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Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album

Posted by timothy on from the auf-wiedersehen-baby dept.

Ronin Developer writes Apple has listened to the complaints of those who object to having received a pushed copy of U2's latest album as part of their recent campaign. While nobody has been charged for the download, some objected to having it show up in their purchases and, in some cases, pushed down to their devices. While it is possible to remove the album from your iTunes library, it takes more steps than most would like to take. Apple has responded and released a tool to make it possible to remove the album from your iTunes library in a single step.

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  1. Re:Not good enough by adamstew · · Score: 4, Informative

    They can not. The only people who had the album pushed to their device are those who turned on the flag on their devices to download new purchases. The only thing Apple did was flag that album as purchased for all iTunes accounts. The device then dutifully did as it was told by it's owner and downloaded all purchases.

    The album never showed up on my devices because I don't have that flag turned on.

  2. Re:Downloading music for free? Scandelous! by adamstew · · Score: 4, Informative

    You never needed to give apple any money to get the music for free. All you needed was an iTunes account/password and you got the album for free. No prior purchase was necessary. In fact, if you sign up for a free iTunes account before some day in October, you still get the album for free...no purchases required.

  3. Re:Not good enough by adamstew · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple does have that option as well. You can set a bit such that the phone will only download new purchases over wifi.

  4. Just a bunch of talentless cunts by oldmac31310 · · Score: 1, Informative

    U2 are. Just saying.

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  5. Re:Not good enough by geekoid · · Score: 1, Informative

    I ma really tired of this shit.
    Rich person send his money and limited time on a charity the want supported.
    Suddenly they are bad people.

    I suspect your just jealous, but since you can't actually talk about making music, you just make up ad hom attacks about what he does with his money.

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  6. Sorry..didn't have the link before.. by Ronin+Developer · · Score: 4, Informative
    Apple has now launched a tool to help disgruntled customers easily remove the album from their iTunes library.

    To remove the album, users need to:

    • Go to http://itunes.com/soi-remove
    • Click Remove Album to confirm you'd like to remove the album from your account
    • Sign in with the Apple ID and password you use to buy from the iTunes Store

    Apple warned that, once the album has been removed from a user's account, it will no longer be available for them to redownload as a previous purchase. If they later decide they want the album, they will need to get it again.

    The album is free to everyone until 13 October 2014, and will be available for purchase after that date.