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iTunes Plus upgrade available on a per track basis
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... It's nice to see that Apple has seen the light on this. Note that Macworld is reporting some kind of glitch with using the shopping cart and are saying you need to turn on the buy with 1-click option in the iTunes Store preferences to get the correct upgrade price (and not be charged the full album price again). ...
Apple’s iTunes Plus DRM-free music upgrades go a la carte
MacDailyNews —
... enough money to upgrade your iTunes library to the DRM-free [and higher quality 256-kpbs AAC] iTunes Plus format, you can put coffee back on the menu. Apple has dispensed with the iTunes Store all-or-nothing upgrade policy," Christopher Breen reports for Macworld. "Until today, anyone who wished to upgrade his or her music from iTunes’ protected format to iTunes Plus was required to upgrade every track in his or her library," Breen reports.That’s no longer the case." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Praise Jobs!
iTunes Plus debuts a-la carté pricing (updated)
The Apple Core —
... Macworld reports that Apple has bowed to the pressure and made upgrades to DRM-free iTunes Plus music available on a track-by-track basis. Previously it was an all or nothing proposition, if you wanted to upgrade a single track to iTunes Plus you had to upgrade all your tracks to iTunes Plus. Now when you visit the ...
Apple Intros Individual Track iTunes Plus Upgrades
AppScout —
... Users looking to upgrade tracks will now find Buy buttons next to purchased albums. The prices are still same as before, however--$.30 per track and $.60 per music video. Oh, and, as Macworld points out, be sure to switch your store preferences to Buy and Download Using 1-Click, lest iTunes make you re-buy the already purchased album.
iTunes Plus upgrades get an important feature: Choice
VentureBeat —
... Now, rather than having to upgrade your whole library to iTunes Plus, you can choose to just update individual tracks or albums, as Macworld points out. Each track costs $0.30 to upgrade from DRM-laced to iTunes Plus and albums usually cost the amount of all their tracks added together. ...
iTunes Plus upgrades go à la carte
SuperSite Blog —
... I hailed it as a good sign. In fact, with Windows 7 picking up AAC compatibility across the board, iTunes’ use of 256 Mbps non-protected AAC files suddenly makes more sense, and that service is among those offering the highest quality songs. There was just one niggling problem: If you wanted to upgrade your existing collection of purchased iTunes music (i.e. 128 Kbps Protected AAC junk), you had to upgrade the whole collection. You couldn’t just pick and choose which songs to upgrade. According to Macworld (yes, they’re apparently still around), that’s changed: ...
Newshounds sniff out traces of next-gen iPhone
GMSV —
... on the music in the iTunes Store came with a couple of catches. First, if you wanted to upgrade previously purchased music for maximum portability and higher quality, it would cost you 30 cents per track or $3 for an album listing at $9.99. Second, the upgrade process was an all-or-nothing deal a daunting barrier for those with large libraries. As of today, you’ll still have to pay, but ou’ll have the option of picking and choosing the individual tracks and albums to upgrade. * Just a rumor, but for what it’s worth, PocketGamer’s sources say Apple has plans to ...
Apple iTunes Plus upgrades now available on a track-by-track basis
Obsessable News Feed —
... Apple has finally fixed that. Kinda. It still costs money to remove the protection, but you can upgrade your collection one album or song at a time. Better late than never! Song upgrades cost 30 cents, and album upgrades cost 3 bucks. 60 cents will do you a music video. We're a bit iffy on the whole idea that you're charged to free up the music you already own to begin with, but if you are gonna be charged we suppose that's not too bad. ...
ExtraBITS for 02-Feb-09
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Choose Individual iTunes Tracks to Upgrade to Plus -- Apple has changed its iTunes Plus upgrade policy, allowing you to pick individual tracks and albums to upgrade and remove digital rights management protection for songs you bought with DRM enabled. Upgrades are still $0.30 per song and $3.00 per album in the U.S. market. (Posted 2009-01-29) ...
