Download vs. Sync and iTunes Match
iTunes Match(ed) my +9,000 song library (~1/4 purchased, the rest ripped from CD's & "acquired from other sources") last night! I've had no problems with it thus far and feel it is superior to whatever Google will try and Spotify offers.
I understand that when I activate iTunes Match on my iOS device, any currently sync'd music will be replaced by the complete iTunes Match(ed) music library, My first thought - great, this will free up plenty of storage space. Then, playing and/or downloading songs and playlists saves them locally on the device. My concern - during previous syncing with my PC and iTunes library, I chose the option to sync higher bit-rate songs at 128kbps; this has a significant impact on file size. If I download songs from iCloud to my device, I'm assuming they are at 256kbps and I'm stuck with that. Are there any options for iCloud music (via iTunes Match) syncing at the lower bit-rate?
ChristianSyl wrote:
Hmmm, ok. I guess that this is definitively unclear... I did removed the actual physical files from my drive, actually just backed them up somewhere else... And in addition to that it was also confusing to have iCloud and local files in iTunes....
iTunes Match does not magically change the location of the iTunes library to the cloud. iTunes still requires the files to physically be on your computer HDD so it can play them, unless you delete the files from your library.
ChristianSyl wrote:
To be clear, is there a way in iTunes match to download all of your music back in one shot, I.e. select all and download, or something similar? That's important as it will let me change the way I see and use that service from apple....
Yes. Highlight all the tracks you want to download, the right-click (or Control+click) and choose "download." However it will be more efficacious for you to restore your iTunes library from the backup you made prior to deleting all the files.
ChristianSyl wrote:
So what happens when I buy some music in the iTunes store? Isn't it automatically just added in iTunes match? Note that I haven't bought new music since i started using imatch.
Yes. Any new music you purchae from the store will be downloaded to your computer, marked as "purchased" and immediately be availble to any other iOS devices you have assocciated with your iTunes Store account ID and have iTM enabled.
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Can you recover/download all of your iTunes Match account onto your computer? I synced the iPod that I had the entire library on to a new computer and lost almost all of my music. The old computer that had the library on it blew a hard drive and I can't sync the iPod back to the old computer. Everything is in iTunes Match, but can I load it onto my computer, so I can get it back on my classic iPod?
If you had iTunes Match before all this happened, yes. Just log in, activate iTM and download the music. If you did not have iTunes Match prior to these incidents, no, it can not help you.
You should also be doing regular backups of your personal data to an extnal HDD. If you had a backup hue could simply restore it. -
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Yes i've tried all of that. I've turned it all the way on and off and erased all of my music and put it back on and nothing works. And with the breaking up CDs and putting into compilation categories i have already fixed all of that stuff. It's fine it just doesn't show up in the list of artists. I can find the album in the songs category and the albums category it's just it doesn't show tha name of the artist. All of the other albums that i downloaded before i updated my itunes to th most recent update are fine. It's just the two that i downloaded afterwards. Thanks for trying though.
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What is error 4002 when trying to sync with Itunes match and how do I fix it?
What is error 4002 when trying to sync with Itunes match and how do I fix it?
HI
Read this How to troubleshoot iTunes Match - Apple Support
Note specifically holding option ket whilst turning off match.
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Using iCloud and iTunes match, should I still wirelessly sync with my computer iTunes?
Using an iPhone 4 with the latest updates. I keep getting an error message syncing over my wireless network that says "Cannot sync phone. There are too many files open" from iTunes on my compter. Should I turn off the wireless syncing now that I'm using iCloud and iTunes Match?
There are 4 iPhones that are using this feature on our network, plus AppleTV 2.Even though you have iTunes match and iCloud, there are several other types of media that aren't included in either of the services, such as movies, photos etc, if you aren't syncing any of these to your phones, then you may well be able to turn iTunes wifi sync off.
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Audi Music Interface, iOS 6 and iTunes Match
Hello,
I have trouble finding out which songs are shown on on the Audi Music Interface when iTunes Match is being used.
The phone has been restored from backup, and previously did not use iTunes Match, so most of the songs that are shown in my Menu appear to be songs that I had synced beafore iTunes Match.
Also, all songs I buy with the phone appear in the car menu.
However, when I download a song manually, either by playing or by selecting to download the whole album, the song does not appear in the car menu
Can anyone help to resolve this riddle? Is this Apple's issue, or Audi's ?I have the same problem with my Hyundai Sonata. If I try the wired connection (which then charges my phone too), only the songs downloaded to my phone appear in my music menu on the nav screen. However, I have found that if I just plug my iphone into the standard charger and then wirelessly stream from my match account, it works great. The only difference is that I have to use the phone to control the music menu, not the nav screen in the car. I don't know if your car has the ability to stream music, but if so give that a try.
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What's the difference, other than the 24.99, between Home Sharing (free) and iTunes Match (24.99)?
Home sharing allows you to share content between computers and devices on your wifi network - so if you have your library on your computer's iTunes and you want to access it on your iPad then both your computer and iPad have to be turned on, iTunes open on your computer, and both need to be connected to the same wifi network.
iTunes Match will upload your music library to the cloud (including music copied from CDs and from other sources) allowing you to accces it from your computer or iPad without requiring your main computer to be on - and if you have access to a network when not at home you can download or stream music from it. It's also acts as a second backup of your content (you should still maintain your own backup of your library).
iTunes Match, from http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ :
Once your music is in iCloud, you can play it from any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud and tap to play to it. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you play or download is stored on your device. Tap the iCloud download button to download music from an artist, album, or playlist. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without having to worry about the storage space on your device.
But whether it's worth it only you will know. Personally I don't use it, I keep and maintain my own backup of my content and sync it to my devices so that I don't have to rely on being online to access what I might want to listen to, -
Have an iPhone4 and iPad2 both with all latest updates. Also using iCloud and iTunes Match.
What is the best way to set these up? I don't need music on either device but noticed my entire iTunes library on both devices. I really don't need music on either device except what I choose for each. Noticed my phone close to needing more storage, so I tried to swipe and delete albums but nothing happened. I went to the music icon and deleted everything which showed no data. Then selected the music icon at bottom of phone and all the music is still there.
I also backed up the phone and iPad on iCloud but nothing shows on iCloud.
What is suggested? Should I back these up to iCloud or to themselves or even iTunes? ITunes Match allows access to iTunes library in ICloud but checking iCloud I don't see an iTunes library or iPhone in iCloud. Perhaps I don' need iTunes Match?
Need some guidance on the best way to set things up and what some of you have done. Also how do I delete the music on the phone with what I described earlier.
Thanks
DoniCloud and itunes match are different services. iCloud really has no impact on iTunes match. When you set up itunes match, I assume your itunes music library was synced up to the match cloud. You other devices list all the music but don't have it physically on the device until you download it.
You might post over at the itunes match forum where users there are more knowledgeable than most here.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_match -
Cannot see BOTH synched library AND iTunes Match library at the same time
I ran iTunes Match on my library of MP3 files and hit the maximum allowed 25,000 song limit in my paid iTunes Match account. Then I created a new version of my local/PC iTunes library with those 25,000 MP3 songs removed, and synchronized it with my iPhone 4s running IOS7 and iTunes Match turned OFF. So far so good.
So now I theoretically have no duplication between my 25,000 song iTunes Match library and my local iTunes library that resides on my PC.
But even though I have the "Show All Music" setting on the phone turned on, the iTunes Match songs don't appear on my iPhone until I also turn the iTunes Match setting on. But as soon as I do that, all of the songs I synched from my local iTunes library on my PC completely disappear- having been completely replaced by my iTunes Match library. If I then turn the iTunes Match setting off again (while still leaving "Show All Music on"), the iTunes Match songs also disappear, leaving my iPhone music library completely empty. Have I misunderstood the meaning of the "Show All Music" setting, or is something malfunctioning?
My question is: How can I make ALL of my songs (both the ones I have previously captured in ITunes Match AND the ones I synched with my PC via iTunes) appear on my iPhone at the same time? This scenario seemed to be working just fine under IOS6 on the same iPhone.I had a somewhat similar experience. When I enabled paid iTunes Match on my iPhone 5, iOS7, all of my locally-stored songs on the iPhone disappeared and remained gone even after I disabled iTunes Match on the iPhone.
A chat session with Apple support revealed that iTunes Match will in fact supersede any synched content on the iPhone. The suggestion from Apple support was to download on the phone all the previously-synched content via iTunes Match wireless connection. Of course, that would take hours if not days. And that crazy workaround won't help you because you want songs other than what you have in the Cloud.
It appears that various members of this forum have not had this same experience. I'm not sure what's going on here. Usually with Apple's tight control of hardware and software these anomalies are avoided.
And I didn't really need iTunes Match except I wanted commercial-free iTunes Radio (which I think is great, by the way). At least for now, commercial-free radio (with a paid subscription) can be achieved only by enabling all of the iTunes Match features. I'm not sure why Apple requires this bundling unless its part of a general push to a streaming model for everything (more revenue opportunities) as opposed to supporting local storage. -
I have icloud and itunes match and most of my songs have been uploaded to the cloud. Some songs still have the "waiting" icon next to them and when I turn itunes match on they neither upload nor are they determined ineligible. My computer will literally spin its wheels for hours trying to upload the same song. Additionally, I uploaded an audiobook disc on my computer and 3 of the 11 tracks are still waiting to be uploaded???
The exclamation mark happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
If the missing files just can't be found then, assuming you are in region where you are permitted multiple downloads of your audio purchases, delete the current enties and download again from your purchased history.
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Recently purchases the beatles in mono, and itunes match just keep turning around and around? anyone could help?
Also, bought a rolling stones complete vinyle set that have a free download in mp3 of all the vinyl, never been able to keep them in itunes match, imatch keep going on and off, all the way, it even erase my entire librairy on all my computer when i turnit off, to see if it was that, i let it running for 3 days, without any improvement, i finaly erase all my mp3 files? anyone has an answer?tapajeurs wrote:
Recently purchases the beatles in mono, and itunes match just keep turning around and around? anyone could help?
See this specific thread for a discussion on The Beatles mono boxed set: Re: The Beatles in Mono - 48 of 185 mono songs Matched to stereo versions. And this is a list of several threads discussing the boxed set:
https://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?resultTypes=&dateRange=all&peopleEnabl ed=true&q=The+Beatles&containerType=14&container=2882&username=&rankBy=relevance &numResults=15
tapajeurs wrote:
Also, bought a rolling stones complete vinyle set that have a free download in mp3 of all the vinyl, never been able to keep them in itunes match, imatch keep going on and off, all the way, it even erase my entire librairy on all my computer when i turnit off, to see if it was that, i let it running for 3 days, without any improvement, i finaly erase all my mp3 files? anyone has an answer?
As for the Rolling Stones... where did you download the MP3 files from and what bit-rate are they? Many times when the iTM process in iTunes keeps looping back to step 1 it is because it is trying to match some particular tracks. My advice is to add the tracks a few a time; say, one album at a time and let iTM work on those and complete before you add another album. Having the process try to work on dozens or even hundreds of tracks when it is looping like that can be frustrating. -
Photostream and Itune match are no longer working ?
I couldn''t acces the Photostream wile in the previous releases I had no issue with that.
So today I had some time and reinstalled my Apple TV 3, heart about some network problems and a reinstall should have solved the issues
However, after the reinstall, I could no longer acces the Itunes Store, not Photostream or Itunes Match
After a cold restart, I could acces the itunes store; Photostream still doesn''t work and Itunes Match starts to contact and tell me that i can take a view minutes to download, but after a couple of hours the Itunes Match songs are still not displayed
So in fact I have a worthless Apple TV 3 now, which cannot play my cloud music, the only working function is Airplay
I have to admit that was the main feature to buy the box for;
Anything for the moment or are we facing real bug nows ?
By the way, I have the Apple TV 3 connected via fixed ethernet using DHCP
via a 100Mb synchronous connection. Iphones, laptops, Ipad other devices are all working fine
and the ethernetlink on the ATV 3 is also checked.Disabling Fixed Ethernet, and only use Wifi solves the issue. Looks like a bug on fixed ethernet
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I used a usb turntable to import old vinyl records into iTunes. Then with the cloud and iTunes match I put them on another Mac. The songs come up in the music list but they are greyed out. How do I get them recognized. The symbol states the songs were downloaded from iCloud. I would like to get them to play so that I can make a playlist, and burn a CD.
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device. -
How do i play my iTunes music on my iPad using WiFi and iTunes match? I don't want to download my music to my iPad.
But that's what I don't want to do. I think I must have misunderstood what was possible with iTunes Match and the cloud. I had thought I would be able to play my music directly from the cloud using WiFi. I didn't think I would have to download it from the cloud to play it on my iPad. I store it in the cloud because I don't have enough storage space on my iPad -- I can't download all my music because I run out of storage space. If iTunes Match doesn't allow you to play the music FROM THE CLOUD, but instead only allows you to DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE CLOUD TO YOUR IPAD TO PLAY, then it's not serving the purpose I thought it would. What's the point of storing it in the cloud if you have to download it to play it?
The only way I could imagine it working for me is if it possible to only download particular albums or songs. Or does your whole library have to be downloaded? -
HT204406 How do you download the tunes in iTunes Match to an iPod?
How do you download the tunes in iTunes Match in iCloud to an iPod?
I did see this yes, I also spent about 20 minutes on the phone finally with a technical support person at Apple who told me to restart and reset my phone which got rid of the few playlists I'd somehow managed to keep on my phone, and also got me off his back because I had to hang up with him to do so....useless.
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