Automatic Downloads Option Not Showing in Music App on Mac

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Automatic Downloads Option Not Showing in Music App on Mac

Fellow Apple Users,

The Automatic Downloads option is not showing when following the steps from here: Buy or download music from the iTunes Store in Music on Mac - Apple Tugi (EE)

In the Music app on your Mac, make sure you authorized your computer to play iTunes Store purchases. See the Apple Support article Authorize or deauthorize your computer for iTunes Store purchases.
Choose Music > Settings, click General, then select Automatic Downloads.

I was on macOS 13 Ventura, so I upgraded to 14 Sonoma, and issue persists.

I found some older threads with users having this same issue, but no resolution.

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Thank you!

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Posted on Sep 29, 2023 02:29 PM

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Lee_ms

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Oct 2, 2023 07:39 AM in response to danno2022

Hi danno2022,

The Automatic Downloads option will appear when you're logged into an Apple ID subscribed to an eligible Apple Music plan. The feature is there to automatically download music to listen to offline. Otherwise the General settings may look different. You can learn more here: Change General settings in Music on Mac - Apple Support

We hope this clarifies things for you.

Take care.

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danno2022 Author

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Oct 2, 2023 08:08 AM in response to Lee_ms

Understood. Although I wish it didn’t need a subscription to use that feature since I have to manually download purchased music on my Mac that was originally made on my iPhone. It can get a bit annoying. Thank you clearing that up. Appreciate it.

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Automatic Downloads Option Not Showing in Music App on Mac

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