Comments on: iTunes Problem: Too Many Processes

By: funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id)

funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:59:38 +0000

I have the standard edition of Comodo and i can access iTunes store ONLY if i disable comodo’s security, once your done with your browsing of the store, enable back security – easy!

1. At the Main menu of Comodo, under the PROACTIVE DEFENSE header, take note of ‘The Defense+security level is set to ‘
2. Where is, click onto that link and slide the security level bar down to DISABLED and click on APPLY
3. Now start iTunes up and you should be able to connect now!

NB: Remember to enable whatever your security level was after browsing store, EASY!

Happy iTuning! ;)p

By: TMF: ipodservices.exe / iPod Living

TMF: ipodservices.exe / iPod Living — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:17:35 +0000

[...] is closed. A google search found many entries relevant to this problem, one such thread is chris.pirillo.com/2007/10/13/itunes-problem-too-many-…As a website developer (and part-time aerobics instructor) I usually have a number of apps open [...]

By: sus

sus — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:17:13 +0000

My computer broke down, we saved all data before – but the itunes library got mixed up a total mess, and my favoured plalist gone!!!
How can I SYNC my Computer with my IPOD, nad NOT update my IPOD. I want to recover my favoured playlists from my IPOD and its mission impossible!

By: Dan Ciruli

Dan Ciruli — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:32:12 +0000

Easiest way yet:

Look at your Services (under Control Panel->Administrative tools).

One of the services is Apple Mobile Device service. Its Status is probably “Started”, and its Startup Type is “Automatic.”

Services are different than “normal” software — they can start automatically without being in a startup folder.

To change its Startup Type, just right click and select “Manual.” Click OK. Then, click the Stop button.

I think this is (at least marginally) better than David Morse’s solution. His works equally well, of course–but this is more reversible if you ever change your mind.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:14:36 +0000

Chris… you said you don’t like any Apple software on your PC, but what about Quicktime?

By: IgwanaRob

IgwanaRob — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:01:41 +0000

Get StartupCPL from http://www.mlin.net/ – it will let you remove the startup entries from all the locations they like to hide in.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:31:24 +0000

I don’t have a dual core/quad core or what ever yet !!!

I’m running 2giger P4, so I have to keep my eye on all processes.

Ok, (and no one likes extra processes running) but that aside, the biggest CPU hog on my PC is Spyware Exterminator.

For anyone running Windows, get the free process exploror from Systinternals.com to see whats running… and/or kill the process.

By: IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband mobile edition

IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband mobile edition — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:20:43 +0000

[...] friend and fellow blogger Chris Pirillo cites a complaint by “Hairgel Addict” that the task of synching up between iTunes and iPod involves “too many [...]

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:48:08 +0000

I too dislike having the extra processes, I don’t use the / and dislike the feature of itunes opening up when my ipod is connected.

By: Loyd

Loyd — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:21:37 +0000

Plug in your iPod and let it start synching. Select it from the left menu and go to the Summary tab. Uncheck Open iTunes when this iPod is Connected.

By: Dan the Barbarian

Dan the Barbarian — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:17:21 +0000

OMG

This is the biggest non-complaint I’ve ever heard. Unless this guy is adding and deleting gigs of data in his iTunes library, the sync he’s so skittish about should only take a few seconds, maybe 30 with the boot up and all AND it only happens when he plugs in his iPod. The answer to that is to only plug in your iPod when your on your way for a coke or to take a leak – problem solved.

About all that moral indignation that his computer is running processes he doesn’t want – give me a break. He’s using a PC, they run hundreds of background processes all the time. If he plugged in his iPod, he has to know what’s about to happen, and therefore, by default, he wants these processes. Now, if he doesn’t want to sync, just to charge, go get a charge cable and plug it into the wall.

For a developer, this guy doesn’t seem to have much on the ball.

Sounds like an ID 10-T error to me.

By: David Morse

David Morse — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:05:12 +0000

“Probably most of the people who own an iPod like that when you connect it to a computer automatically iTunes starts and begins syncing their iPod’s brains out. For me it’s very annoying.”
Easily solved: in iTunes, click on your iPod under Devices, and uncheck “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected”.

Upon release of the iPhone, newer versions of iTunes started installing a background service named “AppleMobileDeviceService.exe”. Fortunately, there’s an entry in Add/Remove Programs named “Apple Mobile Device Support” that will remove this, and has no impact if you just have an iPod.

The only other background service I’m aware of is “iPod Service” (iPodService.exe) which I highly recommend you not mess with.

By: scottfrye

scottfrye — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:34:38 +0000

Can’t you just use services management (services.msc) to stop the processes from starting on startup? Only problem is that you will have to redo it every time you upgrade iTunes.

By: Hairgel_Addict

Hairgel_Addict — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:19:51 +0000

Like I’ve said, I did google the answer myself.

Disabled iTunesHelper.exe & iPodServices.exe via msconfig/startup and as for AppleMobileDeviceService.exe justed uninstalled it from Add/Remove Programs, because it just enables iTunes to interact with iPhone and Apple TV and I don’t have neither of them.

Another frustrating thing – hate it when you install one program and it installs a whole lot of crap it thinks you might need (not only iTunes)..

By: Mickeleh

Mickeleh — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:12:53 +0000

Here’s how I do it on Mac. (I’m guessing Windows offers the same options).

With the iPod connected and iTunes open, go to the Summary tab for that iPod. In the Options panel, uncheck “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected.” Check “Manually manage music” Click the “Apply” button (lower right)

I don’t sync contacts, calendars, or photos to my iPod. (a second generation nano);

Michael Markman

(chris: there’s a version of this waiting moderation. You can trash that.)