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I try to listen to my downloaded songs and whenever I attempt to play them, a message pops up and says “Cannot Open” “This content is not authorized.”

Anytime I try to play music, a message pops up and says that it cannot open, and that this content isn’t authorized. What do I do?

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Aug 31, 2020 8:24 AM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2020 8:38 AM

Hi,

maybe you have to verify the status of your subscriptions.

---> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202039


Have you just tried to redownload them?

--->https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201272

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I try to listen to my downloaded songs and whenever I attempt to play them, a message pops up and says “Cannot Open” “This content is not authorized.”

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