Q: will I lose albums in my iTunes library if I get Apple Music?
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Jun 11, 2016 7:52 AMby irina_w,HelpfulHi toddfrommatsudo,
Thanks for checking out the Apple Support Communities and for the detailed information about your music. I understand you don't want to lose access to any of your music and have questions about signing up for an Apple Music Membership.
As far as your previously purchased albums are concerned, you can download any of your past purchases using your Apple ID at any time. There are different steps depending on the device you're using but you can find all of the steps for doing this in the link below. However, it is important to note the following information at the bottom of that article:
Previous purchases might be unavailable if they've been refunded or aren't on the iTunes Store.
Download your past purchases - Apple Support
To answer your question about Apple Music, none of your current music is deleted when you join but it's always recommended that you backup your library first to ensure your data remains safe. These articles provide great information on what to do before you join Apple Music, how to sign up for Apple Music, and FAQ's on the membership.
About Apple Music - Apple Support
Join Apple Music on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC - Apple Support
Cheers!
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Jun 8, 2016 6:50 PMby toddfrommatsudo,And there in lies the rub. The first album I noticed as missing, is no longer available in the iTunes Store, and to my knowledge, I have not received a refund. But refund or not, I do not want to lose the album.
Having a little time yesterday, I checked on the large number of albums that I uploaded to iTunes. These are my CDs and cassette tapes that I have spent hours uncountable uploading and editing. They are in my iPad two but not in my newer iPads. Do I lose these too.
I have backed up my iTunes library in the past but little good that does me as iTunes on my MBA no longer works. I can access my backed up library but can not do anything with it as my MBA can no longer use iTunes.
So, it seems that I have to choose between keeping access to the music I have spent hundreds of hours uploading to iTunes at the expense of not being able to buy new music or give up all these songs for the ability to buy new music. I do hope those are not my only two options?
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Jun 9, 2016 5:30 PMby ed2345,Helpfultoddfrommatsudo wrote:
Yes, backed up to external hard drive, but how do I play my iTunes library on a computer that won't play iTunes? At present, my only access to much of my music is with my iPad 2.
Todd,
From the iPad, you can add songs from Apple Music without upsetting the songs already on the iPad, as Irina noted above.
However, getting songs from the hard drive to your iPad - such as that album that is no longer available in the store - will be a challenge. Unless you have previously uploaded your content to the cloud via iTunes Match or similar offering, you will need a computer to get songs from the hard drive to a device.
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Jun 9, 2016 5:30 PMby toddfrommatsudo,My apart from the problem I have with iTunes not working on my MBA, my experience has been that once something disappears from one device, syncing another device with it causes the something to be disappeared from the other device.
IS this likly to happen after I go through the trouble and time trying to solve my MBA iTunes problem?
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Jun 9, 2016 6:35 PMby ed2345,toddfrommatsudo wrote:
Yes, backed up to external hard drive, but how do I play my iTunes library on a computer that won't play iTunes?
You can't. Assuming the music is backed up to an external hard drive, as you previously mentioned, keep that drive in a safe place until you get access to a working computer.
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Jun 11, 2016 1:33 AMby toddfrommatsudo,I don't think it's a computer problem. My iTunes library disappeared after an iOS update. After the update, I was given the option to switch to Apple Music. Having lost access to my entire iBooks library when I opted to move my iBook files from iTunes to the then new iBooks app, I chose not to. Immediately after refusing the offer to switch to Apple Music, my iTunes library disappeared, just as my iBooks library did in the past.
Damned if you do, damned if don't, it would seem.
My iTunes library still takes up 60GB of storage on my MBA but can not access any of it.
Is it possible to have Apple Music on my MBA and keep iTunes on my iPads?
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Jun 12, 2016 6:31 AMby toddfrommatsudo,Forgive my persistance, but agreeing to upgrade to the iBooks app on my MBA DID cause me to lose all 7000+ PDFs I had saved to iBooks on all my devices. Once bitten, twice shy.
I will Not lose the files I saved from my own CDs and casette tapes? I will Not lose the songs I purchased from the iTunes store but are no longer available at the iTunes store?
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Jun 12, 2016 7:01 AMby ed2345,toddfrommatsudo wrote:
Forgive my persistance, but agreeing to upgrade to the iBooks app on my MBA DID cause me to lose all 7000+ PDFs I had saved to iBooks on all my devices. Once bitten, twice shy.
I will Not lose the files I saved from my own CDs and casette tapes? I will Not lose the songs I purchased from the iTunes store but are no longer available at the iTunes store?
Hi Todd, The answer is you won't. However, considering the bad experience with iBooks, and the fact that your backup seems to be in questionable condition, your concern is not at all misplaced.
In your case, I suggest that you defer consideration of Apple Music for now. See what you can do with the backup copies of your music to get them usable again.
If you are hankering for some streaming music meanwhile, try an alternative offering such as Spotify that will not in any way interact with your iTunes library.
