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Re:Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in... by walrus01 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @08:06AM (#24059892)
This is exactly what I do. And for the precise reason that I don't trust some cloud based third party service to not become unavailable for reasons beyond my control, which is exactly what's happened here. Disk storage and backup for 400-500GB of mp3 and aac is cheap.
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Re:Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in... by 72deluxe on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @03:18PM (#24064450)
Glad it's not just me doing this then! My 160GB iPod classic is still going strong.
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Re:Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in... by errantspark on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:04PM (#24064952)
It's possible to get it going even better than strong. I have an old 60GB iPod that I swapped an SD card adapter into in lieu of the hard drive and then used the extra space to put in a bigger battery. The parts are super easy to find on ebay and now I have a 256GB iPod that can play music for 50+ hours straight.
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Re:Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in... by 72deluxe on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:57AM (#24100428)
Did you follow a guide for this? It sounds like a great way to extend the life of my iPod indefinitely!
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