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How can I make iTunes stop using all my CPU?

Discussion in 'Questions and Answers' started by Stringer Bell, Apr 1, 2009.

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  1. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    iTunes kills my CPU anytime I open it. Occasionally I use alternatives like Winamp, but iTunes its the only software I can use to download audiobooks and podcasts.

    Anyone have any recommendations for making iTunes less CPU intensive? Are there any settings I can adjust?
     
  2. Regan21286

    Regan21286 MCAT's, EMT's, AMCAS, ugh

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    Never had that happen before. Could be a bad script.
     
  3. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Buy a Mac.:pointlol:
     
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  4. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    Honestly? iTunes is the one app I think is worth upgrading your CPU for.
     
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  5. FinSane

    FinSane Cynical Dolphins Fan

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    get a Zune
     
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  6. DaFish

    DaFish Well-Known Member

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    Officially marking this as the worst answer.:tongue2:
     
  7. like2god

    like2god Typical white person Luxury Box

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    Not that I know of. You could try going into your task manager and shutting down any unnecessary processes to help ease the usage, but if you aren't sure what you're doing you could harm your computer, or so I've been told.

    Does this only happen when you run Itunes on its own or do you have a web browser open, running a computer scan, etc?

    Send me a pm, I might have an alternative for audiobooks and podcasts for you to try.
     
  8. anlgp

    anlgp ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

    This is true. You can make it completely unbootable.
     
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  9. fins4o8

    fins4o8 Mac FTW!

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    this is for disabling unnecessary programs from starting up: START > RUN > msconfig > STARTUP

    EG: itunes helper, quicktime, googleupdater, etc.

    did you update to the latest itunes?

    there are alternative to itunes like songbird http://www.getsongbird.com/

    I tried it but prefer iTunes since I'm so use to it & I'm a Mac.
     
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  10. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    Yea, I'm not really looking for an alternative. I do like iTunes for the most part, even if it is a resource-hog.

    I think the biggest issue is that iTunes basically indexes every folder you have on your comp. Apple is all about data mining. Its mostly an issue when I first startup iTunes.
     
  11. USArmyFinFan

    USArmyFinFan Maximum Effort

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    Exactly what I was going to suggest, just make sure you don’t change anything in the other tabs unless you know what you are doing.
     
  12. Celtkin

    Celtkin <B>Webmaster</b> Luxury Box

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    You can turn off the indexing. It is available so that when you add media to any folder, it shows up in your library so that you actually have some control where you store your stuff. :)
     
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  13. anlgp

    anlgp ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

    Slightly off topic but kind of on topic if you disable "indexing" in the Windows search function it can speed up search times on your machine as well. This is done by going to "My Computer -> "Right click on C:" -> "Properties" and I think it's somewhere in there. Just click the ticker off and hit "Apply"
     
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