![]() I’ve calmed down somewhat after re-syncing my phone and a couple of glasses of Chardonnay but let me tell you this if I was on a plane or overseas or working remotely or any of the other cases I described above and I suddenly lost all my music I would be beyond infuriated. And designed to engender lock-in and dependence. It’s why I would NEVER buy a HomePod that lacks any kind of input other than through Apple software. Does this mean if I delete the “TV” app it’s going to delete all my synced movies too? I can bet the app won’t tell me if it does!įourth, this whole thing demonstrates what Apple can do with its proprietary software. Conversely it’s illogical and unfriendly to delete delete data *under any circumstance* without expressly telling the user you’re going to do so. It’s therefore logical to assume that deleting Apple’s Music app won’t delete your library. Third, if a music library is tied to the iOS Music app, why does it let me sync this music to the phone without the app installed and subsequently play it through other players? This tells the user that the music is *NOT* in fact tied to the app. Let me offer something further about risk and courtesy: how about before deleting 120 GB of music you give the user at least some kind of indication that you’re going to do this?! Perhaps even a couple of “Are you sure” confirmations? * you don’t have access to your library because it may be on storage devices in storage if you’re moving or otherwise andįor these users how would you feel if you were travelling overseas, perhaps even accidentally deleted the iOS Music app (this has happened MANY times for me with other apps) and then suddenly your entire music library is gone? * you travel for long periods of the year - such as working remotely or in other countries without access to your library What isn’t a big deal for you could be a very big deal for some users ![]() * you sold or no longer own a computer in which to sync your library I’ve gone a year without owning a Mac and having access to my library stored on a Mac-formatted drive. The impact may be low for most users who have ready access to a Mac or other computer to sync their iTunes library, but for myself and a small proportion of users who don’t the impact is *massive* and the likelihood is not as low as you might think either (see below)! Let me offer a few cases in which you might not be able to re-sync your library: Risk is generally understood to be likelihood times impact. Second, let me offer something about risk. ![]() But the fact that it’s new to me, a someone power user, means it also must be new - and potentially problematic to other people. You may be right that it’s not as recent as I initially suspected, possibly only a new iOS 11 “feature” rather than a recent 11.2.x change. ![]() Thanks for your more reasonable and decent response compared with those immediate and snarky Apple-defenders above, but let me retort and further explain or justify how significant a change this could be for some users. Oh and syncing my music to the phone with the latest version of iTunes on Mac won't work with a near new officially-licensed lightning cable by reputable brand Cygnett but does with an old Apple lightning cable. Here's a simple graphical error they haven't even fixed by 11.2.5 never mind all the other bugs, some of which I reported months ago but haven't been fixed. you removed SD card readers from your laptops? How convenient! Suddenly a 256 GB (or more) SD card with my music and movies that I can add to and delete from any time without your buggy iOS or Mac iTunes software doesn't sound so bad. Luckily I have access to the library so I can re-sync it, but I don't usually so in that case I would've been royally screwed! This is the kind of ******** that will make me switch platforms, and you know what Apple: it's not as hard as you might think. They are my own library of songs ripped from CD or bought by me personally! I'm *never* melodramatic, but get this: I just deleted the default iOS Music app from my phone (7 Plus 256) running the latest version of iOS (11.2.5, not beta software) because it's by most accounts pretty crap, my free subscription to Apple Music is about to expire (and I have no intention of ever paying for that service), and I much prefer my third-party music player - and it wiped my entire (personal) synced music library from my phone over 120 GB!!! WTF!!! Just to be clear: these are not Apple Music tracks and I have never used iTunes Match.
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