iTunes Security
April 21, 2006
For several years now, I've been helping people learn how to operate their iPods + iTunes. Despite never having used a Mac at work, I do own a G4 PowerBook, and I've recently been bringing it to the office. Two days ago a coworker asked to use my Mac to download an album using her iTunes account and then add the tracks to her iPod. I was fine with that. I always do what I can to help people out. So she authorizes my computer and downloads the album. Then she asks if I can burn an audio CD with the tracks for a friend. No problem. Album created. Out of curiosity I took the burned audio CD and placed it in my work computer (Dell Optiplex GX520). My unauthorized work iTunes program of course recognized the CD, but also allowed me to rip the tracks from it as if it was a regular store-bought music CD. Now, I didn't try it on my Mac, but I'm sure it would have worked the same. Isn't this something Mr. Jobs said wasn't possible to do as part of the terms of getting all these artists to sign on for iTunes' initial launch? And more importantly, why hasn't this been brought up in the mainstream media coverage of Apple? With all the eyes on Apple these days it's surprising we haven't heard about this before. Happy ripping and mixing.
November 28, 2006 at 6:23 pm
I just got my 2000t and all of my songs are skipping in iTunes, and I cant figure out why. If someone could help me out and tell me how to fix this I would really appreciate it because its driving me crazy. Thanks for the replys.
December 14, 2006 at 5:34 pm
I’m assuming none of the now-skipping songs were skipping on your older computer. If that’s the case then there was a probolem with the transfer from old to new. How did you do this? I would do it again, but don’t do anything while files are being copied to a different location. I’d be happy to discuss this with you. Let me know if you’d like to talk. This is a slightly touchy procedure, but certainly something that can be fixed.