How to check if your Mac's songs are uploaded, matched, purchased, or Apple Music DRM-ladenNot 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.
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 different track statuses — Uploaded, Matched, Purchased, and Apple Music — which tell you how the iCloud version of the file has been stored. In addition, each song displays an iCloud Down...
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How to check if your Mac's songs are uploaded, matched, purchased, or Apple Music DRM-laden
