daveincincy
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:03:52 PM
My son got an iTunes gift card and is trying to buy some songs. He calls me up asking why he is unable to buy certain songs...specifically, songs that are labeled "explicit" even if the song has no explicit content. Apparently, if an album is labeled "explicit" that means that all the songs on the album are considered "explicit," and it sounds like it grays the album out so he can't see it (??). So he can't even buy a single song from an explicit album (I guess even "the 'H' word" as he puts it must make a song fall into the "explicit" category even if it isn't).

Couple things to keep in mind:

1. I, along with maybe a handful of other people on the planet, have never shopped the iTunes store.

2. I never set anything up in iTunes, that I'm aware of, that would block explicit content...how does it know he is not old enough to buy "explicit" music? Did he enter his personal info when he shopped iTunes?

I'll try and help him once I get home (and see what music he's trying to d/l). But beforehand, does anyone have any idea what he's talking about...not being able to buy a song(s)?

And another thing...why is it that iTunes will charge maybe .50 cents more for the "clean" version of a song and a few dollars more for the "clean" version of an album? Why not just one price for either one? Do they (Apple) figure people will be more likely to spend more just to have a clean version, or do they (Apple) just encourage people (and kids) to save money and just get the crappy, explicit, version, even if the "explicit version just has "the 'h' word in it?" Either way, it sounds like a scam to pedal ****** music. (you'll have to pay me extra to know what "explicit" word I replaced with asteriks)

z6joker9
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:12:10 PM
Ram27
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:12:53 PM
Please standbye, an operator will be with you shortly.........

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DrafterX
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:16:31 PM
call Toll Free: 1-800-830-4590.... 😟
daveincincy
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:21:37 PM

call Toll Free: 1-800-830-4590.... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

😒

[-(

daveincincy
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:00:04 PM
I fingered it out... 🌫

it's in the "preferences" (edit/preferences/parental) in the tool bar. Must be a default setting.

herfidore
Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:41:38 AM
Best advice I can give is to uninstall it and get yourself a free copy of Media Monkey. Glad I could help.
BuckyB93
Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:56:59 AM
The best advice I've gotten re: iPods and iTunes came from AndyTV

Sounds like you need to buy an "iBrick".

Plug the iPod into your computer, open iTunes, then smash it with the iBrick.

Then go get a regular MP3 player.

dstieger
Thursday, January 5, 2012 10:58:39 AM
What the heII is the 'H' word?

I-Tunes blows big chunks. Hate it. Have since first day that one of my kids put it on my computer. It rearranged my filing system - repeatedly. Trying to find a song on a drive without going through I-tunes interface is painful. There must be a dozen different directories for some bands now. I can't find Abba on the hard drive to delete it -- how the f does Itunes manage to find it amongst tens of thousands of songs every single time I 'shuffle'.

I realize I'm running a pretty old desktop, but everything else works fairly well - why does it take three and a half days for I-tunes to launch and play????? Does it really have to recatalog all 35000 songs every single time it fires up - or whatever it is doing?

Biggest complaint however, is that the fing thing seems to want to update every single time it launches. Does Apple really update I-Tunes twice a day???? And shouldn't it know by know that I don't want any of the other crap that they try to send with it????

daveincincy
Thursday, January 5, 2012 11:44:13 AM
I guess the "H word" is H-E-double hockey sticks. 😇

I get the same "want to update" everytime iTunes is opened up. I didn't think there was a program out there that needed updating more than Adobe Reader....I guess I was wrong.

t33bone
Thursday, January 5, 2012 4:05:55 PM

I fingered it out... 🌫

it's in the "preferences" (edit/preferences/parental) in the tool bar. Must be a default setting.

daveincincy wrote:

I knew you would. =d>

daveincincy
Thursday, January 5, 2012 4:31:27 PM
I don't use iTunes....I d/l illegally from mp3 sites. 😰
ggriffi
Thursday, January 5, 2012 6:39:50 PM
Haven't used iTunes in years. I use media monkey and do not have any problems with it at all. they have a free version and a pay version. I did pay for mine
DrMaddVibe
Friday, January 6, 2012 7:12:00 AM

I don't use iTunes....I d/l illegally from mp3 sites. 😰

daveincincy wrote:

:-k

I do both.