iTunes 10.5 Crashes When Enabling Genius

[charliebounce]

OK, this worked for me! If Your iTunes is crashing due to a Genius problem!

1) Disable your network connections from System Preferences (i.e turn off "configure IPv4)

2) Once you've done this, you should be able to launch iTunes

3) Launch iTunes & go to preferences & disable genius.

4) Quit & relaunch iTunes

5) Enable Network connections.

voila!!

I dont care about genius crashing the problem is I paid for itunes match and that crashes as soon as you launch it as well.....I tried all 3 methods in the other thread still crashes. However my ethernet has always worked fine and the app store works as well.....Just genius and itunes match causes itunes to crash.

 

[IceBear]

disabling Genius worked for me, but I couldn't disable the network because my library is on a NAS box. I just rebooted my cable modem and opened iTunes when I knew my internet link was down. That gave me enough time to access preferences and disable Genius.

I'd be keen to understand what the root-cause is if anybody figures it out...

Everything else on my machine works 100%, it was only to update to iTunes 10.5 which killed everything. I am still on 10.6.8 BTW.

IB

 

[christophertowle]

same boat here.

Itunes 10.5 on OX 10.6.8

I thought my library was corrupt and rebuilt it, only to find out it was Itunes genius.

 

[Cougarcat]

As fadedsoulz said, this is the same root cause as the App Store not working. (As well as FaceTime and iCloud.) So, take a look at those related threads and you should find a solution. Usually, simply updating to Chimera 1.5.4 fixes the problem. In my case, I had to do method 3 in this topic: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=33177

 

[geminii]

So far I can not get this resolved. I have tried all methods and iTunes crashes immediately.

Here is my com.apple.Boot.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>PCIRootUID</key>
	<string>1</string>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Very frustrating. iTunes has never been an issue for me until this update.

 

[revel]

Same issues as well, itunes crashes instantly if Genius is enabled. OSX 10.6.8 iTunes 10.5. I had no issues at all before this with itunes or app store. I tired some of the fixes mentioned, but no dice. I am really looking forward to iTunes match too, hope I can get this worked out by then.

 

[keeptruthfree]

I have the same problem - turn on genius, accept license, bam - and I have hackintosh.
I already had genius and was getting the crash trying to update
so I turned it off and now I can't re-enable it.

GA-P55A-UD4P with 10.7.2, i7-875, and iTunes 10.5.1b3.


edit/followup

and this problem was solved with method #1 plus #2

 

[ID3N]

RARG. I have tried everything. methods 1, 2 and 3 got the app store working but genius is still crashing itunes. I really like genius and would love to actually be able to use it. Right now the only workaround I can think of is to load my library on another comp and update genius that way.

 

[crakd]

itunes match beta 3.....still crashing as soon as I turn on iTunes match.....ugh.....what a waste of $25 haha.

 

[joeblough]

do you guys think this could be related to the bootloader version? i see that some people have problems with lion and icloud unless they are running the latest svn of chameleon.

now i am running snow leopard, but itunes match is sort of related to icloud. when i turn on match or genius, i get the crash.

i guess there's one other issue with iCloud which is the serial number for the mac. i read somewhere else that apple blacklisted the SN that chameleon uses by default...?