A blogger in Atlanta, Georgia, James Pinkstone claims that Apple has deleted more than 122GB of music files from his personal iTunes library. In a blogpost, he stated that his subscription to Apple Music resulted in the company, deleting thousands of his own music files from iTunes.
He says, “When I signed up for Apple Music, iTunes evaluated my massive collection of Mp3s and WAV files, scanned Apple’s database for what it considered matches, then removed the original files from my internal hard drive. REMOVED them. Deleted.” He also pointed out, “This can have devastating effects for people who who’ve built up large local music collections.”
However, this isn’t the first case. According to a report by BuzzFeed, Lindsey, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said she signed up for the streaming service as soon as it was released and canceled shortly after her free three-month trial was over. She said she never signed up for iTunes Match. In November 2015, after canceling, she said she realised a lot of her music was missing.
The report added that Apple and a customer service representative told her that canceling the subscription should have only deleted songs downloaded, not original tracks she had bought or imported from CDs. She was missing more than 2,000 songs!
Well, that’s why it is recommended that users have everything backed up.
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