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iTunes Plus

iTunes Plus is the name for the option in iTunes that allows customers to buy music at the iTunes Store that is free from digital rights management, or DRM. This section contains articles about using iTunes Plus, its features and drawbacks, and everything else you might need to know about iTunes Plus.

Variable Pricing Tiers in iTunes
Remember back when all songs at iTunes were $0.99 and there was no higher or lower price?

iTunes Plus 101 -- Everything You Need to Know About iTunes Plus
Everything you might want to know about the iTunes Plus format and prices.

How to Enable iTunes Plus
In order to take advantage of iTunes Plus, the feature of the iTunes Store that lets users buy DRM-free, higher-quality music, and then share it on as many computers as they would like, you must first turn the feature on. Here's a step-by-step guide enabling iTunes Plus.

Upgrading Purchased Music to iTunes Plus
Some music purchased at the iTunes Store can be upgraded to the iTunes Plus DRM-free file formats. Here's a step-by-step guide to upgrading the music you've bought at the iTunes Store to the iTunes Plus format.

How to Buy iTunes Plus Songs
iTunes Plus is pretty attractive: you get higher-quality songs and he unlimited ability to share the songs for just US$0.30 more. Seems like a good deal to me! Taking advantage of iTunes Plus, and buying music that way, is easy.

Should I Upgrade to iTunes Plus?
There's not a lot of question here now that all iTunes music is in the iTunes Plus format.

How To Identify iTunes Plus Music
Once you've bought iTunes Plus music, you won't be able to tell just by looking at them which songs in your iTunes library are iTunes Plus and which are regular iTunes songs. Luckily, finding out which songs are iTunes Plus is pretty easy.

Can I Share iTunes Plus Music?
Even without DRM, you can't share iTunes Plus music. Find out why.

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