Apple can/will delete files off your computer without asking.
https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/
https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/
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but no one has had their music 'stolen' by Apple..
Removed or deleted was probably a better choice.
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take a backup of their own music before signing up to cloud services like Apple Music.
backing up your music is good advice.. ..
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DRM .. Apple will not automatically remove any iTunes music files you own on your computer and replace it with a digital rights managed (DRM) file.
The techinical problem I’m finding with Apple Music is that you can’t separate iTunes Match from Apple Music and iCloud library and I find this very frustrating.
I want to keep iTunes Match as a safe vault of my music, a cheap back up I have on the side. However, if I switch on iCloud library they all merge (Apple Music, iCloud library, iTunes Match). Which means, you can no longer do what you want with your iTunes Match content (ie: if you delete something you sort of lose ownership of it) and if you do, you then have to keep paying the £9.99 for the rest of your life (and can switch iTunes Match off) which I’m quite sure I won’t be doing. It’s really bad financial decision.
So I feel the “all or nothing” dilemma.
I wish they’d let you keep the two completely sepearate. Apple Music just doesn’t “just work” really…
P.S.: if you have a way of separating the two please let me know!
How about this… I just ripped a Smashing Pumpkins CD into iTunes. I set it to MP3 with 128kbps quality for the rip. It quickly “Matched” in iTunes. I did “Remove Download” for 1 track, then Downloaded it again from iCloud. It returned to iTunes as a 256kbps track in “Apple Music AAC audio file” form. When I went into my iTunes folder, that is the only track missing. It is now in a separate folder under Apple Music. Right clicking the file and going to properties shows it as “MPEG-4 Audio File (Protected) (.m4p)”.
Apple Music and iTunes Match “Just Doesn’t Work”.
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I don't have iTunes, I don't have an Apple and I don't use cloud services. However when I did use ITunes it reorganised my music and I still haven't recovered it back to how it was before....
Anyway that is by the by. Here is one comment I thought pretty much covered why I believe it is bad and novice users could be confused.. Spelling mistakes are his not mine.
Or this one.
Loads more on various sources.
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