How do I purchase a song that I have downloaded with Apple Music?

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How do I purchase a song that I have downloaded with Apple Music?

I have a subscription to Apple Music. Recently I decided that I would like to purchase some of my favorite songs that I have added to my library with my Apple Music subscription. However, it is no longer possible to purchase these songs without first deleting them from your Apple Music subscription and completely removing them from your library and any playlists you have put them in. I

Also, there is no way to tell which songs in your library are songs that you have downloaded from your Apple Music subscription.

Can anyone tell me a solution to either of these problems? It appears as if Apple is making it very difficult in order to keep people subscribed to Apple Music. The fear of losing songs from ending one's subscription to Apple Music, and a lack of a way to remedy this through I-tunes is a built in motivator to keep people subscribed. Am I wrong?

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), iOS 12.1

Posted on Nov 10, 2018 2:32 PM

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Nov 11, 2018 12:42 AM in response to espporter

Hi,

You can tell which songs have been downloaded from Apple Music by looking at iCloud status - “Apple Music”.

You can purchase the track from iTunes Store whilst you have Apple Music versions. The issue here is that you need to then delete Apple Music version then download purchased version.

It is easier to delete the track first then purchase from iTunes Store. If you have a number of tracks, try making a playlist then print list, delete those tracks then purchase.

Jim

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Nov 11, 2018 6:34 AM in response to espporter

Hi,

There is nothing in the help section and you are correct, you will lose metadata relating to playlist, ratings and [lay counts.

I would be great if subsequently purchased tracks could overwrite Apple music versions. I don't know how feasible this would be but I suggest that you provide feedback to Apple Feedback - iTunes Store Requests - Apple

Jim

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Nov 11, 2018 6:22 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thank you. I came to the same conclusions after several hours of experimenting yesterday. There was nothing in the help section of iTunes that I could find.

The problem with this method is that you loose everything associated with that song. Am I correct? It disappears from your custom playlists, it looses its star rating, it looses its play count, etc.

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Nov 11, 2018 6:02 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thank you for helping me.👍-1F3FC;

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How do I purchase a song that I have downloaded with Apple Music?

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