Lucky for you. After 4 failures, customer support has now told me that my inability to upgrade is not a "typical error" and that they have no idea how to fix it. So you just kept trying and it eventually worked, without changing or doing anything?
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iTunes Plus, who's upgrading?
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Lucky for you. After 4 failures, customer support has now told me that my inability to upgrade is not a "typical error" and that they have no idea how to fix it. So you just kept trying and it eventually worked, without changing or doing anything?
Cynicalone
macrumors 68040
I've now upgraded twice. I still have 50 song's showing up as protected, not counting of course all the video files.
So far
So far
- 1st batch $27.89
- 2nd batch $13.48
pjarvi
macrumors 65816
Upgrading right now. 319 songs for $77. There are 2 albums in there that I don't want to upgrade, but whatev'. It's less than half of my non-plus library that it's upgrading though. I still have another 515 songs that are not available to upgrade yet.
So far only 1 Explicit getting replaced by a Clean: Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver.
There is one other big annoyance besides that: It doesn't keep modifications made to the tags! If you put a lot of time and effort into sorting your music by modifying the tags (Get Info), you're gonna have to do it all over again! 😡
So far only 1 Explicit getting replaced by a Clean: Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver.
There is one other big annoyance besides that: It doesn't keep modifications made to the tags! If you put a lot of time and effort into sorting your music by modifying the tags (Get Info), you're gonna have to do it all over again! 😡
For the most part, tags should *not* change. The upgrade replaces your files but should not modify your tags, though it does look like it will now replenish fields that you have previously cleared (such as composer or comments).
In some cases if the file swap isn't exact (i.e. a standard instead of a deluxe edition, or a reissue with better artwork, etc.) then the replacement doesn't properly take and you can end up with two versions of the same album.
My "upgrade clog" was finally cleared last night and I downloaded most of the night. I don't know what they did, but they fixed it without much fanfare. Those of you who are getting the endless "wait for e-mail" loop might try contacting customer support rather than waiting.
evilyankeefan
macrumors regular
I don't want to post the info here because it's probably not allowed, but anyone who wants to upgrade their entire library to DRM-free should look into getting a cheap itunes gift card or two. It will dramatically reduce the costs of upgrading while also allowing you to buy new music much cheaper.
huh?? This makes no sense. The iTunes gift cards don't give you any discounts. A $50 iTunes gift card buys you exactly uhhh.... $50 worth of iTunes Store stuff. The same amount had you used a credit card.
iTunes gift cards are only "cheap" only if it's your birthday and someone gave it to you for free.
Tallest Skil
macrumors P6
But I've been reading that 8.0.2 breaks Requiemed songs, so what does that even mean? Could you still see the songs on which you had used Requiem when you updated iTunes?
Yes, but know how eBay works. That eBay seller will then charge $25 shipping to send you that $75 gift card. Bwahahahahahahaha!!! 😀
techfreak85
macrumors 68040
say you wanted to get the (not so)new coldplay album. You could get it. iTunes Plus, drm free, and you dont need to upgrade the rest of your library. you dont have to play the $100 to upgrade the rest of ur library.
I upgraded about 800 total songs the first day, and still have 2,417 protected songs in my 15,844-song library. I'm hoping they show up in iTunes Plus gradually, because even the 800-song batch was a lot of money to spend at once, and the downloads took forever.
ltldrummerboy
macrumors 68000
Absolutely. If you upgrade to 8.0.2 it breaks Requiem, not songs that had Requiem applied to them. I have the latest version of iTunes and have no DRMed songs in my library, but still have the option of upgrading to iTunes+ if I want.
The Evil Secret Plan of Apple.... is... well... maybe I'm the FIRST one to realize that the sudden "explosion" of DRM-free 256kbps higher-quality and DOUBLE-THE-SIZE tracks means that many many many iPod Nano (and older iPod owners) will be forced to buy newer iPods/iTouches for the larger capacity.
Including me. Once I upgrade all my tunes to the Plus format, my 8gb Nano will have little space left. Ugh. Time to buy a larger capacity ipod.
Did no one else realize this? 😱
Including me. Once I upgrade all my tunes to the Plus format, my 8gb Nano will have little space left. Ugh. Time to buy a larger capacity ipod.
Did no one else realize this? 😱
If you know where to look you can get itunes gift cards much cheaper than "face value". I've purchased several myself.
you're not being forced to upgrade. or use the new tracks on the ipod. or always have your whole library on your ipod... etc.
but sure it wont hurt apple in some ways im sure.
I for one, will be upgrading. Mainly because I received some gift cards for Best Buy, and I bought a $50 iTunes Card. I also had some money left on my account from previous iTunes Cards. So I am not having to pay a lot. . Oh and my fee to upgrade will be around.... $70-$75 I think, not sure but I think thats right. Not all my songs are available at the moment.
Old Muley
macrumors 6502a
I decided to give it a shot, and iTunes plus was going to cost me just over $17.00 to upgrade everything. Compared to some of the other folks here, that not too bad- still, that's three full albums plus a handful of songs. For the same cost, I could have traded for 17 full albums on www.musicboomerang.com and ripped DRM-free music at any bit-rate I like!
drlunanerd
macrumors 68000
The upgrade fee is more than I would appreciated.
And it is all or nothing model, and this totally sucks!
I would only upgrade a portion of what I have purchased. Because I got CDs for some of the songs I purchased. It is absurd to require us to upgrade everything. Feels like the music industry is trying too hard to squeeze money out of us.
And it is all or nothing model, and this totally sucks!
I would only upgrade a portion of what I have purchased. Because I got CDs for some of the songs I purchased. It is absurd to require us to upgrade everything. Feels like the music industry is trying too hard to squeeze money out of us.
Its garbage, the ones that went with the DRM files are the ones that are screwed..in essence the early adapters. So while I pay all together $1.30 for DRM free tracks the people just signing up can get it for $1. What a rip off.
I'm not paying $250 to update my 833 protected files, I'll just go around another way. What a bunch of CRAP.
techfreak85
macrumors 68040
Has anyone really tested whether the new 256 versions sound better than the old 128 ones? Or is the advantage more theoretical, even on good sound systems?