Apple guru help needed. Sorry for boring most people ...

[blamebrampton]

But I need help, as I can't bring myself to type out any more track listings.

Is anyone out there an iTunes specialist? Or perhaps it is a broader Apple thing ... My iTunes crashes whenever I try to have it and my internet connection open at the same time. Offline it is stable and happy and will manually sync and upload CDs that I type the track listings in for to its heart's content. But open an internet connection, and it goes down like Draco Malfoy in a PWP.

I went to visit the Genius Bar with my problem, they told me it was because I used an old version of iTunes and should update. I did, I copied the tracks back from my iPod onto my MacBook and then back to the iPod with the new iTunes on it, too (SO time-consuming), and all was well for about three weeks. Then, back to the crashing.

And yes, I have gone to look for help on sundry Apple sites and even found one that could work, were it not for the fact that iTunes will not work while the internet connection is open, since its first step was: connect to the iTunes Store ...

The reason I suspect it could be a broader issue than my iTunes only is that Gmail in Firefox crashes whenever I attempt to attach anything to an email. While my other webmail is fine. If I was an actual geek rather than just a fan of the geekerati, I would be able to tell you if there were similar pathways used by both processes. As it is, I know there are two things that make me say 'Argh fuckit!'

I accept that I will probably be off for another happy half hour chatting with the very sweet but not quite as helpful as they think they are kids at the Genius Bar, but if anyone out there knows a cunning fix, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks!

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I can live without it quite easily, but having to type in all the tracks for my Sigur Ros Brammers Likes To Pretend She is Still Young and Cool Collection is killing me ...

(And it's buggered in Safari, too!)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Sigur Ros Brammers Likes To Pretend She is Still Young and Cool Collection...

Now, now...I think it's inherent upon us oldsters to reinforce the idea that music or love/hate of it is ageless! I mean, where is the form I filled in that said that after a certain age, I will no longer be able to hear the nuances of creativity, won't recognize musical genius in any genre, cannot continue rockin' in the free world, cannot drool over very cute J-Rockers (see icon)...

Ahem. Sorry.

It's just that yesterday I read a comment by a writer who, for her fic, warns for sex by anyone over 55 and that has me feeling a bit bruised this week.

And I don't use Itunes, just Realplayer, so I'm useless there.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think it's less the age, and more that I would still have thought Sigur Ros the tiniest bit pretentious (while still loving them) when I was 20 and immensely cool ;-)