HT204406 iTunes Match "ate" my music

When I recently went on a 2 month overseas holiday I noted that my laptop could only access my music when I had Internet conncetion. I think that is plain silly, not all of the world has Internet fast enough to support that.
I disabled iTunes Match and all my music files i.e. the ones I did not purchase in iTunes, have disappeared. Where is my music, how do I get it back and I do not want iTunes Match back. Many thanks, Goran

This is a known problem with iTunes Match. Why don't you search the iTunes Match section for other posts like yours? There have been dozens and dozend of them.

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HT204406 iTunes Match wont play music somedays.

It looks like its loading a song and then just starts going from one song to the next not playing them. Anybody else experiencing this? I'd really like to listen to some music at my desk again!

Does Squabble's suggestion in the following topic also help with your audio problems?
Possible issue with Direct Sound on Windows 8.1
EDIT: sorry, didn't include the link in the first version of the reply.

HT204074 Can iTunes Match take the music I have on my iPod Classic and be able to share it with my other devices?

I have the original 80 gig iPod Classic that is about half full of music I had burned from the old cd collection years ago, it was all on my laptop but that has long since crashed and burned, leaving me with the trusty classic as the only copy, now it's acting up and being temperamental and I'm hoping this is the way to get all my music backed up and accessible.

You can only subscribe to iTunes Match, and upload music to it, from a computer's iTunes.
There are some programs listed half-way down this page which should be able to copy your music back from your iPod : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

HT204053 I have put new music on my iTunes folder on my apple desktop. I have iTunes Match but the music has not shown up on my iPhone. How do I get my music to get on my phone. My iCloud is on on the desktop and iphone

I have put new music on my iTunes folder on my apple desktop. I have iTunes Match but the music has not shown up on my iPhone. My iCloud is turned on. All my music initially did go to my iPhone

Try posting in the iTunes Match forum, you'll probably find more knowledgeable folks there. iTunes Match is a different service from iCloud.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_match

I have an ipod 4 can i connect to pc and, using itunes match, store all music off ipod and then transfer to a new ipod 5?

i have an ipod 4 can i connect to pc and, using itunes match, store all music off ipod and then transfer to a new ipod 5?

hI, bella
I also met this issue a few days ago and I finally find out how to transfer music from iPod to computer:
1. Plug your iPod in and wait for the computer to recognize it.
2. Open up 'My Computer' and under 'Devices With Removable Storage', double click and open apple iPod.
3. Click on 'Tools' at the top of the window and drag down to 'Folder Options'.
4. Under the 'View' tab, find the subfolder called 'Hidden files and folders'.
5. Select the option 'Show hidden files and folders'.
6. Click 'OK'.

HT4914 Can I use iTunes Match to transfer music from an iPhone4 to a new iPhone5s? I'm traveling without my laptop!

Can I use iTunes Match to transfer music from an iPhone4 to a new iPhone5s? I'm traveling without my laptop!
- Music was purchased outside of iTunes store
- On a vacation
- iPhone 4 has all my music
- No access to iTunes
- Want to buy a new iPhone 5s on vacation but this is holding me back

Honestly, I've never used iTunes Match.
Keep in mind that iTunes Match is only for music, any other media content would not be affected.
Also, pictures synced to the device from a computer will not be moved over unless the new device is restored from a backup on that computer.
Personaly, unless the current iPhone was damaged or otherwise acting as if on it's last leg, I'd wait. There may be better options in 3 months.

HT204406 iTunes Match was set up but wouldn't download any of my music. I turned iTunes Match off, deauthorised and then reauthorised, restarted iTunes. Now iTunes match won't turn on - I get the "Add this computer screen" but it says can't add for 83 day

iTunes Match was set up on my new MacBook Pro. Today, it wouldnt download any of my music, so I followed advice, switched on iTunes Match and switched it on again. When this didnt help, I deauthorized the computer, logged out of iTunes, and relogged in again. I have reauthroized the computer and reset the View/Options.
However, now I cant connect to iTunes Match or iCloud at all. The screen asking me to Add this computer comes up, when I click and enter my Mac account details I get the error message:
"You can use iTunes Match on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days. You cannot associate this computer with a different Apple ID for 83 days."
However, this was the iTunes account with which I set up iTunes Match.
Anyone got any suggestions?

Hey Carolefromthelou,
The following link will provide steps on how to best remove all traces of iTunes from your PC and then reinstall it:
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Best,
Delgadoh

HT204406 iTunes Match replacing music with censored versions

Has there been a solution found for iTunes Match replacing music with censored versions? Everything I read has been old and no real solutions. This was unexpected and an unacceptable result of me paying for a service. At minimum there should be a question prompting the user to agree to censored replacements or the use of original music if a match cannot be found. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help and sorry if this is duplicated info.

You're files are not gone. They are still on the HDD of your computer. Apparently, at some point you've created a new, empty iTunes library. Go to ~/Music and tell us what folders are there. At minimum there will be a folder named "iTunes" where all your files will be.
If you have backups, you can restore the iTunes library files from immediately before the problem happened and be back to pretty close to where you were.

HT204406 Have subscribed to match but am unable to get it to work on my Iphone (5). Everytime I click on ITunes Match in my music settings, it tells me I am not subscribed. What do I need to do?

Trying to get ITunes Match to work on my phone.

Hello banjobruce,
You may need to verify that the correct Apple ID is signed in on your iPhone.
iOS: Sign in with a different Apple ID in the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311
Cheers,
Allen

I have a number of audiobooks in my itunes library. Can they be stored in the cloud via itunes match or only music?

I have a number of audiobooks in my Itunes library. Can they be stored in the Cloud via Itunes match? All of the info refers only to "music".

They cannot be stored on icloud at all

I have just purchased iTunes match, but my music is still taking up 4GB space on my iPhone, which is what it was doing before. How do I clear space?

I thought that I understood that once music uploads or matches to iTunes match, that my library would no longer be stored (using space) on my iPhone. Before the purchase, my library took 4GB space. Since the purchase, I haven't downloaded/listened to any tracks, but it is still showing as using 4GB space on my phone. And 2 days after the purchase, out of 1364 songs, 734 remain on my device, and not in Cloud (evident when selecting to show only tracks that have been downloaded to device). So why has approximately only half of my library been stored in Cloud, and why, despite around half of my library having gone to Cloud, is it still using 4BG space on my phone???

Hi,
On your iPhone Go to Settings > General > Manage Storage > Music - this tells you amount used for All songs and lists the music on your phone. You can delete music from here.
All your music in the cloud should now show download arrow but when you play a track, it is downloaded.
Jim

ITunes Match for selected music

Hello everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying your holiday, whatever it may be
Here's a tricky one for you. I've thought about this for a long time, but I can't figure a way to do it, so maybe someone knows of a way. So, I use my MBP for my dj gigs, and I have one iTunes music collection in a external drive that I carry along containing it. This collection contains only music that I use to play when working, mostly electronic stuff, mostly singles and EPs.
Then, at home, the iMac has the main iTunes library, with all genres and all the stuff I listen on a daily basis, but not music I use for work, and this machine is registered with iTunes Match. Now, I would like to have the tracks I use for work to also be in the cloud, but I wouldn't want to mix them up with my general music collection, and even worst, I wouldn't want the iTunes library in the MBP to become filled with rock and classical music that I never play at my gigs.
Hope you are getting what I mean. Do you know of any way I could have all tracks in iTunes Match (general music and work music) but only have each to show up on their respective machine? Or is iTunes Match a "entire-collection-or-no-collection" kind of deal, and once you authorize one computer to your account you can't control what tracks will end up in it?
Thank you so much for reading!

Now that we're in the topic, could you help me with one more thing? So let's say I merge both libraries and upload my "work" tracks to iTunes Match. Having in mind that I have lot's of metadata associated with those tracks, like comments that describe the track's mood, key, bpm and a lot more, which are essential when I'm looking for the next track to play, what will happen to that metadata if for some reason the local copies are deleted and I need to get them again from iTunes Match? Do they maintain all the metadata? Or will I get just the file with basic metadata like title, artist and a couple more?
It's just that I have so much time invested in adding info to the tracks that I don't even want to think about losing all that
Thanks a lot.

My daughter and I use the same PC. We have seperate iTunes accounts. . When I subscribed to iTunes Match all her music appeared on my iPhone. What can I do to resolve this

My daughter and I use the same PC for downloading onto iTunes
We have different iTunes accounts
Mine has far less content than hers as you'd expect
My iPhone only showed the music held in my account until I subscribed to iTunes Match At that point all her music loaded onto my iPhone
Why? and what do I do to resolve this please?

iTunes Match is associated with a specific Apple Id. If you use the same Id to enable iTunes Match on your IOS device you will see the same Songs.
Once iTune Match is enabled on a device (your shared computer for example), Apple cares about not allowing another Apple Id to be associated with that same device for a period of 90 days. Thus having more than one Apple Id associated with a single device to support multiple active iTunes Match subscriptions is simply not supported.
Whilst your music would be combined, you can from a single device associate more than one library with iTunes Match - until you can access separate devices this is perhaps the best compromise.

Can't download my iTunes Match collection of music anymore! PLEASE HELP! (Pics to prove!)

Hi!
There is probably a pretty easy fix for this situation - it's just I can't figure out what it is. Thanks in advance for your help.
Here's my situation;
1. I have a pretty large collection of music which I paid to match a couple years ago. My computer which I originally used to subscribe to iTunes match has died. No problem right? Since I have already subscribed to iTunes Match. But wait...
2. I wanted to download my entire music collection onto another one of my computers just because I want to keep a back-up of all my music - just incase some time in the future I do NOT want to subscribe to iTunes Match anymore.
3. While I was able to download most of my collection - a ton of songs were not downloaded. But instead, I see as pictured in [1] below, an exclaimation point in a circle to the left of the song, and a cloud icon with an exclaimation point in it under the "Match" column.
4. I am still able to play these songs - and download them individually, but not without going through a 4 step process FOR EACH SONG!!!
THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY to download all my music without going through this ridiculous process.
[1] STEP ONE - Select the song I want to download. If I double click it - I first see this message below that says, "The song "the beatles - Beetles-Hey Jude" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" So, since I no longer have the original file, I click "Cancel". BUT, that's exactly the moment when THE SONG STARTS PLAYING - and the the cloud icon with the exclaimation point turns to a could icon with an down-arrow letting me know that I can now download the file. (Go to step 2)
[2] BUT when I click that cloud icon with the down arrow, the cloud icon with the down arrow changes back to the cloud icon with the exclaimation point and then I get this message that says "The item was not added to iCloud because an error occurred." But the song seems to have downloaded in the right folder in my iTunes music folder. So, I hit OK, and I and I am still able to play this song. (Go to step 3)
[3] So at this stage, I am not sure why there is the CLoud icon with the Exclaimation point in it next to the song. Because it was just downloaded from the cloud, into my iTunes folder. But never the less the cloud icon with the exclaimation point is still there. The only way I can now get rid of that is to right click and select - "Add to iCloud".
[4] So now you see here below, STEP 4 - Hey Jude is downloaded, and matched to the cloud. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY! Please help.

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HT204406 iTunes Match "ate" my music

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