Download purchases
If you purchase a song on your iPhone. Will it download automatically to your Mac? Meaning when you open music on your Mac it will be there. Both devices use the same Apple ID.
iMac 24″, macOS 12.2
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Your unhidden purchases should be available on all devices where you are signed into your Apple ID. Whether or not they download automatically will depend on settings in your app. In Music if you enable Music > Preferences > General > Automatic Downloads and Always check for available downloads then then the new purchases ought to download automatically.
A subscription to Apple Music is not required, unless you actually want the features it offers, such as having new playlists or changed metadata sync automatically between your library and devices over the air.
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