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Apple Stole My Music

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Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by VonGuard »

odbol wrote: post #433
xigency wrote: post #353

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You're lucky El Capitan works for you. Usually with iPhone/iPod Video upgrades, getting the latest version of iOS with an older device can significantly degrade performance. (And I'm sure it's the same with iPads.) At least on a Macbook you can reinstall the operating system, but an iPhone 4 is stuck like that.

El Crapitan has so many problems it's ridiculous. They broke not only all kinds of Open Source software with their overly paranoid system protection, but also a bunch of hardware by messing up the USB drivers. There are now tons of musical instruments, Arduinos, and other USB devices that don't work with El Crapitan. Apple's response was: ... there was no response. Us hardware manufacturers are still looking for a fi…

USB Overdrive is as close as you'll get to a solution. This is the company that can't even make iTunes usable with 16 years of work.

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Post by VonGuard »

jkestner wrote: post #407
clapinton wrote: post #346

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I worked with a Google engineer once and he offered me advice as I was considering buying a new phone, namely the HTC One: "Phone manufacturers know how to make hardware. Google knows how to make software. When you marry the two with both knowing their place in the world, things work out. When one tries to make what the other does, you get crappy stuff on top of your system. Stick to vanilla Android, man." Having sai…

Maybe Apple should hire one of the many software engineers and UI designers who are visionary in the same way that Ive is in hardware.

If they did, they'd quit shortly after learning that, if they wanted to move around inside Apple, like to a different group, they have to interview and be evaluated just like an outsider. Apple is so secretive, people cannot even change groups.

Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by konart »

passivepinetree wrote: post #390
konart wrote: post #318

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Never owned one, so I'll have to look for a solution when I'm home (I remember Foobar2k had a pluging for this, but F2k is win-only). After I've switched to Apple and used Apple music for a couple of months I just bougth Fiio X3 II. Great thing for a good price.

I've actually toyed with the idea of getting one of these. Can you tell me a little more about it? IIRC the main thing holding me back was cost (~$200 for the player and ~$50 each for two 128gb MicroSD cards), but at some point in the relatively near future I'm going to outgrow the 160gb limit on the iPod classic and I may as well bite the bullet and shell out the ~$300.

Well, the usability is okay, menus' navigation is done with the wheel, while commands like Play\Pause, FF,RW etc are done with middle and rear buttons. The device came in with a plastic protection case.

Two outputs - headphones and Line out\COAX. Can be used as an external DAC with windows PC (maybe other devices too, never dug too into it).

The UI theme is customizable: http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=40141&extra=page...

Firmware is updated pretty often even for older models.

PS: Oh, and it has Apple in-line headphone control. (Android in-line control works too, but only for Play\Pause\Next|Prev. No sound control.)

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Post by dang »

g4z wrote: post #125

exactly! every time i read about someone having a problem with something, i always check to see if my friends have had the same problem. if not, then clearly the problem doesn't exist. pri.ck

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Re: Apple Stole My Music

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g4z wrote: post #125

exactly! every time i read about someone having a problem with something, i always check to see if my friends have had the same problem. if not, then clearly the problem doesn't exist. pri.ck

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Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by newjersey »

odbol wrote: post #434
calciphus wrote: post #393

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Go try Google Music. You get non-destructive music sync (10,000 songs or something?) and a massive library. Plus, the curated stations are all the old Songza content that was pretty awesome. $10/mo And you get Youtube without ads for the same price.

Their curated playlists are seriously top-notch. I've found so many new bands through the Blogged 50 and Gorilla vs. Bear playlists. Plus, Google Play Music's UI blows the others out of the water. My favorite part is the "Play Next" and "Add to Queue" choices for unobtrusively adding songs to what's currently playing. Something that iTunes actually used to have, but then they removed it for no reason.

The best part of the deal must be no ads on YouTube though. I am not competent enough to block all of them on mobile even when rooted with adaway.

I think it is $15 for five people.

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Post by mpswardle »

burtmacklin wrote: post #269
mpswardle wrote: post #218

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It "just works" if you fully buy into the ecosystem. i.e. all content stored in iCloud nothing synced via cable etc. I happen to do this since i tend to need a new iPhone every 2-4 months and it's just easier to pick up a new one, sign in and let it set itself up exactly as the old one. But anything that deviates from this workflow, you tend to run into problems.

> i tend to need a new iPhone every 2-4 months umm... what?

Yer. it could be fairly argued i don't care for it well.

But honestly the iPhone 6 is the most breakable thing i've ever owned.

Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by vilmosi »

guyzero wrote: post #342
lanterk wrote: post #289

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Not really, the quality is fine enough. And the other option (that takes up space) is called "Original Quality".

But the difference, if you read the docs, is that everything below 16 megapixels is the same for high quality and original quality. The only photos that ever get downsampled are ones above 16 megapixels.

Oh sweet, I didn't know that! :)

Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by dTal »

mistermann wrote: post #194
simonster wrote: post #171

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The article you linked to appears to describe something totally different. It says that if you delete your music from your computer, then re-downloading the music through Apple Music will give you DRMed files. But it also says: > If you haven’t deleted your own copies of your music, then there’s nothing to worry about. If you download onto other devices from Apple Music, those devices will get the DRM versions, but y…

When he says copies, I think he was referring to his backup ?

The author is a "she".

Re: Apple Stole My Music

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Post by dbalan »

josai wrote: post #69
dbalan wrote: post #51

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Maybe in the US - but its not outside. I've been trying to play this streaming game for now 1. Spotify - doesn't allow you to buy premium (which is availble worldwide) if you have a non-US credit card. 2. Apple Music - is available, but I use a linux laptop. 3. Rdio - shutdown. The vast majority of preference of the the people how they enjoy their music makes put "friendliest DRM" in the leagues of Unicorns.

> Spotify - doesn't allow you to buy premium [..] if you have a non-US credit card Huh? I assuredly have spotify premium on an Australian credit card, and I know people with it in other countries too. Spotify isn't even a US company.

Repharse - non US credit card with CC from a country where spotify isn't launched.

But they do allow you use spotify anywhere from the world if you have premium.

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