OSX, Fix for iTunes 12 not responding and crashing in Yosemite
Recently i was having some problems with iTunes 12 on Yosemite and iTunes wouldn't respond after a while or iTunes would just crash when playing a podcast or search the iTunes store.
But there is a simple fix via the terminal following this kb article from Apple for resetting the Sync services :
Fix from apple:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS1627
OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 and Laterdefaults delete com.apple.SyncServer SyncServicesResetWorldRunOnce
And an other hardcore fix via the terminal:
Problem fixed with these commands in Terminal (one by one)
AFTER DELETING "SYNC SERVICES" in the librarydefaults -currentHost write com.apple.syncservices SyncingDisabled YES
defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.syncservices SyncingDisabled