Thanks for the update Ian. Please let me know if you get it uploaded or can share it in another way. It doesn’t look like Apple will be addressing it anytime soon.
A NEW HOPE!!!
I for one am excited for this.
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Here’s to hoping I can start using my Mac for Apple Music listening, rather than my iPad Pro with this update. Though, I have my doubts.
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I’m bringing back this topic because I think I discovered why Apple Lossless may not change DAC bitrates with some setups.
In search, Apple has “Your Library” versus “Apple Music” options – when I search my own library, old legacy albums (CD rips at 16/44.1) get played regardless of software settings, while the high bitrate content comes up only when selecting “Apple Music.” I found this because iFi recommends the Coldplay X&Y album to test for 192kHz – it didn’t work. The software accessed my CD rip.
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If you use Apple Music as an app on the iMac, you still don’t have the option of setting an exclusive mode. 
Both the Amazon music and Tidal apps offer this option.
If you turn this off, it allows you the option of oversampling through your coupled DAC if required. (and possible)
Qobuz and Apple don’t allow this possibility, they “only” deliver BitPerfect.
You can check this at any time by opening the …
settings on your apple PC or Macbook and viewing the current transmission rate.
All my connected DAC’s also show exactly these transmission rates through coloring or possibly through digital screen representation on the display.
For example Yellow = 
or:
Apple’s mobile devices always deliver BitPerfect, which is also visually confirmed by all connected DAC’s.
Unfortunately, I cannot comment on how Apple Music works on third-party devices. 
By the Way:
This is the official comment from Apple:
To get a lossless version of music that you already downloaded, just delete the music and redownload it from the Apple Music catalog.
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I’m getting the feeling that Apple presumes all prior content came from iTunes sales. In my case 99% of my pre-streaming legacy music is from CD rips. As such I’m concerned about allowing Apple to manage my files, synchronize my devices, or even be installed.
Still, I’m trying Apple Music because of native iPhone-Apple Watch-AirPods integration. So far I’ve found that Spotify works pretty well despite no lossless content, Amazon HD functions but requires passcode checks and is very clumsy, while Google/Youtube Music is severely limited because the watch app is not standalone.
I agree with you 
% on Spotify.
If this company finally published lossless content, I would finally have the “absolute” provider in my eyes.
Due to the simple menu navigation, the constant personally tailored music recommendations, the variety of device compatibility, and the variety of music, I would certainly only have Spotify as a provider.
But the quality of the music playback, in a direct comparison, is clearly behind Qobuz, Amazon HD, Apple Lossless or Tidal with high-quality hi-fi chains.
Unfortunately
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It’s definitely confusing. I started out with CD rips which had to be manually synced to my iPod. Then bought some iTunes. Then iTunes Match came out and all of my CD rips and iTunes purchases could be synced to iCloud and available to all of my devices. When that happened, the iTunes app matched all of my rips to existing iTunes tracks and only uploaded those rips that had no iTunes match into iCloud. Also the uploads were 256kbps AAC even if the rip was lossless. Then Apple Music came along. Eventually I dropped iTunes Match and noticed no side effects. All of my rips were still available on all devices. Then Apple Lossless happened. However I don’t think my iTunes purchases are coming in lossless. The Apple Music version seems to be separate. In fact, there is some music that is only available as an iTunes purchase. At the same time, if I delete a rip or iTunes purchase from my library and add the Apple Music equivalent, all of my metadata seems to be migrated to the new track.
I’m thinking I will back up my Apple Music Library, which is just local metadata but points to CD rips and iTunes in iCloud. Then create a new Apple Music Library with only Apple Music except those tracks that I cannot get there. This will be a painful process but I really need to clean the kruft out of my music library anyway. So it’s something I’ve been meaning to do even before Apple Lossless.
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Just stumbled across this as I was considering creating my own solution. Figured I’d share here:
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It works! There’s a dropout as it finds the rate, but works fine from there. Thanks for sharing!!
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Hey thanks! That’s awesome.
I’ll report back later with some results. I’m using an iMac 2017 27in with OS 12.5, Intel i5 3.8Ghz, 24GB RAM/2TB SSD fwiw… (iMac 18,3 is model identifier).
Output is to Schiit Yggy OG via USB.
I’d love to hear anyone’s experience with the app 
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“LosslessSwitcher switches your current audio device’s sample rate to match the currently playing lossless song on your Apple Music app, automatically.”
This works great!
iMac 2017 27 in, Mac OS 12.5, with Schiit Yggdrasil OG
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It’s been working pretty well for me as well. A couple of interesting bugs, but not “showstoppers” by any stretch. It seems to not be great at going from higher sample rates to lower and there’s something weird about 88.2 kHz, where after a couple of seconds it might switch back to the previous sample rate, but it’s easily fixed.
Outside of that, it works quite wonderfully.
M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16", MacOS 12.5 with Volt 2, as well as Schiit Magnus/Modius stack.
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Interesting…
I’ve not seen 88.2 here, but so far no problem with 192, 48, and 44.1.
I think Schiit DACs also take a second to “switch gears”. I remember Jason saying it’s normal in FAQ, and I noticed it with both the Yggy and a Bifrost 2 when I was using it.
I’m glad the developer put this out, I wish Apple would have done it right!
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Took me a while to get to it, but it’s working fine on the MacBook Pro 14.
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It works pretty good for me. Takes a moment to switch so sometimes there’s a break in the beginning of a song. I’d like the option of specifying the output to switch, but it’s not a deal breaker.
My only concern is that it’s been awhile since the last release. In fact there’s a pull request for v1.1 that is a few months old. I hope it is still actively developed.
Let’s just hope it gets “Sherlocked” soon 
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Update: I have run into a problem where it switches to 96khz when the source is only 44.1khz. This has happened a few times in the middle of a song which causes a moment of silence. Very annoying when it happens.
Also I’m pleasantly surprised by how much of Apple Music is above 44.1khz.
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I’m a year late to your post since I’m new to the community.Couldn’t agree with you more since I’ll be 72 at year’s end. Too many rock concerts, college mixers, and night clubs have taken the toll on my ears. Dropped out of the audiophile addiction years ago but it’s a slippery slope and an easy back slide,
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Has anyone tried Lossless Switcher with Mac OS Ventura yet?
Yep. It’s been working fine for me.
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