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

this seem to work for me also. Gotta give it more time to see if this is a cure , cause sometimes the loss of resource of 90%+ and having to force quit. would seem to clear up over a time period (15 min. as I would do other things ,internet etc.) So fingers crossed and away we go...

The fix as suggested by BHannahphd of rebuilding the iTunes database has solved the problem for me - thanks.

I know for those with large collections, playlists etc this is not ideal ... not sure how much Apple will do if this is something that broke during the 12 upgrade... but I've reported as a bug anyways.

Thanks for the help.

Do you know if it is possible to save your playlists somehow before you do this rather than only saving those from your iphone?  Can you export or back up your existing playlists and then reinstall them as a file afterward?  Senuti only seems to backup from iphone and then install those later, but not sure even if it actually installs them on the computer or just back to your phone.

Does anyone know about this?

I hesitate, well more than hesitate, with all my fiber I don't want to do this and risk losing the thousands of playlists Ive painstakingly created.

Thanks...

Well that's very odd - tracks which a few days ago weren't playing and were causing iTunes to hang have just started working.

Now I don't know why — I haven't done anything to iTunes itself. I did have to restart my Mac to fix another software issue (Adobe). Maybe that flipped something. No idea if it's permanent. Strange.

Has anyone here downloaded the latest software update for iTunes? Has it fixed the issues discussed here? Should I hold off updating?

I just installed it and immediately started getting the spinning ball. Maybe someone will come up with a workable alternative to iTunes because it's no longer useful to me.

Like you I am fed up. I will wait for Apple to get off their rear ends and fix the mess they made. BUT for the first time, I started buying my music purchases on Amazon. I'm sick of supporting a company that does not support their users (aka victims).

just updated to 10.10.5 and iTunes 12.2.2 and things seem to be MUCH better.

Thanks for this report, Michael. I was just wondering about this.

I was wondering if you could be a bit more specific about the issues you were having before.  I saw that you were having trouble with playlists etc, but were you having the extremely slow response times, very sluggish editing issues, etc?  I'm just curious...I will eventually install this new update but I'm just trying to get an idea of how its helped people.  Someone else stated that it didn't help at all, so I wonder if there are certain things it helped with but the overall performance it didn't help with.

I think I'm willing to try the "nuclear" option, where I back up everything to another disc, reinstall then, copy over my library and playlists again, hoping that nothing would change except the "Date Added" fields which I do like to use but would be willing to sacrifice.

Thanks...Keep posting other experiences with 12.2.2 and I'll do the same once I have time to do the update.

Thanks Zifix. This fixed my problem instantly. Before that iTunes was unusable. Pathetic update, my computer was using over 9 gigs of ram with only iTunes open before this fix. I've always thought iTunes was great, but Apple screwed the pooch with this update all the way around.

Having to update this way has deleted all of the music I had added from Apple Music since iCloud Music Library is turned off after signing out and back in, but that service is terrible too so I'm glad it did. You look really bad today Apple.

Just an fyi for what it is worth.

I turned on iCloud Music Library just to see what would happen and my iTunes became unusable again. Apple Music is the culprit (for me at least) and when it is turned off I have no issues with iTunes at all. 10 dollars a month for this? I think not Apple.

I am also having this problem. I attributed it to the huge size of my iTunes collection (almost 1 TB, including 350 movies and 100 full-length music videos), but I guess it's not if you're all having the same problem. I hope Apple prioritizes this problem.

The playlist issue was solved by logging out, logging back in. But the slowness persisted in 12.2.1. Rather than go through the elaborate solution suggested I decided to wait for Apple to fix it and for me, this has worked, at least to a degree. There remains some hesitancy, especially upon first starting up, not sure if this is related to the size of my library, about 24 thousand songs, 4 thousand some playlists, but the performance does not evoke the frustration it had before. In addition, I eventually downloaded the Combo update from Apple's site and that seems not to have made an appreciable difference from the initial improvement achieved by the updates from the App Store.