Upgrading music to iTunes Plus - still possible?

[dove]

Hi guys

Today I was looking into making some of my old iTunes music purchases DRM-free. However, I couldn't find a link anywhere to iTunes Plus. Anyone know if it's still possible to upgrade music to iTunes Plus?

 

[Julien]

Probably not the answer you are looking for but Match will do it.

 

[dove]

Probably not the answer you are looking for but Match will do it.

Actually, that's a very intriguing answer! If true, then that would be a *much* cheaper way to go about it.

So how would this work exactly? I activate iTunes Match, delete all my DRM'd songs, and then redownload them?

 

[gnasher729]

Actually, that's a very intriguing answer! If true, then that would be a *much* cheaper way to go about it.

So how would this work exactly? I activate iTunes Match, delete all my DRM'd songs, and then redownload them?

Activate iTunes Match, wait patiently until it does its job, _make a backup of everything_, then delete all songs that are "matched" and re-download them.

I had plenty of songs imported from CDs at 192KBit/second which got upgraded as well. On the other hand, it is possible that iTunes stopped selling a song, in which case you can't upgrade it because they just don't have it (but you couldn't upgrade to iTunes Plus in that case anyway).

 

[26139]

Yes

Actually, that's a very intriguing answer! If true, then that would be a *much* cheaper way to go about it.

So how would this work exactly? I activate iTunes Match, delete all my DRM'd songs, and then redownload them?

Yep. This worked for me: http://www.macworld.com/article/1163620/how_to_upgrade_tracks_to_itunes_match_fast.html

 

[Bluefusion]

iTunes Match rocks. I've never looked back -- and I'm into my second year using it.

here's a post I wrote about it that lays out what it can do and how it works: http://appculture.net/how-does-itunes-match-work/

 

[adnbek]

Why need Match? If he already purchased the songs through iTunes way back when iTunes had DRM, can't the OP simply redownload those songs DRM-free? Afaik, all music in iTunes is without DRM so a simple redownload would do the trick.

 

[musicpenguy]

Yea try a simple redownload - iTunes in the Cloud may have negated the need for plus - we did get a free 720p to 1080p upgrade ...

 

[Nermal]

Why need Match? If he already purchased the songs through iTunes way back when iTunes had DRM, can't the OP simply redownload those songs DRM-free? Afaik, all music in iTunes is without DRM so a simple redownload would do the trick.

No. If the song was never upgraded to Plus then an iCloud redownload will still have DRM. I can confirm this first-hand, although can't guarantee that it's the case for every song on there (e.g. it may vary based on record company).