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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon I did. It isn't for me. And I didn't like the feeling of having my library blended with tracks I own and tracks I didn't. But for me, it really wasn't worth it anyway; I've had an iPod since 2005 and…
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Apple Music tracks are rented music, so the device or computer must 'phone home' in order to play the tracks. The Nano and Shuffle do not require an Apple ID and they cannot 'phone home'. The new DRM in Apple Music is much more restrictive than th…
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The new iPod touch 128GB is a step in the right direction as a replacement for the discontinued iPod classic. The problem with the iPod classic, besides the hard drive which could fail, was the outdated software. The iPod dedicated OS had not been…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella You are the exception rather than the rule. Few people are carrying a smartphone and an MP3 player these days. That iPhone 6 battery case I mentioned earlier has 2000+ reviews. Only a small % of p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy Can you provide us a specific list of these bugs, both old and new? I'm honestly curious, as both my iPhone and iPad have been rock solid with 8.4 and I haven't noticed a single issue. Excessive battery d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Or people who's daily use kills their iPhone battery, if I could offload much of my iMessage, podcasts, music and basic browsing to another pocketable device, it would be nice. Use the Personal Hots…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_128 Presumably the iPod Touch could address the market the iPod Classic abandoned last year. If Apple offered a 256GB model, that would address the 160GB storage capacity while leaving more than enough for the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy Nope, I don't remember when it "Just Worked". Can you please provide us the exact year this was the case, as well as the software and the product that fit under this mythical category? Please be specific. Am…
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Many businesses use OpenOffice or LibreOffice, which both of course are free alternatives to MS Office. Also available on the Mac too. Apple's iWork is a useless suite of programs, especially when Apple stripped them of features that people used. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 I'll answer the quality question as a musician: Anything above 256kbps is virtually indistinguishable on common playback methods (car audio, consumer stereo equipment, ear buds, higher end consumer headphones…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon So I'm not the only one who's seen battery life go to absolute crap on 8.4? My iPhone, in under 4 hours of actual use, dropped 58% of it's battery. And only one six minute call was involved. It's an emb…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy The "its my device" argument is such horse-shit. No, Apple does not have an obligation to facilitate every single thing you'd want to do in terms of modifying the software. Even with other manufacturers, the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz The entire idea of downgrading needs to be wiped out. I like the direction Apple is going with iOS, finally bringing automatic overnight updates with iOS 9. They really need to go further with it, and prevent a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jameskatt2 Yes. To keep your files free of DRM, you have to subscribe to iTunes Match AND Apple Music. If you only subscribe to Apple Music, and you accidentally right click on one of your own music files and se…
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Quote: Originally Posted by irnchriz I already subscribed to iTunes Match and now Apple Music. All working as expected, I can redownload my iTunes matched library (without DRM) with no issues. It is not that hard to figure out. It is not conf…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Red Oak Connect is awful. Awfull, I dare say, with it's Ping like features. And buggy as hell. I have it on an iPad Air, all software fully updated. It is unstable. Simple links simply don't work The team that des…
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Quote: Originally Posted by esaruoho Where are there 15K favorites and 2K comments - can you provide some links? The ones I've seen so far have been v. silent. Slurpy makes it all up. None of his posts have any validity to them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy I predict Connect is going to be a very healthy platform. There's already posts with 15K favorites and 2K comments, not bad for a social network that has JUST launched on a limited set of devices. I am sure y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nofrets5 Now how do I remove iTunes Match from Apple Music?? Tried using Match once before and it totally screwed up my entire library. How could iTunes Match screw up your library when the feature scans your librar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/02/apple-music-vs-itunes-match-drm/#more-387321 Did AppleInsider jack up the link when I pasted it? Thanks a lot, AI.