iTunes Match songs showing 'This item cannot be downloaded' error

I have been using iTunes Match since it first became available many years ago. I have Apple Music on a mac mini m2pro running the latest released version of Sequoia; a 2015 MBP running Monterrey and on a iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 18.5 and I am getting the same issue across all 3.


I go to play a song that shows a status of Matched (not Uploaded) and I get the error


It will be a random song from an album, but not the entire album, so it is not a no longer available type of thing (status is still Matched.)


When one of my playlists encounters this condition it stops playing and gives the error.


Has anyone encountered this? How can I fix it? How can I even identify which songs have the issue?


Thanks


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Original Title: Random songs in iTunes Match show matched but error out with "This item cannot be downloaded"

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Jul 3, 2025 02:16 PM

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