iTunes 7.0 Special Report: Screen redraw slowness

iTunes 7.0's graphical elements take a heavy toll on some older systems, resulting in slow screen redraws for some elements.

MacFixIt reader Barry Frazier writes:

"I have a Ti G4 500mhz powerbook and iTunes in any other view than List has trouble redrawing the iTunes window."

Apple's requirements for iTunes include a 500 MHz G3 processor or better, but some "additional video requirements" necessitate a 1 GHz G4 processor or better.

In some cases, setting your monitor to a lower resolution in the Displays pane of System Preferences can resolve video redraw issues in iTunes.

Index:

• AAC files and mobile phones: Problems playing, possible fix
• Accessing iTunes media in iMovie, other applications: Problems and fixes
• AirTunes streaming broken? Store issues? Enable IPv6
• Album browser confusion
• Artwork issues: How to make album covers portable, problems dragging and dropping
• Authorization problems: Unable to playback purchased media, more
• Brighter video display
• Downgrading (reverting) to iTunes 6.0.5
• Downloading purchased media: -50 errors, other
• Equalizer not appearing, fix
• Incomplete ID3 tags for converted files
• Inexplicable crashes: Bad plug-ins, other fixes
• iPod synchronization issues: Problems transferring music, crashes, making sure software is up to date
• Make sure you are using QuickTime 7.1.3
• Older versions of iTunes locked out from store
• Play/skip count discrepancies
• Playback problems with audio and video: Fixes (including disabling OSS 3D)
• Podcast problems, inadvertently deleted: Fixes
• Re-purchase required for higher resolution
• Release notes
• Satellite-based connections: Problems downloading media with
• Screen redraw slowness
• Slow music importing/conversion: Fixes
• Smart playlists not updating on iPods
• Store preview problems
• Two tracks playing simultaneously
• Using multiple libraries, selecting library at startup
• Volume Logic incompatibility: Workaround

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