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To: engineer who wrote (212974)	8/14/2024 5:47:05 PM
From: OldAIMGuy	3 Recommendations Recommended By NAG1 Stock Puppy Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Re: MP3 Files of Music..................... I've copied many of my CDs to USB drives. Then I just plug the drive into my USB slot in my car and I have hours of listening, free of any commercials, and of my own choosing. No muss no fuss. Sometimes I select random playing and the sound system in my car draws from the USB drive in no predetermined way. Sometimes I'll choose to have it play through each album, one at a time. Right now I've been listening to the cuts in alphabetical order. I noted that "Born Free" came on with its mellow sound followed by "Born to be Wild!!!" :-) No Apple Music, No Sirius Radio.. just my own choices recorded from my own CDs. Best wishes, OAG

To: engineer who wrote (212974)	8/15/2024 7:19:59 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

> decided without asking or consulting, that ALL my songs were illegal and deleted them This is a really good reason why I'm still using a 12 year old Mac with Yosemite. I will buy a new Mac after I sell my home probably but I've downgraded how much I'm going to spend. I use my chromebook more now. Shit interface but Apple's really slipped on interfaces for no good reason I can see. I use a sony walkman for music now an an android phone. I'm very pleased with my phone. More than any other tech product in the past 15 years.

To: engineer who wrote (212974)	8/15/2024 8:48:24 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Respond to of 213177

> But then they decided wihtout asking or consulting, that ALL my songs were illegal and deleted them from all music playlists. So iTunes deleted your ripped songs from playlists but not the songs themselves from your music library? So if you recreated the playlists from those songs, they would work? The latest version of the Apple's Music app (formerly called iTunes, and not to be confused with the Apple Music streaming service) included with macOS Sonoma still lets you rip songs from CD if you have an external CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive connected to your Mac. I've done that for decades and still do when I buy the occasional CD. If Apple had determined that was 'illegal' then that functionality would have removed from the app. It also would have been a widely reported problem and garnered Apple press coverage, but that never occurred. Be careful not to attribute malice to that which can be explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence. In your case, perhaps a bug in iTunes or some other kind of glitch. I've never had iTunes or the Music app delete any music I've ripped from CD, not from my library nor from any playlists.