Does itunes match replace home sharing's purchase check for music?
If I've got iTunes Match set up on all devices, is there any reason to automatically have each computer scan every other computer for new purchases, if music is the only media I'm interested in moving around?
For the odd movie or TV show that I buy, I'm happy to do a manual transfer. It's not very frequent.
Here's why I'm thinking of doing this. I think that when my main server tries to find purchases on other computers, it becomes unavailable to serve its media to my Apple TV devices. That means that when I try to load tv shows for my daughter, if it's busy looking for other purchases on another computer, you get the spinning wheel ... for a looooooong time. Only thing I know to fix it is to restart iTunes on the server. Royal PITA.
So, if I have iTunes match enabled on all computers, wouldn't that take care of ensuring that any song I buy from any device should automagically appear on all computers -- thus rendering the music part of music purchase checking moot?
Thanks!
Yes, that's just for the US at the moment.
Just to clarify, by the way, that the ability to redownload music and TV programmes isn't anything to do with iTunes match. Match is a separate paid for service that puts your music collection into the cloud.
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My husband and I use Home Sharing, and we can access each other's music (purchased under our own Apple IDs). Does iTunes Match support Home Sharing or do we both need an annual subscription for iTunes Match?
Jkopp wrote:
Is there any way to set this up so she can access the iTunes Match but also keep her apps and such her own.
No.
Jkopp wrote:
The only solution I see is that she will have to log in as me when she wants to listen to music and then log out and back in as her for everything else she wants to do. Is this correct?
iTunes Match does not work this way. The service is associated with one iTunes Store Apple ID and the geographical store used to purchase items. The service cannot be shared among Apple IDs. Additionally, if iTunes Match or automatic downloads are enabled, or if past purchases are re-downloaded using one Apple ID the computer or device is then associated to that Apple ID for 90 days and is locked out of logging into another Apple ID for 90 days. -
HT204074 Itunes Match and Home Sharing
Can my family share a library using Itunes Match like Home Sharing?
Jkopp wrote:
Is there any way to set this up so she can access the iTunes Match but also keep her apps and such her own.
No.
Jkopp wrote:
The only solution I see is that she will have to log in as me when she wants to listen to music and then log out and back in as her for everything else she wants to do. Is this correct?
iTunes Match does not work this way. The service is associated with one iTunes Store Apple ID and the geographical store used to purchase items. The service cannot be shared among Apple IDs. Additionally, if iTunes Match or automatic downloads are enabled, or if past purchases are re-downloaded using one Apple ID the computer or device is then associated to that Apple ID for 90 days and is locked out of logging into another Apple ID for 90 days. -
Home sharing is working fine for musics and videos but not for apps. What is wrong?
Home sharing is working fine for musics and videos but not for apps. What is wrong?
i had the same issue as everyone here after upgrading to itunes 10.x. vista could see xp home share. ipod touch could see xp home share.
neither could see vista home share.
after several hours of authorizing de-authorizing, rebooting router etc, i knew it had to be a firewall thingy with vista as xp was working fine
i went to this article http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2553 and followed the instructions. itunes was already in my vista exception list. on a hunch i deleted the itunes exception and followed the steps to add it again and boom it worked!! i could now see my vista machine from my ipod touch immediately.
something must have screwed up the firewall exception on the upgrade to itunes 10.x
it worked for me, i hope this helps others -
HT4914 Can I share my iTunes Match with home sharing
Can I share my iTunes Match content with my family through home sharing?
yes, if you activate home sharing
Also, you could sync your kids iPod Touch to your iTunes. -
Does iTunes Match replace Music syncing?
I was just wondering if I buy iTunes Match will I no longer need to sync my device with my computer for music?
Just be warned, though, that syncing of metadata (such as Play Counts, Last Played) in iTunes Match is still pretty erratic. Just yesterday, I played all the tracks with Plays = 0 and updated iTunes Match afterwards. When I opened iTunes again this morning, the tracks are back in the playlist with Plays = 0 again. All my iOS devices did not update as well. If you care about your metadata, do not subscribe to iTunes Match, at least not yet, until they sorted this thing out.
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Cannot home share the game app purchased at iTunes store. Home sharing music works. Home sharing books works. But, when I try to copy the game app, it says my computer is not authorized. What am I doing wrong?
I've been struggling with a similar issue myself and just figured it out. Some of my content had been purchased with an older Apple ID that I don't use any more. When I authorized my second computer, I only authorized it for my new Apple ID, not my old one. When I tried to copy my library to the new computer, many songs, apps, etc. reported the error "could not be copied because this computer is not authorized". It drove me crazy because I knew the computer was authorized and much of my library came over just fine.
Finally I selected some of the problem items, selected "Get Info" from the menus, and saw that they were all purchased by my old Apple ID. I then authorized my old Apple ID on my new computer, and all of my files are copying correctly now.
Would be great if the message said something like "...because this computer is not authorized for Apple ID [email protected]" -
Just hooked up new apple tv for first time. able to connect to internet (netflix, youtube) but not able to connect to my itunes account via home sharing. apple tv tells me to make sure computer's itunes has home-sharing enabled, which it does. any advice?
Have done both suggestions, still not working. Could it have somehting to do with my local network? I am using a wireless Internet provided by my apartment building so not sure if apple tv and my computer are not technically on the same "local network?"
apple tv and main computer are connecting to Internet fine. Just cannot see my itunes on apple tv.
any other advice? My itunes is turned on to home sharing. i entered the same apple itunes account into aple tv. but appletv keeps saying my computer's home sharing is not turned on...but it is. -
I have a new computer and I want to make it my home device for I tunes. I have home sharing, and all of the music and files are on the new computer. Now what do I do to make the new computer the home computer for Itunes?
The computer (windows platform) where I initially began using Itunes has four other computers/devices that are shared with it. All four of the other computers show up in my account, and can be managed. Or I can remove them. But on the new computer that I want to be my base computer (home if you will). The computer I want it to replace, when ITunes is open, has a tool bar, with various functions. All of the other devices are linked to that computer in ITunes, under Home SHaring. The new computer, shows the downloads via Home Sharing, but it does not show/have any tool bar.
I want to activate the new computer to be the computer via ITunes where all of the devices are linked to it as the base for ITunes. And, I don't know how to make that happen.
I hope that makes sense. -
Does iTunes match need to locate the actual files or just see its record in your library database? I am currently traveling in US and I have US and Australian iTunes accounts. But all my music files are on a hard drive in Australia. Can I start using itunes music match while I am travelling without the actual music files attached to my itunes?
In your situation I strongly recommend you read over that KB article. The international iTunes Stores are not cross-compatible.
My understanding of how it would work is that when activating iTunes Match on your US Store account, any songs you have in your iTunes Library that were purchased from the AUS Store account will NOT be matched. As I understand it, those files will be uploaded (which means you need the files on a local HDD). I also do not think it is possible to have iTunes Match active on more than one store ID on the same computer. But since iTunes Match is not available internationally yet, that point is moot for the moment.
To be honest you might want to wait until the service is available internationally so you can guage how will it will serve you. -
I bought music from iTunes and downloaded it to my iPad. I have enabled iTunes Match on my PC (where most of my music is stored). When I turned on iTunes Match on iPad it said "iTunes Match will replace the music library" on my iPad. All of my iPad music is saved on iCloud, and some of my PC music is on iCloud. If I use iTunes Match will the music previously downloaded on my iPad be lost?
Thanks!!You need to either sync the iPad with iTunes so it will transfer the purchases to the iTunes library or download them from the purchase history. Then let iTM work on the "new" tracks in the library then all the music will be available on the iPad.
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Anyone?
Hi 24fantrue,
When you are using Home Sharing, you are streaming your music to the other devices that you've set up on your home network. Your music does not reside on any other device or computer unless someone copies a song to their device.
So, if you delete a song from your iTunes library, the other users in your household will no longer be able to play or copy the song. Does that make sense?
The resource below will explain how Home sharing works.
How to share music and video with iTunes - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201779
iTunes 12 for Mac: Use Home Sharing to import items from another iTunes library
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19614?locale=en_US
Import items from other libraries using Home Sharing
Click the Sharing button near the top left of the iTunes window, and choose a library from the pop-up menu.
Click the button for the type of content you want to import (Music, for example) near the top left of the window.
Click the Show pop-up menu at the bottom of the iTunes window and choose “Items not in my library.”
Select the items you want to import, and click Import.
Hope that helps ...
- Judy -
If I subscribe, does ITunes Match suck all of my songs off of my Imac and take them to the cloud, update them and return them to my hard drive - can I get the improved quality stuff back on my hard drive to replace the "inferior" stuff or does it stay in the cloud?
Next question - I have a bunch of songs in ITunes, more in a Music folder, and more in a downloads folder. I assume they should all be in ITunes to use ITunes match the best way. How do I get them out of the other folders into ITunes? Where should songs be on the computer (LION 10.75).Rick Carlton wrote:
First, Thanks.
So I couldget all of my musc into Itunes (still not sure how) including the music on my IPOD, transfer it by Match to the cloud.
To add music to iTunes either simply drag-n-drop it, or pull down File > Add to Library. For music that is only on an iPod see this user tip: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
Rick Carlton wrote:
Then could I download them all to a seperate folder, throw away the older stuff, somehow transfer the new stuff back into ITunes,and have all new stuff on my HD and Time Machine Back-up?
There is no downloading, moving or "transfering" required. Everything is done directly in iTunes. Time Machine will then backup everything on the internal HDD.
Rick Carlton wrote:
One more question - if they go to the cloud, do they sta there so my wife's Ipad and Iphone can play them?
You wife will have to be logged into your iTunes Store account to access iTunes Match. -
HT5637 How does itunes match sync playlists?
How does itunes match sync playlists between my computer, ipad and ipod?
It will tell you that the library exceeds the limit and will not proceed. So if you have more than the 25k limit (and keep in mind that iTunes Store purchases do not count against this limit) the only way you can use iTM is to move some music out of the library to get under the limit before signing up for the service.
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Does home sharing allow me to transfer music between libraries? Can my daughter, wife and I share music?
Hello matt811
If you are having issues with transferring music through Home Sharing, check out the following article that will assist with troubleshooting the issue. Also check out the other article that will give some alternatives to transferring media to a new computer.
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.
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