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Re:Backing Up Spotify by raw_anon_1111 on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:02AM (#46342843)
A way to strip the DRM was built into the iTunes app - burn the song to a CD and rip it.
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Re:Backing Up Spotify by pcthrowaway on Sunday December 21, 2025 @12:24PM (#46346420)
Is burning to a CD and ripping it lossless?
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Re:Backing Up Spotify by whstl on Monday December 22, 2025 @06:22AM (#46353263)
If the source and target are both lossless, then yes. ALAC was available in iTunes since 2004 AFAIK.

Caveat: CDs were 44.1/16 so if the original files had more bit depth, they would require downsampling. Technically lossy, but not "compression" per se. But AFAIK, iTunes was also 44.1/16.

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