Purchase Music

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Purchase Music

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Most music purchases with Rhapsody are done on the fly when you burn a CD or transfer to a portable player or device.

Add music from the Music Guide or My Library to the Burn view of the Mixer, and when you start the CD burning process, you will be prompted to purchase any tracks you do not yet own. Transferring music to a portable device acts the same way (unless you are transferring subscription downloads, which, with the appropriate subscription and a compatible portable device, do not require purchase). It's also possible to purchase music directly from the Music Guide or My Library without burning or transferring (see below).

Music purchased from Rhapsody is downloaded and saved in the default music folder on your computer (selected in My Library Preferences), and is automatically added to My Library once it has downloaded.

Where and When can you Purchase Music with Rhapsody?

Rhapsody music can be purchased from the following locations:

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Description

Burn view of the Mixer

If you have added streamed ( ) or downloaded ( ) subscription tracks to the Burn view of the Mixer, you will be prompted to purchase them when you begin the CD burning process.

Transfer view of the Mixer

If you have added streamed ( ) or downloaded ( ) subscription tracks to the Transfer view of the Mixer, and you do not have the appropriate Rhapsody subscription or the correct operating system to allow subscription downloads, you will be prompted to purchase the tracks when you begin the transfer process.

My Library or
Play view of the Mixer

You can purchase subscription tracks ( , ) from My Library or the Play view of the Mixer. Select the track or tracks you wish to purchase, right-click and select Buy Track(s).

Rhapsody Music Guide

Click Buy. If you aren't signed in, or have used up all of your free streams for the month from your Rhapsody 25 subscription, you can still purchase tracks and albums listed in the Music Guide with the BUY button ( ).

The music that's available for purchase is constantly being updated, so check the Music Guide often for changes. You can also get updates about your favorite artists on your My Rhapsody page in the Music Guide.

If you buy a track and it does not download successfully, Rhapsody will keep a record of the transaction and prompt you to finish the download. Select My Account > Manage My Account: Restore in the Rhapsody menus.

One-Click Purchasing

You can activate one-click purchasing from the Rhapsody Menus. Activating one-click purchasing will remove the confirmation dialogs from the purchasing process. Your credit card will be charged as soon as you start your purchase (either from the BUY button or the right-click menu, or when you begin the burn or transfer process with unpurchased tracks in the Mixer) and your download will begin immediately.

To activate one-click purchasing:

  1. Select My Account > Manage My Account: Preferences.

  2. Select Edit next to "One-Click Purchasing".

  3. Select Enable one-click track and album downloads.

  4. Click Submit.

Note: Music purchased from Rhapsody is content-protected, and downloaded Rhapsody files will not play on non-RealNetworks players. However, Rhapsody music burned to CD can be played in any CD player, and you can transfer and play purchased tracks on a variety of portable music players.