Alphabetical Arrangement in iTunes Match

I've pretty well gotten everything uploaded and matched, etc. My only problem is that a few of my artists are not in alphabetical order. For example, Mozart is in the A's. Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this?

What do you mean "in iTunes Match?" On what device are you playing the music? If on an iOS device, and you have not downloaded or pre-synced the tracks to the device, playing the music is dependent on the strength of the mobile network. If there is not a strong 3G (or better) signal then you might experience pauses in music playback. The same applies in iTunes. When streaming music a good Internet connection is required.
If you'll describe the problem in more detail we can help you better.

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Artists not alphabetized using iTunes Match on iPhone

I use iTunes Match on my iPhone 4S. It's a great service but lately I've noticed my Artist listing is messed up. It's mostly alphabetized but not completely. For example, all the "A" artists will be shown together but then the divider for "B" artists shows up with more "A" artists underneath. It seems to get worse the further down the list you go. It's as if the all the letter dividers are in the wrong places. Also, I have a number of songs listed as "Various Arists" and these are showing up in just about every letter grouping, not just under "V". Songs and Playlists are fine, the problem is only with the Artists. This is new too. It wasn't this way after I first started using iTunes Match, it has happened recently.
Any ideas?

Actually Michael I know exactly how to delete.. The iPhone would not let me swipe to the left to delete the individual song, so I went to the album view and did it there.. The issue I am having is a bug because it removed 3/4 of the albums availablity off my iPhone.. You post proved no help because it is basic troubleshooting which, if you read my post, I have already done.. I did however figure out how to fix my issue on my own.. Basically I had to remove the album from my iTunes on my computer and upload it again to iTunes Match..

Can you use iTunes match and not get duplicates if you maintain mp3s and aiffs files of the same song in either the same or separate libraries?

I maintain a collection of aiff files and mp3 files of the same music.
Aiff for home listening and Mp3 for my devices.
I can arrange these in the same or seperate libraires.
Will "itunes match" duplicate the songs in the cloud if they in the same or seperate libraies on the same mac?
If not, is anyone aware of how to manage seperate Mp3 and Aiff libraries so as not to get duplicates in itune match?
All assistance is appreciated.
Thanks!

Hello mracole,
I checked my "purchases" and the 7/19/13 purchases don't show up. However, the earlier versions from usually several years back...the ones that are Matched...often do show up in my Purchases. I suspect that somehow those REALLY purchased several year old versions were deleted and redownloaded by me so I could change them to the 256 kbps versions under iTunes Match. They were probably 128 kbps versions originally when purchased.
Why the earlier versions that were really purchased are now identified as Matched is puzzling.
Why I now have Purchased versions from 7/19/13 is puzzling too...especially since these versions do NOT show up in my purchases.
Calling Apple Support if a good idea unless someone can explain this mystery. I might even take one of my laptops to the Apple store and show a Genius.
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond, Mr. Luigi

ITunes Match Skipping for months. 2 seperate apple staff promise to call back and never do!

Dear all,
I loved iTunes match for almost a couple of years. However for the last 3 months or so what ever songs I add to my iTunes library on my iMac and then send to iTunes match will not play on either my iPhone, or iPad. I am extremely annoyed about the whole thing as I have phoned Apple technical support on 2 separate occasions and gone through all the usual try this and try that. I have even restored my iPhone and iPad but still it does not work. Strangely all songs work fine on my Apple TV's and my iTunes library on my iMac.
What annoys more than it not working is the fact that I have had 2 members of staff promise to look into it and call me back, they never do! I have had a direct email for the 2nd member of staff and even had a few replies from him arranging a suitable time to call but he didn't. I then tried to email him the other day to find that the email got an automated reply saying no such address. I can only assume the member of staff in question has left?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone help. Apple staff - do you read these posts? If so SOMEONE CALL ME BACK!
For the record all devices are up to date. I even upgraded to ios8 and have even bought an iPhone 6 but the problem still occurs.
I love Apple and their products but this is a complete shambles. 3 months of a service I cannot use and my subscription is about to renew. I am a music teacher so this feature used to be great. I think I will not be using this anymore unless it gets fixed asap?
Can Apple wipe the iTunes Match data for my account so I start again and upload my library as if all brand new?
Moan over I await a response but I won't hold my breath.

I have probably spent 15 hours over 3 months trying to solve this problem.......to no avail.

Why is the iTunes Radio advertisement showing? I'm using the iTunes Match though.

I joined the itunes match last April. It will be expired on next April.
Until now, the itunes radio ads haven't been showed up while using the itunes match.
But Since last week, I listen the ads on the radio like Nissan and so on.
How do I remove the ads on the radio?

This message from William M. is the answer to our problem.
William M.
Re: radio in itunes
Jan 7, 2013 4:48 PM (in response to grcorey)
I'm also using ver. 11.0.1 and have Radio, so it's not a version bug.
Have you deleted the iTunes pref files? Close iTunes and go to your user Library->Preferences. Unless you've changed your OS to do this, the Library folder is invisible in the newer versions of OS X. Open a Finder window, and while holding down the Option key, click on Go in the top menu bar. You'll see your Library there, so click on it and go to the Preferences folder. If you're viewing preferences alphabetically, scroll down to com.apple.iTunes. Delete anything that has those words in the file name (there will probably be about 6 of them). No worry; this won't hurt anything. When you re-open iTunes, new pref files will be created.
Now, since you just entered this topic and weren't a part of the original discussion, I was assuming that your reply was to say that you weren't seeing any Radio option in iTunes. That's what I'm trying to assist with here.
Re-open iTunes and see if anything is improved. If not, can you post a screen shot of your iTunes window?

Update itunes match info on the ipad. How?

This is on an iPad (iOS 7.1.2). I use iTunes Match (25,000 song limit account) where all my contents are MP3's from my CD's, either matched, or uploaded. My library is large (24900+ tracks).
The contents of my iTunes Match library are not displaying properly. If I choose "Albums", the listing on the iPad is not sorted alphabetically. This happens when "Group by Album Artist" is on or off.
The display and management of the music contents is correct on my other iOS device (iPhone 5) and in iTunes.
I have turned iTunes Match off and back on on the iPad; deleted all music contents ion the iPad Settings General, Usage; updated iTunes Match in iTunes Store menu. The display of the music contents is still fragmented and not correct on the iPad.
Any idea how to fix this?
Aloke

No, you are not tecnically "streaming" music--althought it appears like that. Basically your iTunes Match makes your library available online. Whichever music you wish to listen to is downloaded to your device for playback. My understanding of Streaming is playback of media file not permanently stored on your local drive or device (i.e. Netflix). So you can't have total access to 25GB of music on a 16GB device, without first deleting some songs on your device and then downloading another set of songs. (Deleting songs on your device does not delete it from iCloud).

IPhone iTunes match problem, songs displaying incorrectly or not displaying at all

I have an iPhone 4, and recently subscribed to iTunes Match. The list of artists/songs/albums, etc. does not show my content correctly. Some songs aren't displayed even though they have been downloaded, and the alphabetical display is making no sense.
I have posted a screenshot: http://junklogic.com/transfer/photo.PNG
Despite the categories being alphabetical, you can see that artists under "U" are being displayed under "W" and "X".
I also downloaded some songs via the iTunes Purchased Music feature, and they downloaded, but are not displaying. Most recent purchases are not displaying.
Does anyone have any insight as to what is going on?
Thanks.

I thought my email from Apple would amuse, in it they imply I was unable to make it work. Not them. Note no apology whatsoever - it would imply guilt.
They also threatened me with an effective year long ban if I get my money back. Here's the email:
Hello David,
I understand that you haven't been able to get Match working, so you'd like to see about receiving a refund. I can imagine you must be eager to get this sorted out. Edna wanted to make sure this gets resolved, so your case was escalated to me. My name is Adam and I'm an iTunes store senior advisor.
Please keep in mind that if you cancel your iTunes Match subscription, you will no longer have access the Match features. In addition, if you receive a refund, you will not be able to subscribe to iTunes Match again until a year from the refund date.
If you would still like to cancel, just reply to this email with the billing address and the last four digits of the credit card on the account. Upon receiving your response, Apple will verify your information, cancel your iTunes Match subscription and issue you a full refund. You will receive an email confirmation in regards to any refund.
I'm looking forward to your reply and the chance to get this taken care of for you. Apple wants your iTunes experience to be as enjoyable as possible.
Sincerely,
Adam
iTunes Store/Mac App Store Senior Advisor

What is iTunes Match error 4010?

I did a "OPTION+CLICK" on iTunes and created a blank library...
Enabled iTunes Match and it's still stuck on 1st step of iTunes Match procedure.
It errors out with this:
"We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (4010)."?
What is wrong?

You may be using the wrong ID. The ID you use with iTunes match should be your store ID, the one you built your iTunes library with. Thus if your store ID is different than your iCloud ID you should use your store ID for iTunes match and not your iCloud ID for iTunes match. In order to get your iTunes store ID assigned to iTunes match you must be logged into iTunes under your store ID when you buy iTunes match.
I have a situation where I have two IDs, one for iCloud and one for store. My iCloud ID came from my old Mobile Me account, which was not the same as my store ID. This arrangement works fine, though, because there are two different places to input IDs into your IOS5 devices. Put your iCloud ID in the iCloud section and put the store and iTunes match ID in the store location.
Its confusing to people because you use your iTunes store ID for itunes match even though the music is stored in iCloud. Some may naturally think you use the iCloud ID for iTunes match but that is only true for people that only use one ID for everything.

ITunes Match sorts artists wrongly on iPhone

Okay, I'm not sure what's going on with iTunes Match, but it definetely isn't working as expected...
I enabled it four days ago, and after re-organizing my computer several times (missing artwork) I now have everything set up correctly. I updated Match, and checked my iPhone...
There are two major problems here when I click on the artist view:
1) Some artists are duplicate. When I click neither of them, I'm taken to a list of their albums, but no matter which one I tap on, the list is the same (what I mean is that it's not that albums are split between the duplicates, it's just the same albums, same songs).
and...
2) (This one really frustrates me) As we all know, artists are sorted alphabetically. Well, everything goes fine until the letter "i", because from then on, all the way down to past the "z" and "#", the first artist of each group is wrong. For instance, letter i's last artist should be "Iron and Wine", but instead, "Iron and Wine" is not listed as the last artist under letter "i", but as the first artist under letter J! Same happens with EVERY letter: last artist from previous letter shows up as the first one in the next letter's group.
Coincidentally, Hans Zimmer is one of the duplicate artists. And, yes, it starts with H -same letter my artists' sorting order starts getting all messed up. I suppose it's got something to do with that.
Anyone else experiencing this? I tried turning Match off/on from my iPhone, turned the iPhone itself off, and quit the music app, but nothing changes.
On a side note, I tried to play a song from iCloud (not stored on my iPhone), and it played well. However, before I finished playing it I just stopped the download because I didn't really want it in my device -now it's stuck with the little "stop" icon that shows up when you're downloading, and I can't even listen to it when I tap it: it gest skipped.
I tried quitting the music app several times; even turned off the phone, but to no avail.
I really hope Apple fixes this ASAP. This reminds me of the MobileMe sync problems...

I'm afraid no solution to this specific problem has been discussed here before. I've searched Google and the boards several times before creating this topic but I found nothing. If I missed it then I'd be truly grateful if you could point one out to me.
Thanks.

ITunes match problems already tried everything i could find

I didnt know there was an itunes match forum also so i am reposting my post here:
I was just on the.phone with apple support the last two hours but they could not help me so I was hoping I might be finding help here.
We got a new iPhone (5s) and two iPod touch ( 5 refurbished) and wanted them to be set up with iTunes Match. What happened Is when I access the music app on any of those 3 devices only a small fraction of music (244 instead of over 5000) show up. To add insult to the injury when I click on them they won't play! They also won't download. Interestingly the songs are the exact same ones on the three devices
We also have two iPads and a MacBook Pro which all are working fine.
I tried everything I could find and what apple suggested but nothing worked ( e.g. Turning on and off iTunes Match, restarting, resetting/ whipping the device)
It's just wired that the thee new devices show the same music and the old ones show the full library. I even signed out off my account on my old ipad and when I signed in everything was accessible.
Thank you for any help!

everytime I try to open it, all my computer does is pretend like it's loading but then does nothing.
Can you check something for me please?
Restart your PC. after the PC restarts, bring up your Task manager, and go to the "Processes" tab. Click "Image name" to sort the processes alphabetically.
Now try to launch iTunes.
Does an itunes.exe process appear? If so, does it vanish after a second or so, or does it persist in the Processes tab (even though iTunes itself never shows up)?

HT4914 itunes match japan

Hi!
When will 'itunes match' be able to work in japan?
I want to, in a quick way, record my own music productions (only hardware) to my mac, and then get it on my ipad in a quick way - so I can play the song the same night with out problem.
Now I have to, after recording on my macbook air, transfer the song to my imac just to make it available on my ipad..
I thought iTunes match seemed to be my saver, but its not working in JP?

Apple has made no announcements as to when iTunes Match will be available in Japan. It largely depends on when, or if, Apple can strike an arrangement with the Japanese record distributors to allow Apple to offer the service there.
Regards.

Alphabetizing different between iTunes Library & Playlists ?

The alphabetizing different between iTunes Library & Playlists appears to be different, for example, look how The ... bands are listed between the two.
Am I seeing this right? If so, is there a setting to correct it ?
Should they alphabitze the same way so everything matches ?
Should Apple correct this ?
thanks,
tnixer

txchain wrote:
I'm trying to keep the focus on the functionality of the program.
Cross referencing is almost inherit to any developed program like iTunes.
There are two features to this program that Alphabetize differently.
Should Apple correct this if it is true ?
They're different kinds of data. Songs are tagged with artist names and so on, and iTunes uses that data to organize your music like a library, using library alphabetization — i.e., ignoring articles. Playlists are user-defined categories, for which library alphabetization is less obviously appropriate. They're not cross-referenced — they have no connection to each other unless the user creates one.
If the organization of that data matched, from one function to another, the program could cross reference (and list them) with no contradiction.
Maybe it's why playlists slow down the music library?
Having hundreds of playlists will slow down iTunes because iTunes frequently needs to "look through" your list of playlists — when creating smart playlists, for instance, or when you control-click on a song and see "Show in Playlist" in the contextual menu. A couple dozen playlists won't slow things down at all, but iTunes isn't really designed to work well with hundreds. It really has nothing to do with your playlists not matching your tags; the two kinds of data are entirely separate within iTunes.

ITunes match- Problems with editing tags

Need some Help.
I have changed the tags on some of my albums either before or after updating on iTunes match
For example I have the Paul Simon anthology on which one song has the artist Simon and Garfunkel so changed it just to Paul Simon. Unfortunately after doing this it has created two duplicate artists / albums one listed in the alphabetical list under 'S' and one under 'P' ???
Another example is a compilation country cd (Yes I do occassionaly listen to country!!) changed all artists to ' Various country artists' rather than have my artist list cluttered. It has now appeared as 'Various country artists' under 'F' in the artist alphabetical list. Only one entry this time though.
I am making sure all the edit boxes ie artist / album are ticked and hit iTunes update after the changes.
Where am I going wrong. Intend to put a whole load of compilation cd's on in the future and need to sort this before I do.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Bryan

This may help you out.
I handle complication CDs by entering the actual artist name for the track in the Artist field. Then I enter Various Artists in the Album Artist field. I also uncheck the "compilation" tag in the options for the album. This will then display the album under V in my alphabetical listing by artist. So the Album Artist tag is what is important.
I'll try not to make any judgements about your occational country music fixation.

ITunes Match Playlist Problems on iPhone

on my computer, my Recently updated goes by date added.. In Music, on iPhone, it goes by alphabetical order. how can i change it to date added?

Hi Michael,
Thanks for coming back to me. I only subscribed to match a few days ago so definately using the same apple ID. Really frustrating.
When I sign back into the store on my iphone and go to turn on itunes match is gives me the subscribe message and when i go to enable automatic downloads it asks for the password, which I put in, and then it just keeps popping up again asking for the password, even although its the correct one going in.
As I said, my iphone is a device on the left hand side, but when I go to itunes in the cloud on my account its only my Ipad that is showing up.
New problem- since I switched itunes match off and back on again, I can enable the itunes match button on my Ipad but none of the music is showing- so neither device is working now. Really annoyed.

Use one account for apps and other for itunes match

Hello everybody
My question today is quite simple. I use one account for apps and tv shows, but inwant to use a different itunes account for purchasing itunes match. How can I use them both on my devices? Will it be asking for my user-pass each time i play a song? What other thing should i consider?
Thank you in advance

I would strongly recommend you not do this. You will regret it.
I have played with this issue a lot. You have to remain signed into match in order for it to show up on your phone. If you sign out to purchase an app or redownload one from your appstore id you use then match will be removed from your phone and when you go into your music app the icloud will not be there. You then have to go sign back out of the store id you used for your app purchase and then sign back into match and everything will have to go though the download to your device process again. This really is not what you want to do.
Sign up to match with the apple id that you know you will use the most or has the most purchased items and use that for all purchases, i.e. books, apps, movies, and music. You don't want to go though the other process.
Plus apple will start not letting you sign into match because you signed out and back in, in to short a period of time.
all store purchases on an iphone are linked to the store id. if you sign out of your match id on the appstore and sign into another account to purchase an app then itunes match will sign out in the music app. You can't have two store id's signed into your iphone at the same time. They are all linked together.

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