HT4914 if i got itunes match and i lost all my music on my computer

i'm now having to reload all my music back on my laptop after the hard drive died, if i get i tunes match would i be able to download all my music to my laptop if it happend again ?

No. The local files are neither moved or touched. They are simply "matched" or "uploaded." Any purchased tracks will be marked "purchased."
Also, unless you delete tracks from the local iTunes library when you play it the local file will always be played. iTunes Match does not stream by default in iTunes.

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I just got iTunes Match and I would like to know if downloading my songs from the cloud uses cellular data?

I just got iTunes Match and would like to know if downloading my songs from the cloud uses cellular data if I am not able to use wifi?

Hi,
Yes, it will use cellular data. If you know that you are going to out of wifi range, you can predownload some music whilst you have a wifi connection.
Jim

HT4914 I had 1235 songs on my iPad 3 I subscribed to iTunes Match and it deleted all of my songs except for 79 that I had purchased from iTunes Store. How can I recover my lost songs???

I had 1235 songs on my iPad 3 I subscribed to iTunes Match and it deleted all of my songs except for 79 that I had purchased from iTunes Store. How can I recover my lost songs???

Hi,
If the tracks were not in your iTunes library on your computer when you subscribed to match, I am afraid that they are lost. Do you have a separate back up of this music?
Jim

ITunes Match does not list all my music before signing up. Only the ones i've purchased thru itunes and several songs of my own. Where can I find my 400 missing songs? Being able to store ALL music is the only reason why I signed up. Please help.

iTunes Match does not list all the music I had on my iphone. Not on my phone or iTunes. Only shows the music I've purchased from itunes and none of my 400+ songs. Please help. Thank you.

Is your music in your iTunes library on your computer and has match completed its scan of this library.
jim

Recently wiped out my mac do to mavericks update going wrong. If i add this computer with my itunes match will it put all the music i had back in my itunes library or just upload the little bit of music i purchased on itunes in the past?

Recently erased my entire mac HD do to mavericks update going wrong. I do not have a back up for my music. But my itunes match account has all my music. If i add this computer with my itunes match will it put all the music i had back in my itunes library or just upload the little bit of music i purchased on itunes in the past that im only seeing now in my itunes? I do not want itunes match to sync or upload the little bit of purchased music i have on my itunes now..Please Help Thanks..

Hello gogreenj14,
If you had iTunes Match updated with all of your non iTunes purchased content already, then yes, when you enable iTunes Match with the following article it will have all the content that has been uploaded to iTunes Match will be available for download.
iTunes: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913
Open the latest version of iTunes on the computer you intend to add. You can download the latest version of iTunes here.
Sign in with the Apple ID you use with iTunes Match.
Choose Store > Turn On iTunes Match.
Click the Add This Computer button.
When prompted, enter your Apple ID password.
iTunes will automatically begin scanning your computer's library for matches.
A status indicator will allow you to track progress. You may also manually pause and resume the process at any time by clicking the Stop or Start button.
Once iTunes has completed matching and uploading your iTunes library, your music in iCloud will be integrated into your local music library. A download button will appear to the right of any content that you have in iCloud that doesn't already exist on your computer.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

ITunes Match is on but all my music is on iPhone?

Hi,
I've subscribed to iTunes Match, and successfully matched all my music. However, when I turn on iTunes Match on my iPhone, all my music is still on my phone. I've tried syncing my iPhone to iTunes a few times. However, when the sync is done each time, none of the songs on my phone have the iCloud icon next to them. The usage meter in iTunes for the iPhone shows it has all the music still on it. Finally, when I turn on Airplane Mode, I can still play any song on. Can someone tell me what step I've missed to get iTunes Match to work on my iPhone?
Thanks,
Jason Mazzotta

On your phone, go to Settings -> Music. At the top, there should be a switch to turn iTunes Match on and off. Once you turn it on, it should give you a notice that doing so will erase all music on the device. Tell it that's fine, and then it'll activate it. To see everything you have, and not just what's on the phone, make sure to set the "Show All Music" switch to On once it appears.
If you're still having trouble, try hitting the Settings button in the top left and then go back into the Music settings and ensure the option took. I had to do this 3-4 times the first time I checked it after turning on iTunes Match.

HT1296 my computer crashed and I lost all my music in iTunes, I still have all of it on my Ipod Touch, how can I get my music from the Ipod back into itunes?

my computer crashed and I lost all my music in iTunes, I still have all of it on my Ipod Touch, how can I restore my music back to iTunes from the Ipo Touch?

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

I backed up my ipod and i lost all my music. And its not letting me put my music back on my iPod and i also tried to buy a song from iTunes but it didn't download to my IPod. So now i dont have any music on my ipod now

i backed up my ipod and i lost all my music. And its not letting me put my music back on my iPod and i also tried to buy a song from iTunes but it didn't download to my IPod. So now i dont have any music on my ipod now

What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Does iTunes see the iPod?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Does any media now sync to the iPod?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
Try syncing using the manual method
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod

I synced my phone that had an itunes account but no music on it to a computer and it erased all the music on that computer. is there any way to get the music back?

i synced my phone that had an itunes account but no music on it to a computer and it erased all the music on that computer. is there any way to get the music back?

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

I recently downloaded itunes 10.5 and have lost all my music. How do I retrieve it? Help!

I recently downloaded itunes 10.5 and have lost all my music. How do i retrieve it? Help!

shouldnt be too hard for them to not have sync as the default
Not difficult at all but iTunes is meant to be very simple to use. No one would know how to sync their music if the default was to not sync it.
many people will have an ipod that hoops up to itunes for first time and then will sync up and lose all songs
One big reason to make regular backups.

I downloaded i tunes onto my new computer, i connected my iphone during the updating process itunes failed and i lost all my purchased music from my iphone. I would like to get it reinstated how ?

I downloaded itunes onto my new computer, i connected my iphone during the updating process itunes failed and i lost all my purchased music from my iphone and can no longer retrieve them. I would like to know how i can reinstate the lost music please.

When you are done with this issue, consider the computer back at the office may still
have access to your iTunes account, and it should be de-auhorized. You can do that
remotely, but be sure you carefully do not mess up your other computer iTunes libraries.
Good luck & happy computing!

My hardrive crashed and I lost all my music

My hard drive crashed and I lost all my music. i have purchased everything from itunes with the same credit card. can I get the music back?

Normally, no. iTunes music store purchases are a one time affair, and it is (or was) up to you to keep your computer backed up.
You can go to the iTunes store contact section and plead your case, They may allow a one time re-download, but the terms of service do not require them to do so. Ask them politely and see if they can help you.
And seriously, buy a backup drive and use it regularly. If you had backed up your hard drive, this would be a complete non-issue for you right now.

I have an ipod touch 4th gen, installed the latest update to iOS 6 and have lost all my music. Where did it go?

I have an ipod touch 4th gen, installed the latest update to iOS 6 and have lost all my music, apps etc. It also linked up with an alternate email address???? Help!

I have a similar issue happenning with my ipod touch 64GB running IOS 6.0.1. My music content is stored via itunes on my Snow Leopard macbook pro as well (and not in the cloud). The music on my ipod (which is sync'd to my macbook pro when I connect via usb) has randomly disappeared about 3 or 4 times lately, not during sync'ing and unrelated to battery charge levels. Fortunately I have been able to restore it by restarting my macbook pro then re-syncing the ipod, which it is now doing as I write, but it takes hours (for over 3000 songs). Having looked at a few other forum discussion pages, it seems this may be a bug related to IOS 6 updates and using music/itunes and podcast playing apps. The same thing has intermittently occurred with some other content such as downloaded podcasts, iplayer content and photos. Once I reconnected the ipod it synced and apparently restored the content, but I can't understand why it lost it in the first place, and its very annoying. Lets hope the reinstalling works on my ipod tonight....up to 248 of 3326 songs syncing as I write....

My computer broke and i lost all my music but the music is still on my ipod how do i fix this?

please help me...
my computer broke and i lost all my music but the music is still on my ipod how do i fix this?

Also See Here for using your iPod to put your Music back on your Computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/syncing/
Cheers,

HT4914 i subscribed to itunes match and i can't get it to come up on my apple ipad mini....help

I subscribed to apple itunes match and for some reason it won't load onto my ipad. Do anyone know how to get it to download

Hi,
If the tracks were not in your iTunes library on your computer when you subscribed to match, I am afraid that they are lost. Do you have a separate back up of this music?
Jim

HT4914 if i got itunes match and i lost all my music on my computer

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