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86. Here's a couple good links for Amazon Prime and Audible Free Trials

Thu May 5, 2016, 07:42 PM

May 2016

Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial

Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

I don't recommend the Kindle Free trial because I prefer to use MoonReader on Android.

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Apple Stole My Music. No Seriously. [View all] TalkingDog May 2016 OP

I have a 300GB iTunes folder and have 2 backups of it offline. corkhead May 2016 #1

I have a 4TB iTunes drive array (2 drives) for my music, books, movies, tv shows. LiberalArkie May 2016 #26

That's nothing RoccoR5955 May 2016 #45

*That's* nothing... Roland99 May 2016 #47

I think I have three of those CD-Rs RoccoR5955 May 2016 #50

I just have the iTunes in the 4TB raid and just a standalone 4tb for my time machine backups and a LiberalArkie May 2016 #51

That's nothing... pangaia May 2016 #80

Oh you have me beat by a mile. I would imagine the Hope Arkansas speaker will load the Mac down LiberalArkie May 2016 #83

Klipschhorns will deafen you as well... pangaia May 2016 #84

I found out that my digital music sounds like crap on an analog system but sound ok with a digital LiberalArkie May 2016 #90

Sadly, I HAD a couple of industrial split Klipsch LaScalas and a couple of industrial Klipsch Dustlawyer May 2016 #112

You picked your wife over all that great stuff??? pangaia May 2016 #121

Quite the opposite! Now i have neither but i dont miss the ex-wife! Dustlawyer May 2016 #122

So you were prepared to play Scriabin, eh.... pangaia May 2016 #128

Real audio equipment Mnpaul May 2016 #96

2 mono Marantz amps pangaia May 2016 #99

I know some who has a pile of those McIntosh amps Mnpaul May 2016 #100

Marantz. :))) pangaia May 2016 #102

Beats me too... freebrew May 2016 #120

I have no idea what you are talking about, and don't even want to know. pangaia May 2016 #76

Sounds like somebody didn't follow instructions, nor did they have a back up of their media. onehandle May 2016 #2

Do you compose music? The OP is talking about having placed his own music, his own JDPriestly May 2016 #14

And I would bet Apple is ... Delver Rootnose May 2016 #22

And what do you base that supposition on? hueymahl May 2016 #42

I compose and I would never allow iTunes in my house. lagomorph777 May 2016 #124

Not quite correct Saviolo May 2016 #24

Then they used it wrong. onehandle May 2016 #32

I'm going to recommend you back it up frequently Saviolo May 2016 #56

Everything I do is backed up 2 places locally, +1 remotely. onehandle May 2016 #58

Congratulations rpannier May 2016 #107

"Do you really own this music? Show us your papers please! Ah no papers, you say..." jonno99 May 2016 #28

Just what to expect for the fuel corperatized JackInGreen May 2016 #43

I've never had this happen to me. Atman May 2016 #63

Hey man, I just, like, borrowed your car man, just ask anytime you want it back. NT Jerry442 May 2016 #77

Not at all. Atman May 2016 #82

Never happened to me either. Mix of ripped CD's, purchased MP3s, iTunes Store stuff, emulatorloo May 2016 #117

My mom still can't figure out Apple Mail. Atman May 2016 #123

Really. So you have no problem with a corporation altering your personal computer files cui bono May 2016 #104

Jesus Saves. mwooldri May 2016 #3

3TB portable hard drives are pretty cheap at Costco. NT 1939 May 2016 #62

I still buy CDs. The music goes into my iPod via my Mac, and therefore at some point... Hekate May 2016 #4

Wow, that bit about "1984" is certainly... ironic. n/t Beartracks May 2016 #25

That's one reason it stuck in my mind the way it did. Hekate May 2016 #36

Hm... I didn't know that about Kindle ebooks. I'll make sure to back up the ones I have. cui bono May 2016 #57

It was really weird. The customers found their accounts had been credited... Hekate May 2016 #64

Totally agree. I don't buy digital movies for that reason if they are stored on the cloud. cui bono May 2016 #71

I thought I had you on ignore but I guess not. Thanks for the tip corkhead May 2016 #73

See? We can heal the wounds! you're welcome. Hekate May 2016 #95

You can get a lot of free books, including classics, on freekindlebooks.org. nt tblue37 May 2016 #127

Also go to freekindlebooks.org for more freebies. nt tblue37 May 2016 #125

Same here. We have used CD stores and I buy albums for $1-6 and own them for life. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #69

I convert my e-books to MOBI for my kindle BuddhaGirl May 2016 #85

Our kids gave us Amazon Prime and a flat screen tv for Christmas. morningglory May 2016 #5

The Big Lebowski is FREE to watch with Amazon Prime. Nye Bevan May 2016 #8

Can I watch this free movie? Or do I have to pay to watch this free movie? Orrex May 2016 #10

You need to be a member of Amazon Prime. Nye Bevan May 2016 #13

Neat-o. Thanks for the tip! Orrex May 2016 #35

If you buy something on Amazon and they offer you their rewards card I recommend it! cui bono May 2016 #75

Here's a couple good links for Amazon Prime and Audible Free Trials greyl May 2016 #86

But you have to pay for Amazon Prime. For some, that is a problem even though it does JDPriestly May 2016 #17

Yes, but the poster I was replying to had been given Amazon Prime as a gift (nt) Nye Bevan May 2016 #19

I believe my issue is our daughter-in-law gave it to my morningglory May 2016 #48

Family shares prime catchnrelease May 2016 #55

I thought that only worked for shipping. cui bono May 2016 #72

My mother-on-law would never, ever be able to watch videos on Amazon. Nye Bevan May 2016 #92

Solution! morningglory May 2016 #93

Disney allows family sharing to Prime accounts. Atman May 2016 #94

They did this to me. I'm trying to figure out how to get it all back and cancel. nt silvershadow May 2016 #6

This is what we get for electing neoliberals who are beholden to Hollywood for campaign donations. Baobab May 2016 #7

Yes, Only Bernie Sanders can protect us from the horrors of the digital age. Orrex May 2016 #11

the other candidate mooseprime May 2016 #54

Um... RiverNoord May 2016 #15

Good advice. snot May 2016 #9

I have ZILCH to do with Apple or their DRM. HughBeaumont May 2016 #12

Apple music has been DRM free since 2009. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #16

This isn't anything new Oneironaut May 2016 #18

Apple stole from you the minute you bought one of their products Egnever May 2016 #20

Please. RoccoR5955 May 2016 #46

Keep telling yourself that Egnever May 2016 #60

No I did not buy into Apple's marketing RoccoR5955 May 2016 #81

Don't know who you are trying to kid Egnever May 2016 #101

You forgot RoccoR5955 May 2016 #111

Nope. I got my laptop for half the price the same specs would have cost for a Mac cui bono May 2016 #74

It did that to me, too. polly7 May 2016 #21

Everything that I've put into iTunes is saved somewhere else MrScorpio May 2016 #23

You know you can use iTunes without Genius or Apple Music. Initech May 2016 #27

Same here. KatyMan May 2016 #30

I've lost MP3s here and there, Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #33

I usually mix down to mp3 for the size KatyMan May 2016 #34

I mix down to AIFF, then convert that to MP3 for sharing. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #68

You can also use your Apple devices without iTunes at all. lagomorph777 May 2016 #40

Yet another victim of Apple's "we'll do it all for you, one size fits all!" mentality. apnu May 2016 #29

every time itunes updates mopinko May 2016 #31

I have a high capacity iPod. I used a product that let me backup from that back into iTunes diane in sf May 2016 #109

You didn't read the Terms Of Service Capt. Obvious May 2016 #37

People are bitching about iTunes yet keep using it! progressoid May 2016 #38

I got rid of iTunes years ago after it silently deleted all my iPod (paid) content lagomorph777 May 2016 #39

Barnes & Noble and Amazon are heading in this direction, too. TygrBright May 2016 #41

The US government stole and/or destroyed They_Live May 2016 #44

You forgot the prime rule of cloud computing SwankyXomb May 2016 #53

I know that They_Live May 2016 #61

I'm super anal about my music files. Javaman May 2016 #49

Fuck Apple, fuck subscription services, and fuck the "cloud" scam. arcane1 May 2016 #52

Back up everything, and repeatedly, to multiple types of media. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #59

Dumped itunes years ago Mnpaul May 2016 #65

It's weird that people are defending this (and blaming the victim). ecstatic May 2016 #66

Nothing unusual here Egnever May 2016 #106

No, Apple Music is not deleting tracks off your hard drive — unless you tell it to Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #67

Every time I update iTunes, it takes out some of my old ripped mp3s auntpurl May 2016 #70

This thread is a perfect example of victim blaming tymorial May 2016 #78

Apple made the minebot app I liked using useless! LW1977 May 2016 #79

Hmmm, I guess it pays to stay with Amazon. dilby May 2016 #87

That's about how I figured it worked bhikkhu May 2016 #88

iTunes has been a fascist dick since the beginning Ron Obvious May 2016 #89

I guess I don't fucking get it. Why would anyone want to watch a movie more than once? madinmaryland May 2016 #91

That is why I hold on to my physical copies of "Barbarella", and "Wild in the Streets". braddy May 2016 #97

Easy answer: steal it back. hunter May 2016 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #103

Like when Amazon wiped all copies of Orwell's "1984" off of people's Kindles. bjo59 May 2016 #105

Been a big time Mac user since 1998. C Moon May 2016 #108

With DRM, and any kind of software really, you don't "own" anything other than a license to use it. baldguy May 2016 #110

Anybody who uses that Apple Music crap is an idiot. tabasco May 2016 #113

Tried itunes maybe ten years ago, miyazaki May 2016 #114

We have always been at war with Eastasia harun May 2016 #115

unrec for FUD. But agree about back-ups of media. emulatorloo May 2016 #116

Never used iTunes and never will. hobbit709 May 2016 #118

My library is very similar and I use iTunes. emulatorloo May 2016 #119

Apple is human paraquat. Gomez163 May 2016 #126