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[Diablos]

If you downloaded some songs, but reformatted your hard drive, when you reinstall iTunes can you DL them again without paying?

 

[enjoy bell woods]

No.

Burn them to a CD/DVD.

 

[StrikerObi]

If you downloaded some songs, but reformatted your hard drive, when you reinstall iTunes can you DL them again without paying?

Yes. I believe you have to go to the advanced menu and authorize the computer for your iTunes account (songs downloaded from iTunes can only be downloaded to 3-5 computers, I forget how many exactly). Then go back to advanced and select "check for purchased music." It should redownload anything you've bought on iTunes.

 

[Diablos]

Yes. I believe you have to go to the advanced menu and authorize the computer for your iTunes account (songs downloaded from iTunes can only be downloaded to 3-5 computers, I forget how many exactly). Then go back to advanced and select "check for purchased music." It should redownload anything you've bought on iTunes.

Word.

No.

Burn them to a CD/DVD.

I did (as an audio CD), but to put them back on my comp would result in transcoding. Unless I made them WAV or FLAC files. :|

 

[Chrono]

Yes. I believe you have to go to the advanced menu and authorize the computer for your iTunes account (songs downloaded from iTunes can only be downloaded to 3-5 computers, I forget how many exactly). Then go back to advanced and select "check for purchased music." It should redownload anything you've bought on iTunes.

I thought it only checks for files that were not downloaded completely (like if you're connection went out during a d/l)?

A window pops up every time I buy something telling me to back up my music too.

 

[VPhys]

Word.


I did (as an audio CD), but to put them back on my comp would result in transcoding. Unless I made them WAV or FLAC files. :|

It's still going to be lossy since you have to uncompress them and recompress them. This is why I don't use ITUNES.

 

[cvxfreak]

I can't find the check for purchased music menu in Advanced... help!

EDIT: Nevermind, I was looking in the wrong Advanced menu.

 

[Diablos]

It's still going to be lossy since you have to uncompress them and recompress them. This is why I don't use ITUNES.

WAV/SHN/FLAC would leave the waveform exactly as it was in its previous compressed state. No better, no worse.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

since this is an itunes thread, maybe you guys can help me out. Why does a little exclamation point appear next to some songs seemingly at random every time i boot up itunes and when i click on those songs to play them or update my ipod, it says they can't be found?

 

[Chrono]

I got that message after checking for purchased music just now. It says you can only d/l once so back up your music before formatting...

 

[Diablos]

I got that message after checking for purchased music just now. It says you can only d/l once so back up your music before formatting...

iTunes is a crime.
They charge you for LOSSY music and then don't even give you a chance to get it back if you lose your data.

Yep, MP4 to FLAC. Waste of space.

 

[fugimax]

Out of all the replies no one pointed out to this person that you *can* backup your songs?

You don't burn them as audio CDs...you just copy the actual MP4 files to another hard drive or cd/dvd. If your computer dies, you can just drag them back into iTunes and you're good.

 

[Anthropic]

Yes, you can save M4P files. The key is that you have to deauthorize your computer before you reformat and reauthorize it afterwards.

 

[Macam]

iTunes is a crime.
They charge you for LOSSY music and then don't even give you a chance to get it back if you lose your data.

Is there an online music store that does? That strikes me as the equivalent of buying a CD, having it stolen out of your car, and than asking the retailer to give you another one. You shouldn't be reformatting that often to begin with, and certainly not without doing backups of your data, so I don't see why it's Apple's liability to cover you if you encounter a problem. I reformatted my PowerBook recently and copied over a backup of my music back over, iTMS tracks included, and had no problems whatsoever.

iTunes isn't a crime, it's actually the best online music store I've seen; though I'm still disappointed by online offerings on the whole, primarily with respect to a lack of audio quality options and the DRM fiasco.