Trying to go all DRM free itunes plus...

Hi, I am trying to upgrade my entire library, and have successfully upgraded thousands of songs so far. I have about 600 songs left, and most have yet to be updated, so that will wait. I do however have a chunk of files that are my wife's and I do not want to upgrade those. I think I have around 100 songs like that. I am trying to find a way via itunes to sort or search the DRM owner and then delete them from my library. Is their any way to do this via itunes or mac os????

I do have version 10.1 and I do see the list of "Quick Links" when I open iTunes and visit the iTunes store but none of the links say anything about upgrading old songs to DRM free (or anything similar). The only quick links I see are "Redeem, BUy iTunes Gifts, Browse, Account, Support, iTunes LP, iTunes News, Genius Recommendations, My Wish List and My Alerts". None of these work and I do have a have about 100 songs that were downloaded on this same account - please help!

Similar Messages

  • I have to wait for an Email to upgrade to DRM Free iTunes plus?!

    Im trying to upgrade, but I got a message that I have to wait until I get an email. How long does this normally take? I want to set it before I go to bed as I have about 500 songs to download. I also notice that it keeps adding a few songs every time I check to see how many songs I can upgrade
    Here is the message
    ""your latest itunes plus upgrade is in process "
    Thanks

    Here in germany, I have the same problem... First, iTunes said, my credit card information was wrong! But i checked it immediately and it's right... i have even bought songs an hour ago with this account... well and then another time, when I tried to upgrade to iTunes Plus, it says, that Apple will send me an email, when they're ready to upgrade... well but I am waiting now for over seven hours for this email!
    I also think, that the servers are overburdened cause everybody on the world wants to upgrade their DRM-music to iTunes Plus! But I can't wait for it any longer! I want my DRM-free music

  • How do I upgrade my music so it is all DRM free

    I need to upgrade my purchased music so that it is all DRM free.  I was told that there is a method to upgrade my library but I cannot find it.

    The only way to upgrade to DRM free is to pay a .30cent upgrade fee on each song. Go to itunes music store and on the right side under "Quick Links" look at the bottom of that list. "iTunes Plus". You can upgrade them there.

  • Why can't I upgrade all music to iTunes Plus?

    Hello world,
    So I was wondering why, when looking at the page in the iTunes store which lets you convert all previously purchased DRM music to iTunes Plus, it shows less total songs than I currently have?
    To be specific, I created a smart playlist which shows all my protected (DRM) music. I did this by telling the playlist to display: 'Kind - Contains - "Protected"' & 'Kind - Does not contain - "Video"'. The result is that I can see that I have 324 DRM protected songs, all purchased from the iTunes store.
    However, when viewing the upgrade page in iTunes it shows that there are a total of 279 songs available for upgrade.
    I am of the understanding that right now, all music on the iTunes store is DRM free or iTunes Plus format. I can't believe that they've taken some music down because they couldn't make it available in iTunes Plus, but of course maybe that's exactly what they've done.
    Anyway if anyone can explain to me the difference in the total number of songs available for upgrade that would be sweet. As if I am going to pay approx. AU$100 to upgrade, I don't really want 45 songs left over which are still protected as it defeats the purpose a little.
    Cheers.

    So what do I do when...
    I have two albums by Way Out West. Today I found where 'Don't Look Now' was able to be upgraded to iTunes Plus. Okay, cool enough. (Yes, I'm just now getting around to checking this stuff out). Their other album that I purchased ages ago at the same time as 'DLN' is 'Intensify'. It too is offered today in iTunes.
    'Intensify' is not listed in my items that I can upgrade to iTunes Plus.
    So, given that this album is available today in iTunes, and it is available in the DRM-free version, how do I tickle iTunes in such a way as to let me upgrade this other album?
    BTW, there ARE other albums, but I am trying to pick a very simple case of 2 albums by the same artist that are both available at this moment to make my point crystal clear.
    Thanks!
    Glen

  • Having trouble upgrading "The Complete U2" to iTunes Plus

    I purchased "The Complete U2" in early 2005. When iTunes went DRM-Free/256kbps "The Complete U2" was not immediately available. Apparently, on 05/23/09, for many who had purchased "The Complete U2" like I did, the collection became available for upgrade to iTunes Plus. I received notification in my iTunes Plus cue on or around 05/27/09. When I tried to upgrade on 05/29/09, I received a message stating that the item is no longer available in the iTunes store. Mind you, the icon for "The Complete U2" and the "Buy Album" (for $45.00) is still in my iTunes "Upgrade to iTunes Plus" storefront.
    I've been in email support contact with two different reps from Apple, and unfortunately despite communicating with a "Tier 2 iTunes" support rep, I've gotten no solid answers as to why this is the case, or whether it will at some point be available for upgrade/download. The most I've been told is that it's "the band's (U2's) decision" to sell or not sell their product and that they can choose to change sellability at any time. My own further understanding is that Universal (U2's prior record label at the time "The Complete U2" was released) pulled the plug on the initial retail sale of the product in about 07', so new users cannot purchase "The Complete U2" for the first time, any longer. What is puzzling, is that Universal would go to the lengths of providing a 256kbps DRM-free, iTunes Plus edition of "The Complete U2" only to yank it a couple of days after it became upgradable to a lucky few.
    I have read online that several users who received notification on 05/23/09 of the availability of the Upgrade to iTunes Plus for "The Complete U2" were in fact successful at upgrading and downloading the content, both here in the U.S., and at users in U.K. and another European country (The Netherlands) have also mentioned being able to upgrade.
    I've not read of anyone else in my predicament: Namely, my iTunes Plus upgradable content list contains the option to upgrade "The Complete U2", but when I tried to upgrade I'm receiving a message indicating that it is "no longer available for purchase."

    I don't know if this will help anyone. In fact, just by posting this it may affect others. Anyway, here goes.
    I also could not upgrade my complete u2 library. I tried each day for the past couple of days. Last night (6/19/09) I tried again with the same results. Then I noticed that in the upgrade screen, next to the buy all button, it listed all my purchase that I could upgrade. The total cost included the $45 for the complete U2. I figured, what's the worst that could happen if I try it?
    Well, to make a short story long, IT WORKED! I was able to download the U2 complete upgrade. I just had to also upgrade 8 songs from other artists.
    So, if you have other songs that can be upgraded, and your Buy All option includes the $45 U2 cost. Then give it a shot. Get it while you can until they "fix the glitch"

  • What Songs are iTunes Plus in iTunes 9 Store?

    I just upgraded to iTunes 9. In the iTunes Store, you used to be able to tell which tracks were iTunes PLUS because they had a little "+" sign next to them. Now, none do? What does this mean? Is this a bug? Are ALL iTunes audio files now iTunes PLUS? Are none of them?
    Unless something is ONLY available as the old 128kbps low-bit rate, DMR'ed file format, I will NEVER, EVER buy anything in that format. Period. I am only interested in the 256kbps, DRM-free iTunes PLUS files that are twice the bitrate and that I can play at work via VLC Portable since I can't install iTunes at work.
    Can someone help me out? You can't even do a "GET INFO" on items in the store any more...
    I'd greatly appreciate any assistance/insight.
    Best Regards,
    Zack

    All songs in the store are plus now...a while back they made the switch; that's when they started charging .69/.99/1.29 for tunes....that was the compromise for DRM free tunes was variable pricing for the record companies.
    Most DRM tracks in your library can be converted over to plus, the exceptions are anything you have gotten as a "free" download. Pretty much everything that downloads as a free song of the week (before the change) or via a redeemable code (I picked up a free itunes sampler a couple of years back) didn't get ther DRM removed and cannot be converted to plus.
    Hope that helps.

  • Is the store DRM free yet?

    I haven't used the iTunes store before, mostly becuase I never liked the idea of DRM. Months ago, I read that in 2009 many songs would be going DRM free, and the entire store DRM free sometime in 2009.
    Has this happened yet? If not, how do I know if a song is DRM Free or not?
    Also, is there a way to tell what bitrate the song is at before purchase? I read something about more and more tracks going to "iTunes plus" - higher than the usual 128kpbs rate of the store.
    Thanks.

    I quote:
    iTunes Plus: Every song on the iTunes Store is now a high-quality, DRM-free iTunes Plus song.
    That's per [this Apple web page|http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew>.
    The bitrate is 256 kbps.

  • Unable to upgrade songs to iTunes Plus with iTunes 11

    Recently upgraded to iTunes 11 and cannot find the option to upgrade my older, DRM-protected, songs to DRM-free iTunes Plus songs.  Thank you for the help.

    yea, it has happened to me a few times. do not no why it happens. read my post on itunes plus in itunes in ilife

  • ITunes plus songs  listed where ?

    I've upgraded songs to the drm free iTunes plus kind but I no longer remember which they are.
    How do I find them without going through my whole collection?
    Where would they be listed ?

    Hi Pamela if you are still there.
    You don't need to worry about bit rates. iTunes plus music has a "Kind": Purchased AAC audio file - Reagular iTunes tracks have a "Kind": Protected AAC audio file. AAC tracks imported from CD have a "Kind": AAC audio file.
    So the one rule Kind is Purchased AAC audio file gets the iTunes plus music.

  • Can I publish itunes drm free music videos on an iweb gallery?

    Im able to publish my iweb site with normal drm free music but It wont seem to publish a page I made up of drm free itunes bought music videos? I put them on a blank page on iweb but with no joy in publishing the page of the site.
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks Rob

    DRM free only means you can listen to the music on more than seven computers, iPhones or iPods.
    Since you don't hold the rights to share the music (you are not the author or the owner) you can't put them on the Internet in any fashion.

  • ITunes Plus FAQs doesn't make sense: Needs a tutorial and clear instruction

    Hi,
    My wife and I have spent over an hour trying to "simply" purchase anything in iTunes plus and the FAQ's don't help. I haven't a clue how to do it, or would I really want to given the the Question (if I'm reading it right) "Can I still buy music encoded at 128kbps with DRM?" Answer: No.
    If I won't be able to buy the usual iTunes music available at 128kbps that makes up the majority of iTunes music purchases (hardly anything i want is available in itunes plus) why would I want to cut myself from buying the larger available music source? I must have misunderstood this, but as we can't seem to find a way to upgrade yet, prices still reflect the itunes music, (no link to a plus version or a plus price) iTunes haven't exactly made upgrading songs transparent. I think they need to post a tutorial to show the process.
    When I click on the itunes plus I'm presented with an album and 3 songs from my own library (not my wife's even though we were in that when we clicked on the upgrade) I guess I can upgrade those if I take up the special offer. But no information beyond that. No info on what that will do to her library, my library, future purchases not available in iTunes plus, etc.
    Concerns about upgrading a library of a few hundred songs and being billed for all that is putting me off taking up the offer at the moment.

    I'm not sure I understand your question. Tracks are available only in two formats: the "normal" format of 128 Kbps AAC with copy protection which makes up the bulk of the content on the iTunes Store, and iTunes Plus tracks (currently offered only on music from EMI and from a few independent labels) which are 256 Kbps AAC without copy protection. As of several months ago, the price for Plus and non-Plus tracks is identical and you don't have a choice of which you select; if a track is iTunes Plus, it will not be offered in the lower-rate copy-protected format (there's no reason why anyone with sense would not want their tracks as iTunes Plus).
    So when you go to buy a track, if it's iTunes Plus, that's the way you'll purchase it and the only format in which that track will be available. You'll be able to tell by the "+" symbol next to the price.
    As to upgrading, when you click on the iTunes Plus link and then Upgrade, the iTunes Store will then show any tracks you have purchased - and it's by the iTunes Store account you are logged into (it's based on the account's Purchase History), not the library currently in use that governs what upgrade options are shown - that are eligible for upgrade to Plus. Depending on what label released the tracks you bought, there might be many eligible for upgrade or only a few (or none). When you upgrade (and you have to upgrade all the tracks at once; you can't pick and choose), iTunes will give you the option of just replacing and deleting the old tracks, or replacing them and keeping them. If you choose the latter, iTunes will move the old versions to a separate folder.

  • Apple doesn't seem DRM-free to me

    For many years I used to buy music from a robust Moscow site (mp3sparks), where songs were way cheaper than iTunes.  I wasn't drawn by cost savings but because the music was DRM-free.  I wasn't thrilled with doing this given U.S. trade representative's complaints on behalf of the U.S. music industry. Then I heard things you buy on iTunes today are DRM free.  Safe and legal, supporting my beloved Apple and being fair to artists, I was all for it, and I changed my evil ways.  Now, two songs from one album I bought from iTunes last week (March 2013, well into DRM-free iTunes) I'm having trouble playing from a Mac in a different room, and it makes me wonder if I was misled by all the PR about Apple being DRM free.  Why is it asking me to authorize to another computer if it is DRM free?  And I'm stuck in the won't-authorize loop (see http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389) where after a Get-Info track check on which account purchased it, I log in correctly but it says "this computer is already authorized" and yet still won't play them.
    So thinking it must be a technical error, I'll see if I can't re-download them from iTunes direct onto this second computer but from my Apple ID.  I get an alert popping up, "This computer is already associated with an Apple ID.  If you download past purchases with your Apple ID, you cannot auto-download past purchases with a different Apple ID for 90 days."
    Really?  This is Apple's idea of ending DRM protection?  Oh Moscow, I think I faintly hear your siren song.  OK, so a serious question here… looking for a philosophical answer, not a technical one.  A household with two users with different laptop iTunes purchasers, but one server computer powering the hi-fi and network-served library. What's Apple rationale in maintaining all this authorization stuff, what that's that 90-day popup alert trying to protect Apple from in a DRM-free world?
    (As I'm writing this, in came a message as long as this one from Katie, Senior iTunes Store Customer Support, and I'll try her solutions for the technical side.  I gotta give Katie and Apple kudos for fast response.)

    Update
    I'm still not thrilled with the proprietary hooks, but I did get more helpful insight from iTunes support.  I will never know why two cuts on an album wouldn't behave properly for a 2-user-family situation with several computers and two Apple IDs, but it may have been the universe reacting to my wife's unpleasant music tastes ("The Music of SMASH").  Nevertheless I have left the situation with a slightly better understanding of my situation from helpful Katie in Apple support, this business with the 90-day lockout.
    Bottom line:  think of it as two different things, authorization versus association.  Or more specifically, iTunes song authorization versus computer association with your Apple ID.
    Key concept:  Association is required to use certain iCloud features such as automatic downloads, re-downloading songs, and iTunes Match.  I was deep into iTunes Match when I first recognized the no-play problem and got stuck inside a reauthorization loop.  And part of my solution to straightening out my SMASH cuts <wince> was re-downloading, apparently thrusting me hip deep into the Association policy.
    I admit I don't completely grasp practical application of all implications of this, but here's a restatement of the 90-day lockout policy as it was explained to me:  Each device or computer can only be associated to one Apple ID at a time, and association can be changed once without causing any problems. HOWEVER, once association is initially switched you will be unable to change the device association for 90 days. The device can be removed from your associated device list, but the 90 day restriction remains (there may be extenuating circumstances warranting an exception).
    You can get more info on your situation from your iTunes..
        1.    Store > Sign In from the iTunes menu.
        2.    Choose Store > View My (AppleID) Account
        3.    From the Account Information screen, click the Manage Devices line
    Next to each device or computer name, you will be able to see when each was associated to your Apple ID. You will also be able to track how many days are remaining before your associated devices.  More info: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
    Hope that helps the next guy trying to re-download a malfunctioning iTune and exasperated with this 90-day lockout threat.

  • DRM free and Backup

    I was wondering if I upgrade my present purchases to the DRM free option, and burn another backup disc and select "Only back up items added or changed since last backup" from the backup menu (iTunes 8.0), will this enable the DRM free option on the previously backed up tracks if I ever have to use the backup (11 discs total)? I was hoping I wouldnt have to burn 11 more discs again. Also, will it enable the 256K bit rate on my previously backed up purchases, once I run them all?

    When you upgrade to iTunes Plus, it does nothing to the original files.
    Selectng *Only back up items added or changed since last backup* will back up all the new iTunes Plus and anything else you have added since last backup.
    Also, will it enable the 256K bit rate on my previously backed up purchases
    No. It doesn't "enable" the old files to change. You purchased entirely new files.

  • Is There a Tag to Identify iTunes Plus Tracks?

    Does anyone know of a tag that can identify iTunes Plus tracks in your library? I'd like to do a backup of them but can't readily identify them. I rip my CDs at 256K so by bit rate is not an option with my rather large library. The DRM tracks are fairly easy in that they are 128K but I can't nail down the iTunes Plus tracks. Thank you if you have any advise.

    Can I press my great luck with this thread and ask if there is a way to create a smart playlist with the iTunes DRM (128K Bit Rate) tracks? Your Kind=Purchased worked brilliantly for the iTunes Plus tracks. I'd love to be able to replicate it for a DRM version of my iTunes tracks. Although I'm still hopeful that I'll be able to upgrade these all to the iTunes Plus files in the future. Thanks for any assistance that you can offer.

  • Missing Complete My Album and iTunes Plus Check For Upgraded Songs.

    Anyone else experiencing this combination?
    Anyone else have a clue what is going on with the iTunes store? I see a lot of problems on the message board. I wanted to complete a couple of albums today and was hoping to do so. Apparently the recording industry does not want my money.
    Any help would be appreciated. I uninstalled then reinstalled itunes to no avail.

    I'm having similar issues when trying to upgrade my library to iTunes plus tracks. I get the following error:
    'The item you tried to buy is no longer available.
    The availability of the item changed while you were using the store. The same item may be available with a different price or elsewhere on the store.'
    What am I doing wrong?
    Are we experiencing similar issues to that described in this older post?.....
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=978789

Maybe you are looking for