I was added to my wifes family plan fir Apple Music. If i cancel my subscription, will i loose my saved and purchased music?
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iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
Phil0124 wrote:
and can always be re-downloaded from there.
Uh…
Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple - Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple - "G. DOWNLOADS You may be able to redownload previously acquired Content (“Redownload”) to your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID (“Associated Devices”). You can see Content types available for Redownload in your Home Country at https://support.apple.com/HT204632. Content may not be available for Redownload if that Content is no longer offered on our Services.
Content also may be removed from our Services at any time (for instance, because the provider removed it), after which it cannot be downloaded, redownloaded, or otherwise accessed from Apple."
Always download everything to your computer and keep multiple backup copies on local storage. iCloud services are a convenience but Apple says in multiple places that you should always keep a copy of your files locally. Note that this doesn't apply to music you have not purchased but are simply listening to using the Apple Music subscription service. If the subscription should end (e.g., your wife forgets to pay her bill), you will lose all content that relies upon that subscription.
Phil0124 wrote:
and can always be re-downloaded from there.
Uh…
Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple - Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple - "G. DOWNLOADS You may be able to redownload previously acquired Content (“Redownload”) to your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID (“Associated Devices”). You can see Content types available for Redownload in your Home Country at https://support.apple.com/HT204632. Content may not be available for Redownload if that Content is no longer offered on our Services.
Content also may be removed from our Services at any time (for instance, because the provider removed it), after which it cannot be downloaded, redownloaded, or otherwise accessed from Apple."
Always download everything to your computer and keep multiple backup copies on local storage. iCloud services are a convenience but Apple says in multiple places that you should always keep a copy of your files locally. Note that this doesn't apply to music you have not purchased but are simply listening to using the Apple Music subscription service. If the subscription should end (e.g., your wife forgets to pay her bill), you will lose all content that relies upon that subscription.
Purchased music should not be lost, as it was purchased and is registered to your Apple Account and can always be re-downloaded from there.
Anything downloaded from the Apple Music subscription service will go away if you cancel the subscription, but this should not be necessary, as once added to the Family Group your subscription will be automatically migrated to the Family Sharing subscription. You don't need to cancel it. And no music should be lost.
click here ➜ Get an Apple Music family subscription - Apple Support
In general terms, the purchases will not disappear by canceling an Apple Music subscription though.
There are other reasons they may stop being available yes, but that is not generally associated to the discontinuation of the Apple Music subscription, which is what I was referring to.
Preserving saved and purchased music after canceling individual Apple Music subscription in a family plan
