iTunes obsolete after 12 October?
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sjleworthy
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it'll be kept on my computer as my main music storage location and for music listening when im working on my desktop.
other than that, it'll be pretty redundant for me - my ipad will be wirelessly backed up to my portable flash drive once a week (which is what i use itunes for currently as i have no choice), and i purchase apps and music via my ipad anyway.
it's actually a pretty good question - what exactly or essentially will itunes be useful for from now on?
other than that, it'll be pretty redundant for me - my ipad will be wirelessly backed up to my portable flash drive once a week (which is what i use itunes for currently as i have no choice), and i purchase apps and music via my ipad anyway.
it's actually a pretty good question - what exactly or essentially will itunes be useful for from now on?
Tim SPRACKLEN
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As the OP suggested, will it still be needed for backups?
Tim
Tim
From what I understand you could get rid of iTunes and use iCloud as the back up but I'm still a bit reluctant about that. What's a couple of GB of data on a 2TB drive worth these days anyway?
I'd be waiting for a while (maybe iOS 5.1 at least) until I seriously considered pushing the delete button.
Apple will offer only so much free cloud storage (5GB, if I remember right), and I think they're only going to store content like music, books and apps, so you'd still need some place to back up everything else, even if you trust them to store music, books and apps.
I'm not the trusting sort, so I back up everything, lol.
If you go over Apple's cloud storage limit, you'll have to pay, or get free storage elsewhere.
Also, cloud storage relies on an Internet connection (whether wi-fi, my-fi, 3G, 4G, LTE, whatever). If you plan to stream or otherwise draw a lot from the cloud, you will need a data plan with a big allowance. And if your data speeds are slow, that can affect your quality of music, video, etc.
I'm not the trusting sort, so I back up everything, lol.
If you go over Apple's cloud storage limit, you'll have to pay, or get free storage elsewhere.
Also, cloud storage relies on an Internet connection (whether wi-fi, my-fi, 3G, 4G, LTE, whatever). If you plan to stream or otherwise draw a lot from the cloud, you will need a data plan with a big allowance. And if your data speeds are slow, that can affect your quality of music, video, etc.
GoPackGo
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I hate iTunes on my slow nearly 4 year old laptop, but I understand it works a lot better on Macs. My next computer will be an iMac, but I am hoping this Toshiba laptop lasts me for at least another year (until I get a salary- I'm student teaching this fall and spring and will be licensed in June) so I can actually afford one. But I'm glad iTunes will mainly be obsolete soon. I just plugged in my iPad yesterday to grab a podcast and to transfer a couple episodes of Breaking Bad and a couple movies onto it. It froze twice and took a good half hour just to do this. Aggravating!
They are following the same scheme as Amazon for the iCloud - iTunes media content will not count towards your total,* as they're storing it anyway. In my case, take that out of my total and 5GB is plenty of room (though I'd still rely on my AirStash anyway).
cf http://www.apple.com/icloud/what-is.html
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Poser
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i will be keeping iTunes forever, why would you wanna delete it, seems like a strange question to me.....maybe because its running good on my Mac, and i stored a lot in there, and organized a big music library, with a few playlists.....and i play music with it.
i usually update my iOS apps on my mac, create ringtones with iTunes, etc etc.
i have older devices that will continue to rely on its support.
keeper.
i usually update my iOS apps on my mac, create ringtones with iTunes, etc etc.
i have older devices that will continue to rely on its support.
keeper.
Depends on each user; that's why I included "if" in my post.
I don't assume that everyone's needs will be the same as mine. I have lots of content not purchased through iTunes.
In any case, I don't trust in cloud storage alone via Apple or Amazon. I back up everything. But to each his own.
GoPackGo
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Poser said:
Once I get an iMac, in a million years when I can afford one, all of my music is going back on it (it's on an external now since I have a small and old laptop) and iTunes will run beautifully. On said laptop though, which runs Vista unfortunately, iTunes sucks on it.
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