I am trying to convert some *purchased* music to MP3 and getting a "protected" error. The only solutions I find are about "upgrading" are years old and not to be found today. Also, not being offered download option in purchase list. My immediate need is for an album from 2008, but there is a bunch of other material over the years.
How do I rescue my music from Apple?
Big Sur, with Music 1.1
MacBook Pro
The upgrade option cost 30 cents a track, but alas it expired in 2012.
If you have access to a CD burner you can put the files on audio CD. Think how handy it would be to have the files on audio CD.
Protected files cannot be converted. However, if your computer is authorized to the account from which they were bought, you can play them.
From what I read they could at one time be "upgraded" or redownloaded. I see no way to do that now.
Yes, I can play them. But I can't take my MacBook swimming.
converting protected files
