Over the last few weeks I have had problems with the availability of the Apple download servers. Most downloads are refused due to the server being unavailable. If I manually choose each update I can eventually get them. All other progs work fine and iTunes diagnostics are all OK
Is this a general problem?
I am using iTunes ver 12.3.3.17 64bit on Windows 10
PC using WIN 10-OTHER, Other OS, Office Pro
Try a Forced Restart Hold down the Home and Wake/Sleep buttons at the same time for about 15-20 seconds until the Apple logo appears. You will not lose anything. Then sign out of the iTunes Store and sign back in.
Depending on your location it is possible that the servers may be busy as well.
Hi
The issue is with iTunes on Windows 10. The download direct to the devices is fine.
Thanks for the input though.
Try the steps here, they may help.
http://www.technipages.com/itunes-fix-iphone-or-ipod-not-detected-in-windows
The issue appears to be with the Apple servers. The device is correctly identified and connected and some apps download as expected, but as soon as the server appears to be busy all stops and I have to manually download each one individually.
I've had that happen on a Mac with the latest ElCapitan and iTunes. As you have observed, the Automatic button fails cause as soon as it hits an app that balks, that breaks the whole chain and you end up having to try and retry manually.
Given the sequence of events and results observed when that happens, I'm guessing that maybe the developer is uploading at the same time and we come to a race condition where the app database and repository is in a transient inconsistent state.
I guess that old saying is true: Patience is a Virtue.
Yes I agree. Seems strange that the behaviour has started with the last update of iTunes. (I believe)
Thanks
I believe the issue is even more recent. First off, I've seen that apps get updated like in waves. I normally sync and back up the iGadgets on the Mac either once a week or when the App Store in each warns that I have many app updates pending. I have a 700+ app collection, of which about 450 reside at any one time on the devices. In the past 96 hours or so, I've seen an incredibly large number of apps get updated. We're talking of close to 50 or so.
On Sunday, about 15 apps got updated. No problems.
On Monday, another bunch of 10 or so. No problem.
Tuesday and Wednesday had very few (<6) so I skipped.
Yesterday the pile had grown to 18 or so. When I click Update All Apps, the problem reared its ugly head. Took a lot of manual retries on apps such as Lightroom, Dolphin and Skype before they finally got updated on the Mac's local iTunes Library, from whence they'd get synced on the devices. Funny cause Skype for iPhone balked several times but Skype for iPad downloaded at first attempt.
Thus an exercise in perseverance.
Problem with app updates on iTunes being downloaded
