Download vs streaming, high quality vs lossless

If I set my downloads to 'high quality' (to save disk space) and my streaming to 'lossless', is there a way to force Music to stream lossless when I'm online instead of defaulting to the local 256 kbps file?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.3

Posted on May 9, 2022 2:27 PM

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May 10, 2022 8:43 AM in response to tom.hilton1307

Hi,

No. If the track has been downloaded as 256 Kbps, it will play as 256 Kbps.

A suggestion - create a separate music library where you can stream you music and keep your original library intact.

Jim

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