MacOS – iTunes doesn’t open and give a blank message

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I've been having troubles with iTunes :
it was working yesterday morning, and after I restarted my computer it will no longer run, it just gives me an empty message box

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and if I leave it for a moment an error appears:

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The problem occurred when I was on a old version of OSX, so I updated to Sierra and to the newest version of iTunes as well, didn't change a thing.
What I have tried :

  1. restart computer

  2. Install Sierra with iTunes 12.5.4

  3. Try to remove iTunes, I just have a message : iTunes can't be modified or deleted since Mac OS requires it

  4. Try and download iTunes from the Apple website : the available one was 12.4.3, so when I try to install it tells me a newer version is already installed and stops.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Exploratory troubleshooting: try holding the Option (or Alt) key down while you launch iTunes. Hold it until you see the following:

Choose iTunes Library

Now press "Create Library…" and see if you have any more success.

As a second option, try creating a new user on your system and see if iTunes works any different/better there.

These are steps to help you determine if the problem is the iTunes application or if it's something specific to your user account and its data.

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