Hi Ronni, Ah well, it¹s definitely not just me being slow then ;o)
In actual fact, after MORE googling, I actually DID manage to download an uncorrupted one via iTunes. This article pointed the way: <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6525323> and, in particular, King Penguin¹s post: > For the LP how are you downloading it ? For me it only works downloading it > from Purchased, not via the cloud icon (i.e. if you have 'show iTunes in the > Cloud Purchases' ticked on the Store tab in Preferences) from my actual Music > library. > > So try deleting it from the Music part of your library. And then go into the > Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store > homepage and redownload it from there - that version works for me. Also covered (maybe more clearly?) by the same person here:<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6525248> I can only think that the two different download methods (from the Purchased link under Quick Links vs via the cloud icon from my actual Music library) actually point to files on two different Apple servers one with the good file and one with the corrupted file. Of course, with iTunes, you never actually see the URL for the file you are downloading so this is just supposition on my part ;o) Anyway, I got there in the end, thanks to yours and Daniel¹s pointers ;o)) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 21/9/14 14:14, Ronni Brown at [email protected] wrote: > Hi Neil, > > Yes, I do remember all the hassle I had with the 'Digital Booklet - Songs of > Innocence.pdf¹... > The PDF is corrupted. > I tried what Apple suggested - that was to delete the Digital Booklet from > your iTunes Library etc and download it again, but it was also corrupted. > > In the end I found this link to download the Digital Booklet - Songs of > Innocence.pdf¹ > > <http://www.filesnack.com/files/cdu5e9px> > > 13.4MB and it opens fine in Preview & Acrobat Reader > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 21 Sep 2014, at 1:04 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Re: U2 free album - Songs of Innocence >> Hi Daniel, hi Ronni, >> >> Yes, possibly a number of ways to do it if you know how ;o) >> >> Anyway, I got everything downloaded after Daniel¹s pointers but threre still >> seems to be a problem with the file ³Digital Booklet - Songs of >> Innocence.pdf² whether I: >> * Click the ³play iTunes LP² button for the Album ³U2 - Songs of Innocence² >> * Select the file ³Digital Booklet - Songs of Innocence.pdf² in iTunes and >> either try to ³play² or double-click to open. >> * Select the file ³Digital Booklet - Songs of Innocence.pdf² in finder and >> double-click to open. >> I always get the error message: >>> The file ³Digital Booklet - Songs of Innocence.pdf² could not be opened. >>> It may be damaged or use a file format that Preview doesn¹t recognize. >> >> As I mentioned, I completely deleted the file (in case it was >> corrupted/damaged) and re-downloaded but still get the same message. >> >> >> Since you have both downloaded this album, does the pdf open OK for you. What >> size is the file (mine is showing as 13.4MB in finder). >> >> >> Update - after a quick Google search, it seems others are having this problem >> <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6529173> and are suggesting that the >> file is corrupted if you both are finding the same, I¹ll just assume that >> is the explanation and forget about it. >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> >> Neil
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