How do I download all purchased music at once in sonoma

thanks for taking the time to answer

I've never had an Apple Music subscription all of my purchased albums were paid for as a digital copy not downloaded from a subscription streaming service Itunes of Old seems to have been replaced by the Apple Music app. the problem came when I had my pre-iTunes digital files which seem to be on Ventura and Monterey disappeared when I updated to Sonoma. I have been a hardcore Mac user since the late 1990s and buying and running an M2 Mac studio has been the worst experience I have ever had using Apple products( compared to my old Intel Mac Pro 5,1, Mac Air,iPad iMacs or even iPhones since the original )

Yes, thank you. been doing it for more than 20 years without much problem until Sonoma

now I am trying to restore my files from my backup, up is there a better way, than dragging them to iTunes?

Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my Hirez music seems to be converting everything down to 16-bit. is it better to play it from its location rather than import it through iTunes/music app.?

I would not use my example as a reason for not upgrading, unless you have been using Post OSX software, especially on Intel machines. my iTunes archive was created over 20 years ago, over many computers and drives.

I was able to finally download my purchased archive and re-establish most of my music still my HI-REZ digital music was converted to low Rez on iTunes my mistake forgetting to use Apple Lossless when importing. the original files I think are still OK (I hope), not a priority at the moment.

good luck.

That seems like a possible solution,

thanks

I am sure I have a bunch of corruption in my libraries over the last 10-15 years