Hi, First, if you're subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match, music that is not purchased from iTunes, will be searched for in the Apple iTunes huge library in an effort to give you a iTunes quality version of the song title. If it is not available in the iTunes Store, then it is simply uploaded to Apple's servers for use on all your devices. You do not lose anything from those sorts of titles. Apple also does not appear to care where that music came from, if it does not match anything in their library, it's yours to do with whatever you wish. The problems arise when you use Apple Music and it does match a ripped song title with an iTunes version. What seems to happen is that it upgrades the title to the Apple Music version, which is fine, but if you ever stop your Apple Music subscription, then those titles are no longer accessible. The workaround is to keep a copy of those titles on a separate drive somewhere just in case you do stop your subscription. The iTunes Match subscription does the same sort of thing, in the sense that it will give you the iTunes high quality version, but it does not have the same DRM restrictions, so if you were to stop the iTunes Match subscription, you get to keep the newer high quality version of the song title without any issues. I guess that it's entirely possible that Apple Music has modified things so that you don't necessarily lose your titles, but I haven't heard of that myself.
Now moving on to your original issue. it sounds like there are devices or software on your Mac that are either dedicating ports or messing with configuration in some manner. There's no real logical reason for your keyboard to stop working when an iPhone is connected unless the iPhone is being identified as some other kind of device instead. I'm certainly not saying that it isn't happening, just that there's no logical reason. I wonder if you have an external keyboard you could connect that would be usable when the internal keyboard is being uncooperative? Either Bluetooth or USB would do. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:56, Kevin Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: Let me add some more information. I avoided joining Apple Music because I have some content on my computer that is not commercially released and I was given to understand that joining Apple Music might erase that kind of private content from my library if AM couldn't match it. I just read a new article about turning on iCloud Music Library that said something about having the choice to merge your content on your devices with Apple Music. This sounds like it should prevent the erasure of private, noncommercial recordings. but don't want to screw with it right now. In any event, still don't know how to change the settings related to my iPhone in iTunes on my Mac because, when the phone is connected, the QWERTY keyboard is toast. Further, even with my Trackpad, which does work in all cases, I can't see how to get to the devices tab in a way where I could make these changes anyway. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
