So sick of iTunes! Options?
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Tourer
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So sick of iTunes! Options?
I have nothing but trouble with iTunes on a mac...I'm sick of it. Years ago, I used to use Roxio on a PC and loved it. So, what is the best music program for ripping from cd's to put on USB....and where is the best place to buy mp3's to dump to USB all so that they will play on my bike?
Thanks....
Thanks....
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If you get a subscription service through apple music it will allow you to download some of the subscription music to a stick, but the file format is protected so most HUs won't play it. The only work around is to play the music through the app on your phone or an ipod. Note that this doesn't mean you have to stream/use data - you can download them to the device and then play with no data issues at all as often as you want. There's another thread out there that discusses this, and one of the things I found is that even if you have an ipod nano or ipod shuffle you can play the music through the ipod, but the Rushmore 6.5 HU won't recognize the file type. The ipod touch works fine because it plays the music through the app, not just from the file. As far as I know the amazon unlimited subscription service won't let you download any subscription songs to a stick.
Road Warrior
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I got really tired of Itunes losing a lot of my library that I added from cds and other sources. I switched to buying from mp3 sources like Amazon and I use Windows Media player to manage my library. I have over 30 years in IT and would never waste my money on an Apple computer (3×$ and less than 1/2 the computing power) but that's jmho. Media player has never lost a song yet.
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I got really tired of Itunes losing a lot of my library that I added from cds and other sources. I switched to buying from mp3 sources like Amazon and I use Windows Media player to manage my library. I have over 30 years in IT and would never waste my money on an Apple computer (3×$ and less than 1/2 the computing power) but that's jmho. Media player has never lost a song yet.
Road Warrior
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I can't speak to the actual size of Amazon's library but I have never had a problem finding what I was looking for. The files are in mp3 format and also be converted to other formats after download. Most of the cds that I have purchased from Amazon come with an mp3 download as well. There are other options as well but I personally use Amazon for convenience.
Last edited by Springerfan; Apr 29, 2017 at 03:44 PM.
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I've been using google play and then downloading to a thumb drive with no problems at all. Not sure if that helps with Apple products though.
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Do you buy individual songs from google play or is it a subscription service?
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I got really tired of Itunes losing a lot of my library that I added from cds and other sources. I switched to buying from mp3 sources like Amazon and I use Windows Media player to manage my library. I have over 30 years in IT and would never waste my money on an Apple computer (3×$ and less than 1/2 the computing power) but that's jmho. Media player has never lost a song yet.
