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    https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2…

    APPLE MUSIC

    “The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.

    “Wait,” I asked, “so it’s supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?”

    “Yes,” she replied.

    When I signed up for Apple Music, iTunes evaluated my massive collection of Mp3s and WAV files, scanned Apple’s database for what it considered matches, then removed the original files from my internal hard drive. REMOVED them. Deleted. If Apple Music saw a file it didn’t recognize—which came up often, since I’m a freelance composer and have many music files that I created myself—it would then download it to Apple’s database, delete it from my hard drive, and serve it back to me when I wanted to listen, just like it would with my other music files it had deleted.

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    • If your problem is just principals then there isn't any issues here. That's how teleportation works. Object moves from one location to another.omg
    • The full article explains the problems: it converted the authors WAVs to AACs, for example.nb
    • I'm soooooo glad I never signed up for the free 3-month trial of Apple Music.nb
    • Apple's online solutions have always been absolutely fucking rotten.face_melter
    • I almost lost 160gb of well organized hand picked mp3s with the 11.1 update in 2013. hdd recovery saved me from a complete nervous breakdownsted
    • shittt. i was just about to sign up. think will wait till they iron out crap like this.inteliboy
    • To be fair, there is a difference between Apple Music, and iTunes Match which causes this file deletion shitstorm. But it's still a bad system nonetheless.face_melter
    • I don't use iTunes match, but the Apple Music side of things seems to be working fine for me. All music locally stored. Maybe I'll go read the article now!Ianbolton
    • To be fair, I recall Windows Media Player trying to do something equally dickish to my music folder about a decade ago. Although that was a decade ago.detritus
    • This is what you get when you "buy" something you don't physically control. Fuck the cloud.i_monk
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