Comments on: Erase Personal Information from iTunes Plus Songs http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/27/erase-personal-information-from-itunes-plus-songs/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:02:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dvd jon wannabe http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/27/erase-personal-information-from-itunes-plus-songs/#comment-654233 dvd jon wannabe Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:26:36 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/27/erase-personal-information-from-itunes-plus-songs/#comment-654233 The Privatunes download is dead for me, so here's another way to do it. Note that the EFF has found [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/06/privatunes-0-9-does-not-anonymize-itunes-plus-files] that the personal information may exist in many other hidden places in the file, though, so this method may not be totally bulletproof. 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 The Privatunes download is dead for me, so here’s another way to do it. Note that the EFF has found [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/06/privatunes-0-9-does-not-anonymize-itunes-plus-files] that the personal information may exist in many other hidden places in the file, though, so this method may not be totally bulletproof.

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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