Intel iMac iTunes issue

[selloutvixen]

I finally "officially" made the switch to Apple as of Saturday. All of *my* computers have always been windows machines.. I've just been using other peoples' Macs. Now I finally have my own 17" intel iMac. Woo!

I played with Photobooth for about an hour when I got home with it. That program will make even the most modest of people into cam wh*res. FrontRow with the remote is excellent. Really cool. I love this machine.

Celebration aside, it seems to REALLY hate my iTunes. There's a wireless network I've tried to connect to, but for some reason, it won't connect. So I have no internet at the moment. A bunch of the songs I imported from my iPod mini still have the DRM, so they need me to sign in to my Apple ID in order to play them. Of course I can't do this at the moment due to no internet. I get the spinning beachball of death for like 10-15 minutes after I start up iTunes. Is there any way to stop iTunes from doing this? Am I better off just removing those songs from my library for the time being?

 

[mongoos150]

For the time being - yes. Once you have your internet connection up and running, it shouldn't be an issue. Is your network protected w/WPA encryption? It shouldn't be a problem, the AE title bar menu usually is self explanitory in terms of inputting the SSID and encryption password. Good luck

 

[selloutvixen]

Is your network protected w/WPA encryption? It shouldn't be a problem, the AE title bar menu usually is self explanitory in terms of inputting the SSID and encryption password. Good luck

Nope, the connection isn't encrypted.. it just looks like it's down for whatever reason. It's not my wireless network; it belongs to a neighbor. I was just going to use it to get my apple ID all set. I have access at my house, but the wireless router I have is current MIA. Thanks!