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What happens to songs I have added to my offlin...

Just wondering if I will keep songs that I have downloaded to my library or will they be lost once my membership is canceled?

If you are talking about songs from Apple Music (those that you did not actually OWN or PURCHASE), those will be either removed from your drive - or probably will have DRM protection which will prevent you from accessing them after your membership in Apple Music lapses. What you can do is download some Apple Music and then go to iTunes Preferences and turn off Apple Music and iCloud Music Library and see what happens.

If you are talking about music that you had purchased (either from iTunes or other sources) those will remain on your hard drive.

And yes, there is a limit currently of 25,000 tracks - not including those you actually purchased through iTunes - and that includes music that you add to your iCloud Library either by uploading/matching your own music library or adding them to your Music Library from Apple Music.

Not if you have put them in your iTunes Library on the computer.

Thanks for the answer. Am i then able to sync that music with my iPhone?

Also, is there a limit on how many songs you can add to your library?

If you are talking about songs from Apple Music (those that you did not actually OWN or PURCHASE), those will be either removed from your drive - or probably will have DRM protection which will prevent you from accessing them after your membership in Apple Music lapses. What you can do is download some Apple Music and then go to iTunes Preferences and turn off Apple Music and iCloud Music Library and see what happens.

If you are talking about music that you had purchased (either from iTunes or other sources) those will remain on your hard drive.

And yes, there is a limit currently of 25,000 tracks - not including those you actually purchased through iTunes - and that includes music that you add to your iCloud Library either by uploading/matching your own music library or adding them to your Music Library from Apple Music.

Kappy - why or why would Apple allow you to keep music that you did not previously own and downloaded from Apple Music if you discontinue your membership? Now maybe iTunes/Apple cannot actually delete them from your hard drive, but I would assume (and others have noticed this also in other threads) that music that you did not actually PURCHASE/OWN will have DRM protections to at least prevent you from playing them after you allow the Apple Music membership to lapse.

You are correct. I could have sworn I had read an FAQ about tracks downloaded during the trial if you decided to cancel. I guess my memory was failing.

YYour answer does nothing to help. Your answer makes it sound like we're scamming them to download what is being paid for monthly, a fee Apple has set aside as money to compensate for downloaded licensing.  I gather from the answers we are reading here that everybody is guessing about the true answer and while that can make one think it out further, doesn't really answer about downloaded music while paying a subscription fee and whether this can be retained ( or a certain amount of it ) if leaving the service.  Not being snarky, we are just trying to get an answer about this service that isn't explained fully.

Hi seadud8140

So glad you asked this question. I am considering a subscription to  Apple Music but I won't if a subsequent cancellation of the licence will eliminate  access on ICLOUD to all my legitimate uploads during my licencing period.

I would like to store there both my own record collection currently stored in ITUNES as well as fresh purchases.  But  I can't guarantee the ownership of a permanent Apple Music licence.

  Without  this  continuity of access I will not proceed

Roger Stenson

Apple Music provides streaming (online playing) of over 30 million items from the iTunes Store catalogue. Some artists have not given permission for their songs to be streamed.

It's possible to save a song for listening offline, but only on that device. You cannot transfer it to another device or burn it to a CD, because you have rented it, not bought it, and they are subject to DRM. (Consequently such songs cannot be accessed on an iPod Nano, Shuffle or Classic, only the Touch.) If you cease to pay the subscription any items you have saved in this way will become inaccessible.

As with iTunes Match (see below), items which are in the Store but you have ripped from CDs, will be available as part of this, but if you don't also have an iTunes Match subscription DRM (Digital Rights Management) will be added to them and they will not be playable if you terminate the subscription.

Items you have ripped from CDs or obtained otherwise which are not in the Store's library will be uploaded in the same manner as iTunes Match and will not be affected by DRM.

As to songs previously purchased from the Store, they are available for download as before, without DRM, in your music library, but will also show in Apple Music (together with all other available songs) from where they will be downloaded to an Apple Music folder and like all other Apple Music downloads will be subject to DRM.

iTUNES MATCH

This makes all items in your iTunes collection available online for access to your other devices. Songs you have purchased will be available, as with 'Tunes in the Cloud'; songs you have for example ripped from CDs you have bought will be matched by the version in the Store if this is available; if it isn't available your copy will be uploaded for access by other devices. There is a limit of 25,000 songs - this applies only to items not available in the Store (as purchased items are already available online). There is a charge of $24.99/£21.99 per year. The storage for these items does not count towards your iCloud storage space (indeed, though marketed as being part of iCloud it's actually nothing to do with it). Items in iTunes Match are not affected by DRM (Digital Rights Management which restricts where you can play them). Once downloaded you can still play them if you terminate the subscription (though in that event you can't make further uploads or downloads).

To summarize:

*N.B. Older purchases which still have DRM will continue to have it when re-downloaded.

**Songs in Apple Lossless, WAV or AIFF will be converted to 256kb/s AAC (M4a).

Here is the truth about Apple Music. You can't keep the songs. Even after you're cancelled membership. Apple wants you to make purchases from iTunes Store. I have spoken to someone from customer department and even if you pay and cancel you can't keep the unlimited songs you have downloaded. I rather stick with iTunes and purchase music or nothing at all.

Press2Start wrote:

 

Here is the truth about Apple Music. You can't keep the songs. Even after you're cancelled membership. Apple wants you to make purchases from iTunes Store. I have spoken to someone from customer department and even if you pay and cancel you can't keep the unlimited songs you have downloaded. I rather stick with iTunes and purchase music or nothing at all.

Of course you can't keep them - what do you expect? It's like the choice between purchasing or renting a car. If you rent a car you can't keep it once you stop paying the rental. If you buy a car it's more expensive in the short term but it's yours to keep.

With Apple Music the subscription gives you access to a huge library for as long as you continue paying it. Letting you keep the songs after you stop paying would be giving them away - the content providers would have something to say about that: people would subscribe for a month or two, download as much as they possibly could, and then keep them for the cost of the two months' subscription.

Thank you for a brief, quick, insightful answer. You got straight to the point without all the fanfare.

So what does happen if you download from itunes on pc?

harsharukman99 wrote:

 

So what does happen if you download from itunes on pc?

If you purchased songs they are yours to keep without further payment, and you can download them onto other devices. If you are subscribing to Apple Music, and you download songs from that, then if you stop the subscription they will become unplayable. For a full explanation please read my post above of October 15th.

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