Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I don't see any format option to download songs/albums when purchasing from the iTunes store. Is any lossless format available? Apple Lossless, wav, etc
If a higher bit rate is available, can I download my purchased files in the higher bit rate and over write my standard mp3 files?
I'm using an iMac with Sierra ver. 10.12.6 as my media player with Yamaha studio monitors and Dragonfly DAC.
iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 10.3.2
1. No, with the possible exception of podcast episodes.
2. Except as noted above or for very old purchases, all iTunes Store music will be 256Kbps AAC. Tracks already in the library at a lower bitrate can be deleted and then downloaded from it.
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1. No, with the possible exception of podcast episodes.
2. Except as noted above or for very old purchases, all iTunes Store music will be 256Kbps AAC. Tracks already in the library at a lower bitrate can be deleted and then downloaded from it.
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Tnx Niel.
Everything I've downloaded from the store have been mp3's (cuz of my iTunes preference? What if I selected Apple Lossless as my default - will they then come in as aac?).
I've gotten lazy over recent years, perhaps it's time to (re)start buying hard copies of discs and ripping the old fashion way. And collecting/listening to full albums again vs single tracks here and there (but the era of 'album stories' by the artists has gone away)?
iTunes Store songs are AAC; the setting in the iTunes preferences only applies to music imported from CDs.
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Thanks. Guess all that lossless lossy chatter I saw back in 2011 or so still holds.
Lossless files available in the iTunes store?
