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Aug 18, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Birdie's Lastchanceby Jimzgoldfinch,Hi,
You can't burn Apple Music to CD because of DRM.
By the way, you have not Purchased Apple music tracks - your subscription allows you to play, download or stream as long as you have an active Apple Music subscription.
Jim
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by Birdie's Lastchance,Aug 18, 2016 9:18 AM in response to Birdie's Lastchance
Birdie's Lastchance
Aug 18, 2016 9:18 AM
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Apple MusicThanks Jim for your help.
I have downloaded my own CD's and then just about 4-5 months ago I joined Apple Music. Now, some of my own music (individual songs) within a playlist, that I want to record onto a CD, are blocked and showing up as belonging to Apple Music. It seems as though the line between my own music and Apple music gets more blurred each time I do another update. I have made many CD's with a combination of my own music and songs I've purchased from iTunes store in the past.
Currently I have been creating playlists through Apple music and if I decide I want to make a CD for my car, then I purchase the songs I need to and then try to burn a CD. It has not been successful. I AM frustrated and do not seem to be able to find the solution. At least I thought I DID purchase the songs.....I went to the store and tapped on the cost for each song and when I go to my account and look at recently purchased, the songs are there. But when I try to record to a CD, it all goes sideways. The message 'warning' does not come up until I have inserted the CD and at that point, I cannot stop the process and the CD is ruined.
What is DRM?
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Aug 18, 2016 9:54 AM in response to Birdie's Lastchanceby Jimzgoldfinch,Hi,
DRM = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
With regard the tracks that show 'Apple Music', what is the kind -
- if it shows "Apple Music AAC audio file" then the file is protected. Delete such tracks and readd from your back ups
- If not, I suggest that you delete them from your library then readd them.
Jim
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by Birdie's Lastchance,Aug 18, 2016 8:56 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch
Birdie's Lastchance
Aug 18, 2016 8:56 PM
in response to Jimzgoldfinch
Level 1 (8 points)
Apple MusicHi again, and thanks for the additional info. When I read the Wiki info on DRM, it said that Apple Music dropped DRM for Audio in 2009. So why have I been able to record to a CD in the past few years and only this year, have I run into this problem?
I wish I understood computer language better, but I don't and so I'm not sure what you mean by 'readd' them....I no longer have my old CD's since downloading them to the computer (mistake?) and I'm not aware that I can download an iTunes song more than once.
And how have some of my own CD's now become the property of Apple Music? This seems to take ownership to a whole new level. I understand that musicians need to make a living too. And I am happy to pay for songs (just as I did buying records and CD's in the past) if I want to record them onto a CD. But it seems that something has changed here. I am usually reluctant to do updates for iTunes, because some inevitable snag seems to show up each time. It feels more and more like absolute control and that doesn't sit well.
And now, if I decide I want to move away from iTunes/Apple Music, what happens to my collection that I have paid for? Am I able to access through some other music provider or do I have to say goodbye to the whole lot if I'm dissatisfied with iTunes?
Sorry to burden you with all this, but I am a musicaholic and you are the first and only person to respond when I reached this point of frustration. I spend a lot of time putting together playlists to get them 'just right'. So when I've finally 'got it' and am ready to record a CD (and looking forward to hearing it on the road!) and then it doesn't work, I'm very bummed. This is where I'm at now. . .
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by Jimzgoldfinch,★HelpfulAug 19, 2016 12:41 PM in response to Birdie's Lastchance
Jimzgoldfinch
Aug 19, 2016 12:41 PM
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iTunesBirdie's Lastchance wrote:
Hi again, and thanks for the additional info. When I read the Wiki info on DRM, it said that Apple Music dropped DRM for Audio in 2009. So why have I been able to record to a CD in the past few years and only this year, have I run into this problem?
DRM was remove from iTunes store purchase in 2009. When Apple Music was introduced last year, DRM was applied to music downloaded from Apple Music as you were only allowed access to such music as long as you subscribed.
There was an issue with matched tracks being shown as Apple Music. If you deleted the original and downloaded the Apple Music version then that version will be "Apple Music AAC Audio file" - that file now has DRM.
Read this article http://www.macworld.com/article/3093473/streaming-services/apple-improves-icloud -music-library-matching-ditches-drm-file…
Did you back up your music before subscribing? If so, you should delete protected version and restore from your back ups.
Jim