Stop iTunes from polling for password at launch

Jun 14, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Saminthemiddle

A few days ago I downloaded a television show episode and closed iTunes before it was done downloading. Since that time, I wasn't able to start iTunes without it asking for my iTunes store login and password.

Apparently iTunes stores a .plist file at ~/Music » iTunes » iTunes Music » Downloads » list.plist which contains only an array of your pending downloads. When iTunes detects an entry in the array at startup, it attempts to connect to the iTunes store to complete the download ... which has already been completed.

Delete ~/Music » iTunes » iTunes Music » Downloads » list.plist to clear the issue.

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