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iTMS asks for password every time I open iTunes

Since I upgraded my songs to the new format, every time I open up iTunes (7.2), it asks me to enter my password. It's never done that before. What's it doing, and how can I turn that off?

15" Al PB G4 1.5 GHz (2004), Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on May 31, 2007 4:03 AM

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Jun 1, 2007 10:38 AM in response to adream

Now I think I see what you are saying. I opened iTunes & it instantly tried to connect to the store and the window at the top kept saying "Connecting to the iTunes Store" (or something like that), so I couldn't click on my iPod...until I clicked on the little "x" next to the message and it stopped trying to connect. Apparently the connection to the store is swamped with people upgrading to the DRM-Free downloads.

Jun 2, 2007 9:00 AM in response to David Krug

Here with the same problem,
All we have the problem after updating to iTunes Plus?
Anyone had problems downloading the updated songs?

I ask that because iTunes is asking for my password in order to search purchases to download. When I updated to iTunes Plus, the downloads stops several times. Since then, iTunes is asking for my password although all the downloads already are done.

Sorry for my English!

Jun 2, 2007 11:44 AM in response to David Krug

Edit: Though the fix is the same, echobucket beat me to it in the other thread here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=979688&tstart=0

This might not work for you, but after a while poking around on my HD to try to find the cause a few days ago, this killed the autocheck and it's associated password requirement somewhat nicely.

1. Quit iTunes.

2. Open your iTunes folder (usually found in the Music folder in your Home folder).

3. Double click the iTunes Music folder.

4. Inside you should find a folder called Downloads.

5. Drag the Downloads folder to your desktop.

6. Open iTunes and hopefully bask in the glow of it not asking for your password.

The folder goes on the desktop just to make sure that it works, and so if moving it makes iTunes cry/break/explode in some way, it can always be dragged back. If iTunes works happily and all your purchased music has been downloaded successfully, it's probably safe to delete it.

Just in case anyone is wondering, iTunes is asking for your password to check for purchased (but undownloaded) music, and appears to be a bug which occurs when you quit iTunes with a download in progress. The folder's purpose seems to be to remind iTunes to check for purchased but not yet downloaded music, and for whatever reason, iTunes doesn't seem to be killing said folder when the music has been downloaded successfully finishes.

Filed as a bug.

MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

iTMS asks for password every time I open iTunes

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