I have purchased songs in iTunes but they are not showing up in iMovie, it says there are songs protected and unavailable. I took hours to pick the right songs for the movie, purchased them and now can't use them!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13
Is it possible that Apple Music is somehow involved in the purchase chain? Songs from Apple Music are all DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected. The DRM protection remains even if the songs are subsequently downloaded to iTunes. DRM protected songs cannot be used in iMovie. In the event that that is your situation your solution would be to purchase the song directly from iTunes without involving Apple Music in the chain of purchase.
If the above is not your situation, usually songs purchased directly from iTunes after year 2009 are DRM free, but not necessarily all of them. So it could be that the particular songs that you purchased carry DRM protection. In that event, iTunes has a "Match" subscription program for about $24.99 per year whereby you can download DRM free matches of your DRM protected songs. I am not sure that this would work if the songs originated from Apple Music. You can get more info about the Match program from the iTunes website.
-- Rich
Is it possible that Apple Music is somehow involved in the purchase chain? Songs from Apple Music are all DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected. The DRM protection remains even if the songs are subsequently downloaded to iTunes. DRM protected songs cannot be used in iMovie. In the event that that is your situation your solution would be to purchase the song directly from iTunes without involving Apple Music in the chain of purchase.
If the above is not your situation, usually songs purchased directly from iTunes after year 2009 are DRM free, but not necessarily all of them. So it could be that the particular songs that you purchased carry DRM protection. In that event, iTunes has a "Match" subscription program for about $24.99 per year whereby you can download DRM free matches of your DRM protected songs. I am not sure that this would work if the songs originated from Apple Music. You can get more info about the Match program from the iTunes website.
-- Rich
why are some songs protected and not available for imovie
