Occasionally I get a message that a music file is DRM protected and cannot be played on my iPad. These are usually quite old, but I fail to see why DRM should prevent me from playing music I have purchased. Is there a way to
1. Find these files other than control I for thousands of items, and
2. Once found, convert tham, preferably to a higher quality bit rate.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6
1) In the Songs list, right-click on any of the column headers and select to show the Kind column. Then click that column's header to sort by Kind. Copy-protected tracks will be grouped together as "Purchased AAC Audio File".
2) The only way to upgrade old copy-protected tracks to DRM-free and the higher quality now is to subscribe to iTunes Match:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
As to why they won't play, check the info of the problem tracks and see if perhaps they were purchased under a different iTunes Store account. If so, you'll need to authorize your computer and your iPad to that account to play those tracks.
Regards.
Convert DRM?
