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When searching for purchased songs iTunes only offers downloads.

When I search for purchased songs or albums to add them to a playlist, iTunes only offers a download even though the items are available in the Library.

I have unchecked 'Always check for available downloads' but it doesn't help.

I suspect that the problem is related to my iTunes library being on a drive separate to my boot drive, but I thought that was quite common.

I am using iTunes for Mac 12.7.3

Mac Pro (Mid 2012), macOS Sierra (10.12.3)

Posted on Mar 16, 2018 1:05 AM

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