Comments on: Remove personal information from iTunes DRM free songs

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:27:13 +0000

Hey does it also works if i convert it to mp3? :)
Will all of my personal info be removed? :) Or should it be to aac?
I like mp3. hehe.

By: dvd jon wannabe

dvd jon wannabe — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:11:16 +0000

Here’s how to clear your personal information from an iTunes Plus m4a file:

First, you’ll need to clear the Apple ID field (usually just your email address) and purchase date (which is different from the iTunes “Date Added” field)
- Download AtomicParsley [http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/] and unzip it.
- Open a Terminal window (it’s in Applications/Utilities)
- Drag the AtomicParsley application’s icon into the Terminal window. Do not hit enter.
- Drag the m4a file into the Terminal window. Do not hit enter.
- Enter the following command. Note that the dashes before “manualAtomRemove” are double dashes, even though they may not be displayed as such here because of HTML encoding.
–manualAtomRemove “moov.udta.meta.ilst.apID” –manualAtomRemove “moov.udta.meta.ilst.purd” -W
- Hit Enter

Now, you still need to remove your name:
- Install HexFiend [http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/]
- Open the file in HexFiend
- Find your name
- Replace those characters with the exact same number of periods.
- Save the file

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Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:10:50 +0000

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Erase Personal Information from iTunes Plus Songs — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:10:43 +0000

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By: btag

btag — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:51:29 +0000

I agree with the previous comment. Converting from a lossy encoding to another lossy encoding will degrade the sound quality. Why not just edit the existing file?
Also iTunes encoders suck!

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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:05:11 +0000

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