

If you have more than one iTunes account, the purchases from each account must be updated separately. Contrary to rumors floating around the 'Net today, iTunes will not offer to upgrade music you have ripped from CDs or music you have purchased using other iTunes accounts.

If you unwisely bought some Barry Manilow or Clay Aiken albums on your personal account in the past, you'll have to upgrade them along with your other music.

You cannot, at this time, pick and choose which items to upgrade. How do we know? When Ars tested things this morning, iTunes offered to upgrade albums that we had removed from the iTunes library but were still found in the purchase history-it's an all or nothing prospect. This feature performs a mass upgrade on your entire library at once based on your purchase history, not on the contents of your actual library. The "Upgrade My Library" option in iTunes exclusively uses the current iTunes Plus system, as it exists today. Assuming that the upgrade policy continues as it currently operates, here is what you can expect. Ars contacted Apple to see if this policy will continue under the new DRM-free store, but received no reply as of this writing. Use a Smart Playlist to get a sense of what parts of your library are DRMed iTunes purchasesĪt this time, iTunes Plus costs $0.30 per track and $0.60 per music video to upgrade.
