Want to Buy the Entire Album - Not Complete It

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mcdowd Author

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Want to Buy the Entire Album - Not Complete It

Apple doesn't appear to want my money. 😕

I have several old DRM protected songs from an album in my library.

They are not available to be re-downloaded in a DRM free format - I tried the delete and redownload process.

I've no interest in iTunes match and am quite happy to simply rebuy the songs as part of the entire album.

The problem is iTunes knows I own the songs and will not allow me to purchase the entire album. iTunes only offers me the option to complete the album.

As a test, I clicked Complete My Album (CMA) to see if, perhaps, iTunes would offer me the chance to either complete or rebuy the entire album. No luck. iTunes simply says we will not redownload previously purchased songs. iTunes own CMA FAQ implies it will not replace DRM songs with DRM free songs if you use CMA.

How does a Complete My Album offer with iTunes Plus songs work?

If the songs you own are AAC Protected or a mix of both AAC Protected and iTunes Plus, the Complete My Album offer will deliver the remaining songs in iTunes Plus if iTunes Plus content is available.

Anyone out know if you can disable or otherwise bypass CMA so I can rebuy the entire album DRM free?

Maybe you've got another suggestion?

Thanks.

Posted on Jul 3, 2015 9:26 AM

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Answer 1

ed2345

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Jul 3, 2015 5:19 PM in response to mcdowd

You can buy the complete album from someone who is willing to sell it to you, such as Amazon Digital Music or Google Play Music, and add it to your iTunes library.

Alternatively, you can use iTunes to burn your existing DRM versions to audio CD, which can be used like any audio CD.

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mcdowd Author

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Jul 6, 2015 5:35 AM in response to ed2345

Thanks. I am hoping there's a better idea out there.

I would like to have the entire DRM free from iTunes.

Maybe there's another way.

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mcdowd Author

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Jul 6, 2015 5:50 AM in response to mcdowd

So, it looks like if you click the album's purchase price from the iTunes summary page, not the detailed album page, you get the option to rebuy the entire album. Has anyone tried this?

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