I can't use a drm protected song in my iphotos slideshow

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Obadiah_S Author

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I can't use a drm protected song in my iphotos slideshow

Can I use a DRM-protected sone in my iphotos slideshow?

Do I need a work-around?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 20, 2020 9:29 AM

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Obadiah_S Author

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Jul 20, 2020 4:38 PM in response to léonie

I worked with Apple Support on the phone. If you buy the song from Itunes instead of downloading it for free from Apple, then there's no DRM-protected issue. Since I had already downloaded certain songs for free, I had to delete them from my library and buy them anew from Itunes. It worked very well.

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léonie

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Jul 20, 2020 11:11 AM in response to Obadiah_S

It is not possible, because using the song in a slideshow would allow you to export it in another format and remove the protection. You cannot use the songs downloaded from Apple Music either, for the same reason.

You can use newer songs you purchased from the iTunes Store in the iTunes + format, older songs may still have the protection.

Intro to the iTunes Store in Music on Mac - Apple Support

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Yer_Man

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Jul 20, 2020 10:23 AM in response to Obadiah_S

You need to use a track that is not drm protected.

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I can't use a drm protected song in my iphotos slideshow

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