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Apple Lossless / Apple Music/ iTunes Match

Why don't my redownloaded songs in my library download as Lossless, but if I seach for the album in Apple Music it shows up as Lossless (and yes I have all the setting in place and iOS upto date etc)


In a little more detail

  1. I have Apple Music - which I understand includes a subscription to iTunes Match
  2. I have a album in my library (eg Lana Del Ray's Chemtrails over the Country Club). This is an album I have purchased and ripped lossless onto my iTunes account/Apple Music.
  3. iTunes Match then matches it in the Apple Music store However when I download it to my iPhone it does not show the lossless symbol? that is the version of the album in 'My Library' doesn't not show as Lossless, however if I search for the album in Apple Music - it shows up as a Lossless version but I would need to add it again creating two albums in "My Library"?


Isn't iTunes Match meant to stop that being the case? This makes no sense to me....


Another example is if I have created a playlist - if I remove downloads for that playlist and try to then redownload the songs - I am expecting them to download as Lossless files - but they do not appear to do that (well at least the symbol is not present)...


MM

Posted on Jun 11, 2021 7:21 AM

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Jun 15, 2021 8:16 AM in response to crjett

I thought iTunes Match was separate and necessary addition too but then I saw this:

“If you have an Apple Music membership, you get all of the benefits of iTunes Match, plus access to the entire Apple Music catalogue. You can also get a Family Membership to share the catalogue with your family members. Find out more about joining Apple Music.”


located here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204146


would be good if someone from Apple could let us know when this will be fixed

Jun 15, 2021 7:51 AM in response to mm13

Having the same issue. However, one correction - Apple Match is a paid yearly subscription on top of Apple Music.


Assuming these issues get worked out, I’ve been debating keeping Apple Match when my subscription is up this fall. While the Match part was nice (matching low quality rips to high quality), the real value for me is having my large collection of obscure ripped CD’s available for download on all my devices… stuff that will never be on Apple Music. As of now, I don’t see a way around that limitation.

Apple Lossless / Apple Music/ iTunes Match

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