iTunes won’t burn purchased songs to cd, saying they are Apple Music songs - reloaded

I found many topic about this problem. Here is one of them:

"i have purchased an album I would like to burn to a cd for my commute but it won’t, stating the songs are a part of Apple Music. I originally were listening to them via Apple Music but I purchased the album in hopes of burning a disc. Why won’t it let me burn them even though I have purchased the songs? My computer is authorized to use iTunes and I don’t have a problem with other songs I’ve purchased."


I am in the same situation. The suggested solution is to remove the already downloaded files, and download again. I did it and the "burn Playlist to disc" option is not available (grayed out at the File menu). The Get info says it is Purchased, but the re-downloaded files at the /Macintosh HD/Users/myusername/Music/Music/Media/Apple Music location. I have up to date macOS/music app.

It is annoying and pretty pointless for me to buy anything on the iTunes Store without this option.


Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Posted on Apr 20, 2023 2:08 PM

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I'd not considered it previously, but if you have an Apple Music subscription you could potentially have lossless downloads enabled. See About lossless audio in Apple Music - Apple Support. If so then your purchases can stream and download in protected lossless format. Turning lossless downloads off and repeating the Remove Download > Download steps should get you standard 256K AAC copies.


Failing that I hope Official Apple Support are able to help you out.


tt2

Posted on Apr 22, 2023 12:51 PM

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Apr 22, 2023 12:18 PM in response to turingtest2

Hey TT2, thanks for the advice. I tried different combination of remove downloaded files and hide/unhide my purchase, but no luck. If I download again from the iTunes Store/Phurcased menu, it is generate again the subfolder under the Apple Music...sometimes put few song under my Music folder too but not the whole album.

The whole thing is so strange and unpredictedfor me. I think my music library or something in the Apple cloud is deeply broken. :-( Next step, I ask the Apple directly.

Thanks again!


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Apr 21, 2023 4:36 AM in response to adammolnar

See Hide and unhide music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and books - Apple Support. There is an odd issue sometimes where new purchases are added to your library as hidden items. You might need to remove the Apple Music tracks from your library and then unhide your purchase so that you can download it, rather than Apple Music versions of the same songs.


tt2

Question marked as Helpful

Apr 22, 2023 12:18 PM in response to turingtest2

Hey TT2, thanks for the advice. I tried different combination of remove downloaded files and hide/unhide my purchase, but no luck. If I download again from the iTunes Store/Phurcased menu, it is generate again the subfolder under the Apple Music...sometimes put few song under my Music folder too but not the whole album.

The whole thing is so strange and unpredictedfor me. I think my music library or something in the Apple cloud is deeply broken. :-( Next step, I ask the Apple directly.

Thanks again!


Question marked as Best answer

Apr 22, 2023 12:51 PM in response to adammolnar

I'd not considered it previously, but if you have an Apple Music subscription you could potentially have lossless downloads enabled. See About lossless audio in Apple Music - Apple Support. If so then your purchases can stream and download in protected lossless format. Turning lossless downloads off and repeating the Remove Download > Download steps should get you standard 256K AAC copies.


Failing that I hope Official Apple Support are able to help you out.


tt2

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