>fire up itunes >ERROR: PLEASE SIGN IN BEFORE WE LET YOU DO ANYTHING >fuck off >same fucking text box pops up demanding I sign in >fuck off >.1/2 an hour or so passes, piece of shit text box pops up again, pauses music I was listening to >google how I get this to stop happening >deauthorize your computer >ok >stop getting the popup for a few weeks >starts doing it again and I have to deauthorize it all over again HOW THE FUCK DO I GET THIS TO STOP
>use something besides itunes fuck you, this is where all my music already is when I was loading up my ipod over a decade ago
>>130567260 whats not to get? theres no reason it should be prompting to sign in when Im just accessing my library, or why it prompts again despite deauthorizing
>>130567260 Apple wasn't this bad back when I was using a Mac roughly 15 years ago. It's a shame that it appears as though they've completely bought into this "always online for everything" bullshit.
>>130567213 I can't relate I'm a turbo sperg who rips crusty compressed licensed music from game iso's and puts them on my phone until I only have like 700-800 megabytes of space left and I just kinda listen to it. You know the shit quality really adds to the nostalgia actually.
>>130567213 >>130567260 I was like this once. You need to learn how to not instantly piss your diaper and throw a tantrum when faced with computer problems. It makes it way easier.
>>130567213 >go to itunes library >select all >drag to music folder in windows explore >uninstall itunes >install foobar >set foobar library to music folder
>>130567213 wait. WAIT. iTunes, not Apple Music? are you trying to listen to a library of local files and your media player is trying to get you to sign into some online shit? please tell me thats not whats happening. because if it is, thats the shittest shit Ive ever heard in my life.
>>130567213 >HOW DO I GET THIS TO STOP don't use itunes actually abstain from using anything named with I- affix it's good for u and not let you become a whining faggot
>>130567213 it took me literally years to learn how to stop having this fucking thing. i can't rememver how i did it though :D it was something really dumb, like deleting a preferences file or whatever.
>>130569436 iTunes can play files that are on your computer, but if you buy a song or album in iTunes it won't release it into your computer's file manager. Instead it's held hostage by iTunes and associated with your iCloud account, so you need to sign in at access and pay music bought from the iTunes Store.
>>130572899 >buy music with actual literal physical money >only get conditional access to it under tightly prescribed circumstances why do people accept this shit