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Title: Purchased, uploaded, matched, or DRM? Here's how to check song uploads!
Post by: HCK on August 04, 2019, 04:05:25 pm
Purchased, uploaded, matched, or DRM? Here's how to check song uploads!

Not sure if your iCloud Music Library songs are uploaded, matched, purchased, or DRM-laden? Here's how to check.

Depending on whether you've subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match, your iCloud Music Library may contain songs you've purchased from iTunes, downloaded from the Apple Music streaming catalog, uploaded from your Mac, or matched from your Mac to the iTunes Store catalog. With all of these different types of music files, it's easy to get a little confused over which songs are truly yours, and which ones may disappear if you end your subscription. Here's a quick tip for seeing which is which.

What about macOS Catalina?

Beginning with macOS Catalina, the iTunes app has been replaced with the Music app. The functionality identified here remains the same in the newly titled app.

A primer on downloaded, uploaded, matched, purchased, and Apple Music statuses

Before we go over how to find these statuses on your Mac, let's go over what each means. Your library has four diffe...

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