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« on: July 14, 2016, 04:05:21 pm »

No, your Apple Music library wasn't deleted if you switched accounts to get Pokémon Go

Why did your Apple Music library disappear after you switched to a U.S.-based user account to play Pokémon Go? It didn't — you just need to switch back.

If you're one of the poor souls (or fortunate, depending on who you talk to) whose country hasn't yet been inundated with Pokémon Go, you may have resorted to creating a U.S.-based Apple ID to download the game. While only quasi-legal, this is generally considered the best tack to getting your hands on some Pokémon — but it comes at a price.

You see, all Apple-based cloud services are tied to your Apple ID. As such, when you switch user accounts to a different country, all those services no longer recognize you as being logged in, and disappear. That means files from your iCloud Photo Library, iCloud Drive — and yes, all your songs from Apple Music — will appear to be missing if you visit one of those apps after downloading Pokémon Go.

Now, you can have two separate IDs logged in for the App Store and iCloud, via s...

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