iTunes 7 - Official Problem Thread

[velinn]

I have a P4 2.0 @ 2.2 and, sure it works, but actually I'd like to do other things WHILE listening to mp3s, which is rather hard when iTunes takes up 80-90% of my CPU.

 

Exactly. I mean, using Photoshop or Dreamweaver I expect and deal with slow performance with the rest of my machine, but thats ok because I'm doing something. If I'm just using iTunes casually browsing the web or whatever, I don't expect that my machine should choke with a spinning beach ball all the time.

 

That's not to say that I'm not greatful for people figuring out how to get it running under Rosetta, but it's just not a solution for me. 6.0.5 is pretty much perfect for my needs anyway. I don't feel like I'm missing out by not using 7.

[redyns]

"this is my experience...

 

i have a Semprom 2800 with SSE2, not SSE3

 

i did just the thing that earlier post have said...

 

1 - Go to /Applications and rename iTunes with iTunes2

2 - Install iTunes 7.

3 - Next go to Terminal and wrote:

CODE

cd /Applications

ditto -arch ppc iTunes.app iTunesPPC.app

 

4 - If you look your Applications folder, you must look 3 iTunes: iTunes (with the new blue icon), iTunes2 (with the green icon) and iTunesPPC (blue icon with a grey circle above)

5 - Right Click in iTunesPPC (blue icon with a grey circle above) and select "Show package content"

6 - There go to "Contents" and then "MacOS". You should see a file named iTunes. Copy it.

7 - Close that window. Go again to Applications and repeat steps 5 and 6 (except with the part that you copy the file) with the iTunes app (blue icon)

8 - In the MacOS folder, rename iTunes with iTunes-old and then Paste iTunes file that you copied in step 6

9 - Close all windows and now you can run iTunes 7.0.1 from your dock"

do all of this then take the itunes from ituneppc and put it in the Show package content" contets macos and paste it then it should work perfect

[nandemonai]

I have a slightly differant problem to report..

 

JAS 10.4.8 Reseed DVD Install on Core2Duo E6400, 2g RAM, Nvidia 7600GT.

 

Essentially everthing works really well using the new DaemonES Kernel (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35090).

 

I updated iTunes to 7.0.2 which seemingly worked and iTunes plays music, loads music etc no problems, however when I connect my iPod it shows up and appears to be working. I did a restore on it (As it was windows formated and giving me read/write errors through iTunes. Disk mode works fine as i've used it to copy quite a bit of data to this osx install) and it went through ok. Disconnect and plug into power source etc.. no problem. Upon reconnecting it to the system again it appears to be working but when ever I try and sync the library it starts and looks like it's going to go through but throws me the same 'Can not read/write to iPod' error.

 

Any ideas? It works in disk mode 100% far as I can tell.

 

Edit:

 

Ok after a little toying around I've got it working. I had to set iTunes so I manally update the library.. select whole library, drag and drop and iPod is ready to listen to! I probably should have tried this before posting but at least if someone comes across the same issue this may help them out too.

 

Still, a little odd that it can manage it manually and not automatically.

 

Edit Edit:

 

Dang spoke to soon, it does work just not reliably. Copying the whole library seems like a bad idea (around 5ish gig) but in batches it seems ok. I would assume usb issues or my iPod is faulty but like I said previously disk mode works 100% I've done multiple copies at once with data as large as 15g and it went through a couple times no issues so I'm thinking this is iTunes specific..

[BaselineAce]

Is there a resolution for this now?

[danofun]

iTunes 7 on SSE2 is now a reality with the latest 8.8.1 kernel release (exp6). Thanks to Semthex for making this a reality! Instructions can be found here:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...811&hl=sse2

[MacRetail]

I can confirm iTunes 7 working on SSE2 with the newest Exp6 8.8.1 kernel.

Now playing Beethoven "Fantasie fur Klavier"

 

Thanks for everybody who made this possible!

Edited December 16, 2006 by MacRetail

[ChiefWiggum]

Works for me too.

iTunes Univeral now runs properly with Exp6.

 

AND

 

My Processor is shown as 2.2GHz Unknown (instead of 0MHz Unknown)

[Tek_No]

Got a quick question on running iTunes 7 on the 8.8.1 kernel...

 

here's my sys info:

 

Darwin tek-nos-computer.local 8.8.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Tue Dec 5 21:19:07 AZOT 2006; semthex:/nebukadnezar/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386

 

Installed it using Jas 10.4.8 SSE2 Semthex beta9 dmg...

 

I'm still getting the "not enough memory" error when launching iTunes 7

 

Where can I find the version of the kernel I'm using (to check if it's really Exp6 or maybe a lower version)?

 

Is there any other fix needed to run iTunes 7 natively (so not using Rosetta) on a SSE2 based system running Semthex SSE2 emul for 10.4.8?

 

Thx for any reply

 

Take care,

Tek_No

[Tek_No]

Ok, will answer my own questions then...

 

iTunes 7 problem was fixed by getting the EXP6 kernel version from IRC...

 

Skype crash was more tricky to solve but found it after a couple of hours messing around: apparently Skype needs some 2D acceleration (OpenGL software) to be able to open... I altered ATIRadeon8500GA.plugin with my Radeon 9000's ID (4c66). Then I installed AGPGart 2.0 (intel), fixed permissions and rebooted... Skype 2.5 beta alive and kicking

 

Afer that I installed MaCam to use my (cheap) Typhoon USB webcam: works great in Skype as well

 

Take care,

Tek_No

[BigMacAttack]

My itunes went south after I did an update from Apple.

I was getting the not enough memory error.

 

No problem. For the first time ever I figured out how and made the fix myself.

 

I just mounted the JaS 1047 DVD and using pacifist I found and reinstalled the itunes on the DVD over the newer update.

Clicked the itunes thing in the tray and bingo! Back up again..

 

Probably not the best way to fix it but it did fix it for now.

 

Much easier than fooling around with IRC and playing games with kernels.

I don't know how to use IRC so I just figured out a different way to fix it..

 

Arrrrrrrr! :pirate2:

[BigMacAttack]

My itunes went south after I did an update from Apple.

I was getting the not enough memory error.

 

No problem. For the first time ever I figured out how and made the fix myself.

 

I just mounted the JaS 1047 DVD and using pacifist I found and reinstalled the itunes on the DVD over the newer update.

Clicked the itunes thing in the tray and bingo! Back up again..

 

Probably not the best way to fix it but it did fix it for now.

 

Much easier than fooling around with IRC and playing games with kernels.

I don't know how to use IRC so I just figured out a different way to fix it..

 

Arrrrrrrr! :pirate2:

[Bart86]

I can launch itunes 7.0.2 just fine and play music and browes the store etc.

 

However i can't authorize my computer to play any songs I have or any previews on the apple store.

 

I get:

 

We could not complete your iTunes Store request.

There is not enough memory availible.

 

There was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later.

 

10.4.7 JaS upgraded to 10.4.8 with Apple update method

P4 SSE3 system

[jansan]

Ok. I know i'm not an authority here, but i noticed a very bad process in this forum.

Most of my problems with the hackintosh were solved only by reading through the threads. After that i simply had to thank somebody. But what I see are threads with 20 or more pages in which 70 - 90 % are repeated posts of people who simply don't bother reading. This is very annoying for people like me who actually read the whole threads, which might help. There is a wonderful thread about the rules, which should be clear without mentioning, but apparently they are not.

 

So please, please read all of it before you post. Try finding a solution elswere. Try to fix your system on your own.

This will save a lot of our time.

 

Sorry to put this in here. I know its not the place for slapping people. but i guess somewhere else only a fraction of the commuunity would read it. I really don't want to insult anybody.

 

Anyway

Happy new year!

 

E.G. i had the same problem with Itunes, but it was ok after post 41, page 6 i guess. now we are on page 16, while only 3 i think would be necessary.

[lennyb]

All the people now successfully running ITunes 7 with SSE2: do you also install Quicktime 7.13 or are you still using an older version of Quicktime?

[lennyb]

All the people now running ITunes 7 with SSE2: did you also install Quicktime 7.13 or are you still using an older version of Quicktime?

[imacmotion]

All the people now running ITunes 7 with SSE2: did you also install Quicktime 7.1.3 or are you still using an older version of Quicktime?

Well I dont running, have a erro (-50) and installed a 10.4.6 by JaS. I rename iTunes 6 and nothing. I install QT 7.1.3 and nothing too

Have some other method for correct ? I read ALL topic but I cant install yet

 

So thx

Edited January 4, 2007 by imacmotion

[danielharker]

Howdy y'all.

 

Under my system profiler - disc burning, it says:

 

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552L:

 

Firmware Revision: 0614

Interconnect: ATAPI

Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)

Profile Path: None

Cache: 2048 KB

Reads DVD: Yes

CD-Write: -R, -RW

DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL

Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes

Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes

Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

Media: No

 

 

What does that even mean? Burnsupport: Yes (unsupported) <-- If it's supported with a yes, why are there brackets that say no?

 

I'm using the ATI IXP controller. Has anyone else had problems with their CD burners? I've searched the forums, and hit IRC, and no one seems to have the same problem as me.

 

When I go into itunes, it says:

 

The attempt to burn a disk failed. The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.

 

So... I know that it works in windows. What am I missing in osx?

 

Thanks so much,

 

Cheers,

 

Danny H

[mcduck88]

I've upgraded 10.4.7 -> 10.4.8 Jas -> 8.8.1 beta9; Apple updates for QT & iTuesm, but iTunes error message (...memory) remains.

 

SSE2 CPU

 

Any hints?

[MrFoo]

can't get itunes 7 to work

 

 

I had this problem with a P4 Northwood 2.8 Ghz SSE2 system. Jas 10.4.6 (should I call it a jMac? That's what the About box says).

 

I tried doing the PPC hack, and it worked, but it just ran too slowly in Rosetta, for my liking.

iTunes 6 worked fine, so I just went back to that for a while.

 

So the other day I upgraded my processor to a P4 Prescott 3.4 Ghz. Prescott P4s have SSE3. I'd read that this iTunes 7 problem was a Hackintosh thing, and related to SSE2 (as noted above).

 

Sure enough, it worked fine once I had SSE3. That was the only thing I changed, and it went from "not enough memory" to working fine.

 

That having been said, I find iTunes 7 kind of sucks, anyway. I had to make a Smart Playlist and use a cryptic "option delete" command just to remove Podcasts from my older model, manually-sync iPod. It was much easier with iTunes 6, ha ha. I might even go back.

Edited January 7, 2007 by MrFoo

[thar]

this is my experience...

 

i have a Semprom 2800 with SSE2, not SSE3

 

i did just the thing that earlier post have said...

 

1 - Go to /Applications and rename iTunes with iTunes2

2 - Install iTunes 7.

3 - Next go to Terminal and wrote:

cd /Applications
ditto -arch ppc iTunes.app iTunesPPC.app

4 - If you look your Applications folder, you must look 3 iTunes: iTunes (with the new blue icon), iTunes2 (with the green icon) and iTunesPPC (blue icon with a grey circle above)

5 - Right Click in iTunesPPC (blue icon with a grey circle above) and select "Show package content"

6 - There go to "Contents" and then "MacOS". You should see a file named iTunes. Copy it.

7 - Close that window. Go again to Applications and repeat steps 5 and 6 (except with the part that you copy the file) with the iTunes app (blue icon)

8 - In the MacOS folder, rename iTunes with iTunes-old and then Paste de iTunes file that you copied in step 6

9 - Close all windows and now you can run iTunes 7.0.1 from your dock

 

Hope it helps....

 

Any questions ?

 

works for me thank you very much!!!

[imacmotion]

works for me thank you very much!!!

 

I maked that but dont work for me

[wingk1314]

it's not working for me at all...

I'm not getting a memory error

I'm just getting an error that goes:

"The Itunes application could not be opened. An unknown error occurred (-50).

 

CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME.

i cannot update my 2nd gen nano :pirate2:

[Headrush69]

Can some of the people that say they have itunes working perfectly on sse2 processors, clarify that this also includes song authorization through itunes store.

 

Seems to be a confusion between the memory error when starting the app and the memory error related to song authorization.

Answers like "no memory error here, works perfect", doesn't really say whether it means the second problem doesn't exist.

Please state whether you are using a PPC version of itunes and/or the exp6 kernel.

 

(I have the memory error on song authorization on both a SSE2 and a SSE3 based CPU.

Edited January 19, 2007 by Headrush69

[Afraydo]

Can some of the people that say they have itunes working perfectly on sse2 processors, clarify that this also includes song authorization through itunes store.

 

Seems to be a confusion between the memory error when starting the app and the memory error related to song authorization.

Answers like "no memory error here, works perfect", doesn't really say whether it means the second problem doesn't exist.

Please state whether you are using a PPC version of itunes and/or the exp6 kernel.

 

(I have the memory error on song authorization on both a SSE2 and a SSE3 based CPU.

 

I've got iTunes Intel working on SSE2 with the newest Kernel, now I do have two problems:

 

I can't play music that I bought due to a memory error with authorization, and my video iPod 5G shows up as a 3G iPod and I can't put any videos on there.

 

The firmware is up to date and it works fine on my window machines.

[ookees]

well we have some good news for the new itunes 7.1 that came out yesterday, it works on my amd sse2 hackintosh without that memort error, i will have to do some restarts and test it out to see of the problem comes back. be aware though that I did the rossetta hack on the previous cersion of itunes (which did not always work for me for long anways, i would have to reinstall it sometimes) anways u might have to do that first i dont know if the new install re-wrote it in universal code or some mishmash between the two, check it for yourselves see what happens.