iTunes Music Store (UK) opens

About time, too. At this point, I can’t really see myself buying whole albums from the service, but that might change depending on how easy it is to turn the protected AAC files into unprotected MP3s. (I usually go through several Windows reinstalls and multiple PC hardware upgrades each year, and I can really do without the hassle of reacquiring and reinstalling even more licenses and keys.) I suspect that I’ll mostly be buying single tracks, both new and old. 79p a track is really not that bad.

Update: …and iTunes 4.6 still can’t sodding properly refresh CD-ROM drives that don’t have autoplay enabled.

Second update: …okay, so it does refresh CD-ROM drives, sort of. Here’s how:

1. Eject disc
2. Switch to a different application
3. Switch back to iTunes
4. The old CD should now wink out of existence
5. Insert new CD
6. Switch to a different application
7. Switch back to iTunes
8. The new CD should now be recognised

This, to my mind, is still far from “proper” refreshing. Still, for all the chunky goodness that is available in iTunes, I can forgive the programmers this minor oversight.