So frustrated with itunes

[davemchine]

Every time I try to add a video to iTunes it hangs. Not just iTunes but my entire system hangs and all apps stop working. It’s so frustrating. This shouldn’t be possible on a Unix system. No error message in the console either. What am I supposed to do with that? If there was another program that organized media on the Mac I would drop iTunes today. Junk.

[ztirffritz]

itunes is grossly overdue for a massive overhaul.

[sekker]

I cannot think of a worse and obligate Apple software product.

[davemchine]

Figured out what the problem was. iTunes flipped out and duplicated multiple terabytes of files. This filled up the drive my library resides on. So when I tried to add additional files iTunes couldn’t do it because the volume is full. Would have been nice if iTunes gave me a message saying “volume is full.” So tonight‘s job is to work on removing all the duplicate files. Not looking forward to this job.

[Ombligo]

The only thing I let iTunes near are my audiobooks and ePub files for iBooks. (using iTunes is the only way to share the ePubs between devices). Movies, video's music - all to my WDTV (which will eventually become an Leelbox). I just copy over what I need.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....yeah.....Apple stuff......'just works'..............................your last nerve.....now.......

[deckeda]

I gotta say that using iTunes since its inception, I've never had it duplicate anything, let alone multiple TB of files.

[RAMd®d]

Is it v12.6.2 that Apple is offering up as the last least hope for mankind?

[WHiiP]

RAMd®d wrote:
Is it v12.6.2 that Apple is offering up as the last least hope for mankind?

No, 12.6.4.3 is now available.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208079

[N-OS X-tasy!]

davemchine wrote:
Figured out what the problem was. iTunes flipped out and duplicated multiple terabytes of files. This filled up the drive my library resides on. So when I tried to add additional files iTunes couldn’t do it because the volume is full. Would have been nice if iTunes gave me a message saying “volume is full.”

There was a time when it would have.

davemchine wrote:
So tonight‘s job is to work on removing all the duplicate files. Not looking forward to this job.

There are utilities available that should help you make short work of that task.