. then it adds insult to injury by being slower than an old Pentium Windows computer to play a song.

thanks Apple.

Same experience here.

The amount of "suggestions" (advertising) is irritating - for example in Artist view. Yes I know who David Bowie is thank you, I don't need some bland biography or suggestions of related artists.

I'd like to have some simple music collection management software without all of the frills that allows me to control what I'd like to listen to and on which device. I've got nothing against the iTunes store - I've found it to be a useful source for some music that's otherwise unavailable - but it shouldn't be visible unless I want to go there.

Having the same problems on a MBP Retina 13" Late 2012. iTunes (if running in the background) becomes unresponsive. I get beach balls regularly and force-quitting is the only way to regain control. Very, very unstable.

I'm having the exact same problem. Seems like the more features they add, the less responsive it gets.

Is there a way to downgrade?!

What has Apple done to this one great product? Any and every action requires one to sit for roughly a minute of watching a spinning beach ball! What a failure and disappointment Apple is very quickly becoming.

This is a also happening on my iMac as well. Every time I think I'm getting to the culprit, the following always seems to appear in the crash dump:

Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:

11 ??? (iTunes + 9028) [0x1086d7344]

11 ??? (iTunes + 8615238) [0x108f0c546]

11 -[NSApplication run] + 594 (AppKit + 551667) [0x7fff83ffdaf3]

11 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 346 (AppKit + 593496) [0x7fff84007e58]

11 _DPSNextEvent + 978 (AppKit + 596139) [0x7fff840088ab]

11 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox + 205099) [0x7fff8b26e12b]

11 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431 (HIToolbox + 205546) [0x7fff8b26e2ea]

11 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox + 206191) [0x7fff8b26e56f]

11 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296 (CoreFoundation + 465880) [0x7fff8299abd8]

11 __CFRunLoopRun + 927 (CoreFoundation + 467391) [0x7fff8299b1bf]

11 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 269 (CoreFoundation + 469901) [0x7fff8299bb8d]

11 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17 (CoreFoundation + 526849) [0x7fff829a9a01]

11 ??? (iTunes + 9347552) [0x108fbf1e0]

11 ??? (iTunes + 9347354) [0x108fbf11a]

11 ??? (iTunes + 9344338) [0x108fbe552]

11 ??? (iTunes + 8465590) [0x108ee7cb6]

11 ??? (iTunes + 6797705) [0x108d50989]

11 ??? (iTunes + 6796658) [0x108d50572]

11 ??? (iTunes + 6800151) [0x108d51317]

11 mach_msg_trap + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 70878) [0x7fff8282d4de]

*11 ipc_mqueue_receive_continue + 0 (kernel + 1148928) [0xffffff8000318800]

Process: iTunes [1845]

Path: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes

Architecture: x86_64

Parent: launchd [1]

UID: 501

Task size: 12657 pages

Note: Unresponsive for 332 seconds before sampling

Thread 0x26291 DispatchQueue 1 11 samples (1-11) priority 46

<thread QoS user interactive, boosted, received importance donation from WindowServer [286], IO policy important>

11 ??? (iTunes + 9028) [0x1086d7344] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 8615238) [0x108f0c546] 1-11

11 -[NSApplication run] + 594 (AppKit + 551667) [0x7fff83ffdaf3] 1-11

11 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 346 (AppKit + 593496) [0x7fff84007e58] 1-11

11 _DPSNextEvent + 978 (AppKit + 596139) [0x7fff840088ab] 1-11

11 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox + 205099) [0x7fff8b26e12b] 1-11

11 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431 (HIToolbox + 205546) [0x7fff8b26e2ea] 1-11

11 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox + 206191) [0x7fff8b26e56f] 1-11

11 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296 (CoreFoundation + 465880) [0x7fff8299abd8] 1-11

11 __CFRunLoopRun + 927 (CoreFoundation + 467391) [0x7fff8299b1bf] 1-11

11 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 269 (CoreFoundation + 469901) [0x7fff8299bb8d] 1-11

11 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17 (CoreFoundation + 526849) [0x7fff829a9a01] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 9347552) [0x108fbf1e0] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 9347354) [0x108fbf11a] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 9344338) [0x108fbe552] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 8465590) [0x108ee7cb6] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 6797705) [0x108d50989] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 6796658) [0x108d50572] 1-11

11 ??? (iTunes + 6800151) [0x108d51317] 1-11

11 mach_msg_trap + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 70878) [0x7fff8282d4de] 1-11

*11 ipc_mqueue_receive_continue + 0 (kernel + 1148928) [0xffffff8000318800] 1-11

So there's something extremely wrong with the current iTunes ver. 12.2.1.

I am having exactly the same problem. Running on a late 2014 MBP 15", system and iTunes up-dated to the newest version...

Tried to sync iphone yesterday - failed. Hmm?

Tried to sync ipad yesterday - failed. What???

Tried to simply navigate through iTunes then - failed. OK, gave up.

Restarted this morning with just opening iTunes. Just one click, no matter where -> beachball! In the end I can only force-quit iTunes to stop that.

I have not uninstalled, re-installed, tried to run iTunes with a new admin... because I don't feel I should be wasting my time on repairing up-dated apps which apparently have a big big failure!!!

Really hoping for a QUICK up-date!

Hi -

This looks like it's the same problem I have Re: iTunes 12.2.0.145 Not Responding and taking 99% of a CPU Core

Anyone know how we can get Apple's attention on this? It looks like a major problem that they need to do something about ... I have given up using iTunes on my Mac.

Thanks

Gerry

I might have found a solution:

Start iTunes and before you see the beachball rotating for endless time... sign off from iTunes and close.

Then start iTunes again, sign in. Go through the procedure with verifying your payment method.

After that, I could successfully work with iTunes again, including the sync of all devices.

Strange - but works for me! Hope it helps for others.