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. This makes all items in your iTunes collection available online for access to your other devices. If you decide that you don't want Apple Music (with its ability to stream or download from a large library) and would rather have iTunes Match by itself, you should note that a) you should cancel Apple Music more than 24 hours before the expiry of the free trial to avoid being charged, and b) when you cancel the free trial, even if it's some way ahead of expiry, you will immediately lose access to Apple Music.ĪFAIK there is no bulk way of doing this. If you subscribe to iTunes Match these downloads will not have DRM, and this is independent of whether or not you have Apple Music (though in the latter case it's still a case of downloading them from the iTunes Store Library rather than the Apple Music Library). If you download past purchases from the iTunes Store Library this will not apply, but if they are older purchases which have DRM they will still have DRM. If you download past purchases from the Apple Music Library rather than the iTunes Store Library they will have DRM added even if they didn't have it before and therefore will cease to be playable if you stop the subscription.

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