No, Apple is not adding DRM to songs on your Mac you already own<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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How to check if your Mac's songs are uploaded, matched, purchased, or Apple Music DRM-laden</li> </ul><h2>If you don't want DRM on copies of your iTunes music, use iTunes Match (or turn off iCloud Music Library)</h2> <p>Don't like the idea of DRM on your matched songs for auxiliary devices? You've got two options.</p> <h3>Option one: Use iTunes Match</h3> <p>iTunes Match ($25/year) performs essentially the same service as Apple Music, but it matches tracks with the
iTunes Store catalog, which is DRM-free. As such, when you redownload a matched track or download it to another device, it's a DRM-free file that can never be taken away.</p> <p>If you use both Apple Music and iTunes Match, the Store catalog supercedes the Music streaming catalog; you should always be getting DRM-free files if you subscribe to Match. If for some reason you're getting Apple Music files, <strong>don't panic: it's a bug.</strong> Try logging out and logging back in again, or deleting and redownloading the file.</p> <h3>Option two: Turn off iCloud Music Library on your Mac</h3> <p>Don't want your Mac's files getting scanned? Turn off iCloud Music Library on your Mac. In iTunes, go to <strong>Preferences > General > Uncheck iCloud Music Library</strong>.</p> <p>You can still keep iCloud Music Library active on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and add tracks from there if you don't mind not having your Mac's library streaming to your other devices; you can also make a secondary user account on your Mac that has no music and iCloud Music Library enabled so that you can listen to your streaming catalog on OS X. But if you don't want it to scan your files, you don't have to let it.</p> <h2>Questions?</h2> <p>Still confused about DRM and Apple Music? Let me know in the comments and we'll try and get you a fix.</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>
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