Help I Tunes and android

[jpaskell]

Anyone figure outyet how to move any restricted (drm) music from I Tunes to your android device? I have been working on it for two days now and can't do it. All pre 2009 music was restricted. I tried two programs at $20.00 and $25.00 to try to convert to mp3 and no luck.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[mikedt]

Quite easy actually, courtesy of Apple and completely legal as well.
.....no need to spend any more bucks on things that don't work,

http://www.wired.com/2014/03/kill-itunes-drm/

 

[jpaskell]

Mikedt
Thank you for the note. I appreciate it. I have tried your suggestion and cannot find the "show I tunes in the cloud purchases" under the store symbol.


I am using I tunes12.3.0.44 And it appears they want to charge me $24.99 to put my music in "the cloud" I think these folks have spent too much time in the clouds.


Thanks again for your kind help.

Jim

 

[mikedt]

OK that's something the article doesn't mention, you must have an Apple iCloud subscription. All I can say is, if you have a lot of DRM'd music purchases, that $24.99 might be your easiest option, because when they're in iCloud, you can download them all DRM free, and will play on your Android.

The other legal option is to burn audio CDs of the DRM'd M4P songs with iTunes, and re-rip them. Have a look at virtual CD burning options, will save on actually buying CD-Rs, I've never done this though.


Anything else that's supposed to crack Apple's FairPlay DRM, is illegal and can't be discussed on here, AF forum rules and DMCA.

 

[jpaskell]

Mikedt,

Thanks again for the information. Looks like I will have to bite the bullet and spend the $24.95. It will be a lot easier and then DONE.

Don't want to get involved in anything illegal. Not even sure if the software I bought is legal.

Again, thanks for the help.

Jim

 

[jpaskell]

O.K. I think I have it solved. Here is what worked for me:
1. Go to Itunes and open it up and sign in with your I.D. and password.
2. Go to playlist, and set up a playlist (name it so you will recognize it.)
3. Go to my music and in the upper right hand colum click on songs. The drop down menu
will show "sort by kind" click this and a ccolum will appear showing "kind"
4. From this column click the songs that you want ( about 10 per disc or 1 hour of music) that say "protected" and move them to
the play list you set up.
5. Install a CD in the CD Drive, click on the playlist and right click the play list and select " burn playlist to disc" burning will begin.
6. After playlist is burned, to the right side of the playlist it asks if you want to download the disc to you itunes music. Click yes you tunes will go to music with no drm on it. you now have two copies on protected and one not. I deleted the protected one
7. Move un-protected music where ever you wish. I used a flash drive and moved music to my android tablet and cell phone.

Good luck, let me know if you have any questions.

Jim