Apple Music not playing audio in lossless on Mac and iPhone

Hi,

Looking at Apple Music library in U.K. , Little Drummer Boy is not lossless, Carpenters track is lossless. I found three versions of the Ariana Grande track none of which play as lossless although the single version suggests that the track is lossless and supports Dolby atmos.

I suggest https://www.apple.com/feedback/apple-music.html

Jim

If my experience is anything to go by, the effective availability of lossless is dependant on the speed of the internet connection. I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t seeing the lossless logo when playing tracks I knew were available in lossless and higher. I have all the right settings in place and had checked what the track quality options were in the File Info tab in MacOS Music. While playing a track, the File Info tab would show AAC as the file type. Then I noticed one track briefly displayed to Lossless logo before it disappeared. So as a test, I downloaded a track and then played it. Sure enough, it plays with the the Lossless logo in place for the duration. By way of background, we live in a rural area with rubbish internet (normal <10mbps, often <5mbps) so I’m assuming Apple must monitor internet throughput and adjust the file accordingly. Interestingly, we can still get lossless to work OK on Tidal, albeit with a lag to start with.