You can download them from iTunes for a fee - MP3 songs on iTunes Music store cost 99ยข each, full television episodes and music videos cost $1.99 each while full length movies cost $9.99 or $14.99 if you download the movie from the Internet during their first week of release. Movie trailers in QuickTime are free.
And when you download movies from iTunes, you get near DVD-quality, 640-by-480-pixel video perfect for watching on your computer or the iPod.
Remember that you cannot burn video content purchased from the iTunes Store to DVD directly but you can easily transfer them to the iPod or watch on your TV using Apple TV.
And if you have a slow Internet connection (128 Kbps or less) and are trying to play a song preview in the iTunes Store, the preview may not play smoothly. Choose Edit > Preferences, click Store, and select "Load complete preview before playing."
Want to download songs and movies from iTunes for free ? Now you can. All you need is Apple iTunes and a download manager like FlashGet, GetRight - No credit card, Apple ID or AOL screenname required.
The following trick will allow you to download full length episodes of Spiderman, The Office, Star Trek, Desperate Housewives or any other TV show for free. Using the same trick, you can also download music videos, audibooks, short films and movies from iTunes for free.
Update: This was only an April 1 prank and is therefore taken offline. You can however learn to save music from iTunes radio.
Reader Comments
Why this long method - play the itunes music and it will automatically save it in the browser cache folder. My 2 cents.
Written on 31/3/07 11:42 PM
I want to make sure I understand -- is this a legitimate way of doing it, or just a way of stealing? Does Apple approve of this?
Written on 1/4/07 12:34 AM
April Fool!
Written on 1/4/07 1:20 AM
hey.. i'm using itunes 7.1.1.5 which is the newest version of itunes i presume... i can't drag n drop any of the itunes store content to the created playlist.... have they fixed this bug in the newest version or something? can u tell me which version of itunes is compatible with your trick?
Written on 1/4/07 7:02 AM
Can I use this to download movies or music from iTunes store directly to my Apple TV ? They have a free USB port.
Written on 1/4/07 8:38 AM
Thansk for the hack. I have had lot of problems downloading movies from itunes using the credit card and this should solve my issues.
I just purchased National Treasure, Pearl Harbor and Pirates of the Caribbean about 2-3 hours ago. It got to the point in the download where it was finished downloading, and it said "processing file."
Then I tried downloading Gone in 60 Seconds last night for $9.99. It took forever and it charged the money from my account, but i think it only downloaded the trailer. What do I do?
Last month, I purchased the TV series LOST Season 1. It downloaded a couple of episodes but the rest will not download. When I try to start downloading them again. It says connection cannot be found. I have an active connection.
Written on 1/4/07 8:56 AM
Too bad I need a iPod for video to watch the movies. By the way, the size of a movie on iTunes is 1.5 GB for a 2 hour movie and so it can take anywhere between 20 minutes and 3 hours to download.
Thankfully, Apple is not so strict when it comes to sharing movies. You can transfer to five computers, sync with all the iPods you own, and burn to DVD for data archiving purposes only (not for DVD playback). You can also sync to up to five Apple TVs which don't count as one of your five computers.
Written on 1/4/07 8:57 AM
If you have trouble downloading movies from iTunes, do any of the following:
1. Add https:apple.com to trusted sited under IE: Tools / Internet Options / Security tab / click on Trusted Sites Icon / click on "sites..." button and add "https:apple.com"
2. If you have the McAfee Security Center running, disable "Privacy Service". note: If you have a different personal firewall or security product installed on your PC, you want to enable any site or apple.com to leave cookies on your pc.
3. If you have a personal firewall device connected to DSL or Cable, open the port #3689 for Itune. This should be done through the gaming setting on your firewall/gateway/router device connected to DSL/cable line.
Disable McAfee as you may get the error like - "We can't complete your itune store request. The requested resource was not found. This is an error in the itune's store. Please try again later. "
If you are behind vista firewall, you may see the error (-3221) My computer can not access the music store.
Written on 1/4/07 9:12 AM
hi ..
i wonder so many of you tried this .. look at the post time .. at the very second the april fool's day started ... hmm .. and mr. anonymous stop praising amit ..
but nice one amit .. i fell for it .. i mean until i saw the time of the post ..
Written on 2/4/07 2:06 AM
You got me there. I fell pretty hard on this one...
Written on 3/4/07 4:42 AM
The free movies available online are usually those in the public domain because their copyright has not been renewed. The latest full-length movies are seldom free and they require a small fee sometimes charged as membership or shipping or mailing fee by some companies. If a latest hollywood movie like Spiderman 3 is completely free, most often the transaction can get you into legal trouble.
The best choice for you is to download full DVD movies from membership sites and burn them to DVDs or watch them in ready format on your PC. There are quite a handful of DVD movie download sites that allow you to download full DVD movies for a flat life-time membership fee. The amazing thing is you can download full DVD movies with footages and commentaries that are often missing in DVDs you buy off the shelf. The movie collection is also constantly updated so that you would be able to download and watch the latest movies.
The trend to download free movies has also irked movie studios that fear a Napster-like piracy of music and movies via the Internet. Freebies delight many of us and computer users are lucky to be able to download free full movies from the Internet.
Written on 13/5/07 2:14 PM