I subscribed to iTunes Match and installed iCloud on my PC and whilst generally i’m really happy with it, there does seem to be quite a few teething problems. As soon as i installed iCloud (so that i could see my iPhone Photo stream on my PC’s) i could no longer use iTunes on my main PC. Once i launched iTunes it completely froze and became unresponsive. Well after much searching i found this:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3540759?start=0&tstart=0
(Post number 5 and 6)

I’ll also paste it here in case the thread ever gets deleted:

Ok not sure if this will work for you, I did the following – task manager APSDaemon.exe*32 end the process tree and the go into the following: Click Start Then Local Disk (C:) – Program Files (x86) – Common Files – Apple – Apple Application Support – delete APS Daemon.exe *32 And the APS Deamon dll – dont delete the ApplePushService.dll – then run the crapcleaner registry cleaner. download iTunes and iCloud click on them, then repair iTunes and iCloud and re start your PC – seems to have fixed it! Will keep you posted

**sorry its APS daemon_main.dll to delete

So there, you have it. I followed the above advice and it did indeed fix my iTunes. Now on my second laptop i have a different problem. The iTunes on that laptop has all of the songs that are in the cloud greyed out so i can’t do anything with them and the only way around it that i’ve found so far is to deactivate iTunes Match and then re-activate it EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN ITUNES!

I thought Apple stuff was supposed to “Just Work”? Well that’s not been my experience of it so far. I’ve always had one problem or another with iTunes.

But all that aside, i do like iTunes Match and iCloud (when they work). It’s nice having your iTunes in synch on every device and computer and it’s very handy having your photo stream automatically downloaded to your computer(s). Makes backing up very easy as i believe that unlike the photo stream on iPhone, the one on your computer doesn’t get deleted after so many days or images.

itunes Fuckery

I’m going to add this little bit of info to my blog in case anyone searching for this problem is struggling to find a solution, hopefully Google will find this.

A few months ago, for no apparent reason my iPod touch would no longer be recognised on my computer and windows kept throwing up the messsage ‘apple mobile device has stopped working‘. I had to disable it in services to stop the message but this left me still unable to update my iPod. Then the same thing happened on my partners laptop a couple of months later. We have the exact same laptop, both are Dell.

So i looked what what was common between both laptops in the programs list and we both had ‘Dell Support Center’. I uninstalled that and what do you know, the problem was fixed. I don’t know why there is a conflict between Dell Support Center and iTunes but if you’re having the same problem and you own a dell then get shut of that program.

Or if you have a different make of PC perhaps you have a similar support program? The point is, this is not a vista or itunes problem (as such), there is a program on the pc conflicting. It’s just a case of uninstalling and reinstalling stuff until you find the culprit. I’m sure it’ll be a support program of some kind. Good luck!

For google:
apple mobile device has stopped working Dell Support Center

I thought technology was meant to make life easier for us? Clever computers and devices and so on to make life better? Well i switched my laptop on the other day and for no apparent reason it decided to tell me that the ‘apple mobile device service has stopped working‘. This is a service that runs in the background to check for when you plug in your iPod touch or iPhone. It’s stopped working and now i can no longer synch my iPod with iTunes. Marvellous. I have uninstalled iTunes and everything associated with it, reinstalled it, googled the problem, checked the drivers and nada.
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