New "please back it up" message in iTunes

[Doctor Q]

I got the message

Thank you for purchasing from the iTunes Music Store.
Your music is valuable - please back it up in case your
computer fails.

[ ] Do not show this message again​

from iTunes after downloading a tune last night.

I don't remember seeing it before. Is this message new? When did it start appearing?

 

[RBMaraman]

I first saw the message about 6 months ago. There have been multiple threads posted about this already.

 

[Littleodie914]

Nope, nothing too new. Already been discussed, actually:

 

[Doctor Q]

Thanks! I did do a forum search before posting, but without finding those threads, probably because people put a picture of the text instead of typing the words. I typed the text with future forum searchers in mind. But I also posted the picture in case you didn't believe me!

That still leaves the question of why some of you saw the message 6 months ago and I got it for the first time yesterday, even though I download from iTMS regularly.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Interesting....

I wonder if it has anything to do with that one disastrous iTunes update that wiped people's hard drives....

 

[Phat_Pat]

Interesting....

I wonder if it has anything to do with that one disastrous iTunes update that wiped people's hard drives....

whoa nelly... never heard of that one

 

[Thomas Veil]

It was pulled quickly, like, the next day or so. I couldn't remember all the details, so I Googled it and found the details here. Seems it didn't erase all HDs, but some people did lose a significant amount of data. Kind of embarrassing for Apple.

 

[Doctor Q]

Maybe this message appears only when Mac OS detects that your computer is going to fail soon, and that's why we see it so rarely. How thoughtful of Apple!

 

[Kingsnapped]

I saw that message for the first time when I set up an account for my dad and we bought about 30 songs. Maybe the message comes up when a certain amount of songs are purchased? I thought it was pretty cool too.

The next day, I bought my 250gig HD and backed everything up. I swear, it had nothing to do with iTunes telling me to...

 

[Doctor Q]

Maybe the message comes up when a certain amount of songs are purchased?.

Scratch that theory. I got the message on two different Macs with two different iTMS accounts, starting the same day. One has many more tunes than the other.

 

[Mechcozmo]

ABP (already been posted)



But it is a good idea for Apple to do this...