Does iTunes save your music to your computer, or to the program itself on the internet?

Question

I need to know because when I go to college, they will wipe everything clean, and I don't want to buy music if it will just be erased.

Answer 1

When you add music to your iTunes library, it stays where it is. Presumably it would be in your "My Music" or wherever.

When you buy music from the iTunes store, it typically goes into the "My Music/iTunes" folder, so, if you were to wipe your hard drive, it would no longer be there unless you'd backed it up somewhere, i.e. an external harddrive.

If you were to back it up, then wipe your pc hard drive, and put the music back into the iTunes library, you would have to authorize your pc with your iTunes account so you could play it, but thats another story.

Hope this helps,
Chris

Answer 2

it saves music onto the computer. the directory is usually

c:/docs & setting/username/my music/itunes.

u will want to back this folder up somewhere if u have to erase ur hard drive.

Answer 3

saves to your computer's downloaded itunes folder [ for lack of a better description ]

Answer 4

It saves it in your My Music folder.

Answer 5

Leonard Dale and Roger Lewis asked the same question. You should see their answers side by side.

Answer 6

Can you give more details?