After all, the services are pretty similar in some ways.
Well, we can help.
All your devices can pull up the same music and your music collection is safely backed up.
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For an in-depth breakdown of iTunes Match, check outEverything you better Know About iTunes Match.
With Apple Music, you’ll never lose your music.
it’s possible for you to use Apple Music without an iTunes Match subscription, and vice versa.
Songs from Apple Music can only be listened to if you have an active subscription.
When your subscription ends, the music you got goes away.
The reason has to do with digital rights management.
Since the music in it are copies of your files, iTunes Match doesnt use DRM.
If you back up toTime Machine, for example, youre covered.
We recommend a two-prong backup strategy: local backup and cloud backup.
This ensures that even if one backup fails, you’ll have the other to rely on.
iTunes Match provides a cloud backup.
In that case, pay the annual price for Apple Music.
