diff --git a/beetsplug/metasync/__init__.py b/beetsplug/metasync/__init__.py
index 9d004ea30..05669fd42 100644
--- a/beetsplug/metasync/__init__.py
+++ b/beetsplug/metasync/__init__.py
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 """Synchronize information from music player libraries
 """
 from abc import abstractmethod, ABCMeta
-from beets import ui
-from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 import inspect
 import pkgutil
 from importlib import import_module
 
+from beets.util.confit import ConfigValueError
+from beets import ui
+from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
+
 
 METASYNC_MODULE = 'beetsplug.metasync'
 
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ class MetaSource(object):
         self._log = log
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def sync_data(self, item):
+    def sync_from_source(self, item):
         pass
 
 
@@ -116,14 +118,17 @@ class MetaSyncPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
             except KeyError:
                 self._log.error(u'Unknown metadata source \'{0}\''.format(
                     player))
-            except ImportError as e:
+            except (ImportError, ConfigValueError) as e:
                 self._log.error(u'Failed to instantiate metadata source '
                                 u'\'{0}\': {1}'.format(player, e))
 
+        if not meta_sources:
+            return
+
         # Sync the items with all of the meta sources
         for item in lib.items(query):
             for meta_source in meta_sources.values():
-                meta_source.sync_data(item)
+                meta_source.sync_from_source(item)
 
             changed = ui.show_model_changes(item)
 
diff --git a/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py b/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
index b63b322ec..b544c22ec 100644
--- a/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
+++ b/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Amarok(MetaSource):
         self.collection = \
             dbus.SessionBus().get_object('org.kde.amarok', '/Collection')
 
-    def sync_data(self, item):
+    def sync_from_source(self, item):
         path = displayable_path(item.path)
 
         # amarok unfortunately doesn't allow searching for the full path, only
diff --git a/beetsplug/metasync/itunes.py b/beetsplug/metasync/itunes.py
index 7ae1e46ef..279621cf3 100644
--- a/beetsplug/metasync/itunes.py
+++ b/beetsplug/metasync/itunes.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from beetsplug.metasync import MetaSource
 
 @contextmanager
 def create_temporary_copy(path):
-    temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
+    temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
     temp_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'temp_itunes_lib')
     shutil.copyfile(path, temp_path)
     try:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Itunes(MetaSource):
             (track['Name'], track['Album'], track['Album Artist']): track
             for track in raw_library['Tracks'].values()}
 
-    def sync_data(self, item):
+    def sync_from_source(self, item):
         key = (item.title, item.album, item.albumartist)
         result = self.collection.get(key)