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I think it's understandable that someone wouldn't expect to need a backup of their music library. At a bare minimum, I would expect iTunes to keep both versions

I think it's understandable that someone wouldn't expect to need a backup of their music library. At a bare minimum, I would expect iTunes to keep both versions of a file if an identical one can't be retrieved from Apple servers. People that care enough to keep a library of music after the popularity of Spotify are the same people to leave the ecosystem permanently when this kind of stuff happens.

endigma 4y ago
iTunes should do this, but ultimately it and a shitload of other things can change your files in a negative way and give the user no recourse. Versioned, deduplicating, infinite history backups are the solution, the friction to get started is far less than the friction to repair your files after a loss incident.