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Donden
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Q: When burning CDs tommy am mini and when they are uploaded to the cloud are they compressed

After burning a cd to the Mac mini, if uploaded to the cloud, is it then compressed when played

Posted on Feb 13, 2013 5:48 PM

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Donden

Q: When burning CDs tommy am mini and when they are uploaded to the cloud are they compressed

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  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Feb 13, 2013 7:27 PM in response to Donden
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    Feb 13, 2013 7:27 PM in response to Donden

    Donden wrote:

     

    After burning a cd to the Mac mini, if uploaded to the cloud, is it then compressed when played

     

    Basically yes. 

     

    To be more specific, if you subscribe to iTunes Match, and you have a song in a lossless format (WAV, AIFF, ALAC) in your library, it will be transcoded to AAC/256 when uploaded to the cloud.  If you play or download that cloud copy, yes it will be compressed as compared to your original version.

     

    For more information on how it works, see this document:  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4054