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I recently discovered that Itunes dropped the music album 'resident evil 5' from Itunes store, but I still have it on my computer library.
I want to keep it, so:
When I buy a new computer, will I be able to transfer my purchased songs to the new computer?
Is there a way to back up my music and movie purchases to the cloud and be able to back them up even when apple loses the streaming rights to that particular song or movie? or does cloud only backup what is streamable?
Gator Bait,
Please make a backup of your entire iTunes library (and other valuable content) onto physical media such as an external hard drive.
Backups of audio files are not subject to future decisions about streaming rights.
Gator Bait,
Please make a backup of your entire iTunes library (and other valuable content) onto physical media such as an external hard drive.
Backups of audio files are not subject to future decisions about streaming rights.
Thank you so much for replying.
Just to clarify.
If I back up my itunes library on the ICloud, is my content safe from future changes in streaming rights, (Meaning, I could just download my content from the Icloud to my device) or does it need to be physical hard-drive?
Hi Gator Bait,
Here is the official answer from the Apple Legal Statement: "It is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage Content once downloaded. We encourage you to back up your Content regularly."
As you know, the risk of using iCloud is that content may become unavailable. If you are not comfortable taking that risk, then a local physical backup is in order.
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