Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Beware of Itunes!
October 08, 2006 at 12:28 AM UTC
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I noticed recently that a number of songs I used to have are gone, and this appears to coincide with the upgrade to Itunes v. 7. They're not just gone from Itunes, they're gone from the hard drive altogether.
Fortunately, I just lost a few songs… most of which appear to be songs I downloaded from Napster back in the day. Maybe this is another covert Apple strike against piracy.
Not so lucky this person:
http://pornmonkey.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/youve-always-left-me-satisfied/
Random Citizen
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Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 08, 2006 at 02:52 AM UTC
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All the more reason to have files backed up on an external hard drive on a regular basis.
I can't really complain about iTunes at the moment.
I Dare
Joined: August 28, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 08, 2006 at 11:23 PM UTC
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It could have searched for music on the comp and just moved it to the iTunes directory like its defaulted to do and that person could be a total dumbass.
Doctor Doom
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Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 08, 2006 at 11:28 PM UTC
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Yeah, but if you do a Google search for Itunes deleting music files, you'll find a lot of unhappy people out there.
And, I may be a dumbass, but I know all about files and whatnot, and I'm telling you, Itunes killed some of my music. I agree about the importance of backing up – luckily I had all of this stuff on another comp – but you should be able to trust good software not to fuck you over.
El Jefe Design
Joined: June 08, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 09, 2006 at 12:08 AM UTC
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This is why I use emusic.com instead of iTunes. The selection may not be as diverse but you get a mp3 that is not tracked or coded in anyway. This is always nice when I go to see a friend or take a new job and I do not have to "authorize" the computer. The prices are better since you download via a subscription service but if you do not use up all your donwloads you lose them, as I did last month.
But yeah, back up independently and do it often; be it music or files for work.
Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 09, 2006 at 03:01 PM UTC
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This is why I use my personal CD collection instead of iTunes. The selection may not be as diverse but you get a CD . This is always nice when I go to see a friend and I do not have to "use" the restroom.
Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Beware of Itunes!
October 09, 2006 at 04:22 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
This is always nice when I go to see a friend and I do not have to "use" the restroom.
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