For many years now when I've made an iTunes purchase of a song / album on any of my devices my other devices all automatically download that content. I recently purchased a few songs on my iPhone and noticed that my Mac was not downloading them automatically... I had to go into the Purchased section of the iTunes Store and manually download them. I looked in my Music app preferences on my Mac to see if the automatic download option had been unchecked, but I don't even see it anymore. Note that I am not an Apple Music / iTunes Match subscriber, and I found this product support page about available Preferences in Music: https://support.apple.com/guide/music/general-preferences-mus4130f48/mac
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So yeah... I guess that feature, which was formerly available without the need for any sort of subscription, is paywalled now. Just an FYI.
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| Automatic Downloads | When you make purchases from the iTunes Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or on another computer, the purchased items are automatically downloaded to this computer. Note: This option appears if you’re signed in as a subscriber to Apple Music or iTunes Match. |
So yeah... I guess that feature, which was formerly available without the need for any sort of subscription, is paywalled now. Just an FYI.