I've been reading through the press releases for the new Lion OS and how it will work with iTunes and am confused. I do not purchase my music through iTunes--my iTunes library is stocked mainly from my large CD collection and I also have a lot of my own mixes and mash-ups. The NYTimes said today that Apple will charge a $25 annual fee to store non-iStore purchased music in the iCloud. Am I forced to do this?
I have Macs and iPods, but no iPad or iPhone (yet, anyway), so synching isn't really an issue for me as long as all my home Macs can continue to share on my local network. I'm just not comfortable putting my custom mixes up on a remote server. Is Apple mandating a return to mainframes (er, sorry, going to make me use iCloud)? Will I therefore be stuck on Snow Leopard and iTunes 10.2.2 forever? What am I missing? Many thanks in advance for your thoughtful replies.
I have Macs and iPods, but no iPad or iPhone (yet, anyway), so synching isn't really an issue for me as long as all my home Macs can continue to share on my local network. I'm just not comfortable putting my custom mixes up on a remote server. Is Apple mandating a return to mainframes (er, sorry, going to make me use iCloud)? Will I therefore be stuck on Snow Leopard and iTunes 10.2.2 forever? What am I missing? Many thanks in advance for your thoughtful replies.