... Apple Music on Mac can show Lossless but what is your Mac actually outputting? Audex Trace shows: the actual playback format bit depth and sample rate your Mac output sample rate whether playback and output are matched upcoming queue quality estimates There s also a free Compatibility Check, so you can test detection on your Mac before buying. Launch price is $19.99 until the end of June, then $29.99. If you use Apple Music Lossless

... Thanks for checking out Audex Trace. Trace is a small macOS app for Apple Music that shows what s actually playing not just the badge. It can show: The actual playback format: AAC / ALAC / Lossless / Hi-Res / Dolby The Mac output sample rate Whether playback and output are matched Playing Next quality estimates Skip warnings before a queued track may fail or skip A few people pointed out that concrete examples make the value much clearer, so I m improving ... ... page around cases like: Lossless