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apple music lossless

apple music downloads aac265 on mac music library. cant convert protected files to lossless?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 8, 2021 4:39 PM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2021 4:26 AM

Hi,

You can't convert Protected files to lossless. Read this About lossless audio in Apple Music – Apple Support (UK)

Note you need macOS Catalina or later and us the music app to get lossless Apple Music.

Jim

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Nov 9, 2021 4:26 AM in response to Noodle4002

Hi,

You can't convert Protected files to lossless. Read this About lossless audio in Apple Music – Apple Support (UK)

Note you need macOS Catalina or later and us the music app to get lossless Apple Music.

Jim

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Noodle4002 Author

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Nov 9, 2021 5:21 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

hey jim, why is apple music download digitel lossless but aac in music library?

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Nov 9, 2021 5:29 AM in response to Noodle4002

Hi,

Note you need macOS Catalina or later and use the music app to get lossless Apple Music on your computer. You will get lossless on iOS devices with latest OS.

Jim

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