It looks as though it’s a streaming thing like pandora but you can maybe download the songs from the streaming service. But in order to transfer them from protected files to basically a normal file in your iTunes library you have to pay $25 a year subscription to iTunes Match....
It’s both streaming and download, but you won’t be able to remove the protection on downloaded Apple Music tracks; the note about that only applies to very old purchases.
Apple Music includes all the benefits of iTunes Match.
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Hi Jennifer,
So its your typical music subscription from any music streaming service. You pay a monthly fee for either an individual or a family. The rates will defer from country to country depending on your currency. The first 3 months are free and you start paying from the 4th month. Once you have the subscription, you can stream from the vast library of songs. These songs can be searched streamed and downloaded offline from any of your iOS devices that are on the same ID on which the subscription has been taken. Once you stop the subscription, the offline songs will no longer be available to play. You have to understand the difference between purchasing a song from iTunes and an apple music subscription. When you buy a song from iTunes, it stays with you forever, but songs downloaded through an Apple music subscription will no longer be accessible once you stop paying for the subscription.
Personally I love apple music and cannot do without it. The advantages and interface features are best in class according to me. Hope this helps.
This chart summarises the differences between the services:
| Subscriptions | None | Match only | Music only | Both |
| Stream and download all songs in Apple Music library |
NO | NO | YES with DRM |
YES with DRM |
| Re-download purchases without DRM |
YES* | YES | YES (and with DRM if from Apple Music) |
YES (and with DRM if from Apple Music) |
| Matched ripped songs which are in Store/Library |
NO | YES without DRM |
YES with DRM |
YES without DRM |
| Upload ripped songs which are not in Store/Library** |
NO | YES without DRM |
YES without DRM |
YES without DRM |
*N.B. Older purchases which still have DRM may continue to have it when re-downloaded.
**Songs in Apple Lossless, WAV or AIFF will be converted to 256kb/s AAC (M4a).
More details at http://rfwilmut.net/notes/applemusic.html
Yes, but if you stop paying the fees, you won’t be able to play anything you’ve gotten from Apple Music.
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Hi
Yes you pay $9.99 per month Then you have unlimited music.
But if you stop paying then music downloads are lost.
Cheers
Brian 🇬-1F1E7;
Can somebody explain the music subscription to me?
