I cant turn off itunes match on my iphone

i recently reset my iphone to factory settings. Everything seems to be set up correctly but when I try to sync music from Itunes to my Iphone it tells me Itunes match is on. On Itunes itself it says match is off. On my phone it says its on and when I toggle it off it goes right back on. Is there a way to disable itunes match altogether...it stinks.

I have turn off iTunes Match in my iCloud and my Music settings. I want to download from my Mac the old school way. But when I go back to settings, iTunes Match is back on by itself. How do you turn this off????????

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  • HT4913 If the music library on my iPhone will be deleted when I enable iTunes Match, does that mean that I will not be able to access that music library when I temporarily turn off iTunes Match on the iPhone, e.g., when on the subway & can't connect to Ma

    I have subscribed to iTunes Match and have employed it to listen to music on my Macbook Air and iMac.  On these devices it seems to operate by streaming music to the device rather than deleting the device's current iTunes library and downloading songs as they are played from iTunes Match. Not so on the iPhone as far as I can tell. Consequently, to date I have not activated iTunes Match on my iPhone 4S.  I presently have 40-50GB's of music on my iPhone, sync'd from my iTunes music library on my Macbook Air.  I am concerned that if I enable iTunes Match on my iPhone I will lose the music library already on my iPhone, as Apple seems to be representing that once iTunes Match is enabled on the iPhone the current music library, carefully compiled, will be gone from the iPhone forever (unless I later re-sync it from the iTunes library on my laptop), that it will be deleted.  Although this would free up a lot of space on my iPhone, I bought the 64GB phone just so that I could keep a lot of music on it and accessible at all times.  I am concerned that in certain instances, say if I am in the subway and want to listen to music on my iPhone but  don't have internet access below ground, that I won't have much music to listen to, only those songs previously played and thus downloaded onto the phone from iMatch, presenting me witrh a rather limited choice of music to play instead of the 40-50GB's I now have to choose from. Apple seems to have presented me with the choice of the lesser of 2 evils: i) enable iTunes Match and lose the music library already on the iPhone in exchange for access to iTunes Match and a greater number of songs than I can fit onto the phone (my library exceeds the phone's capacity) when a Cloud connection is available or ii) don't enable iTunes match and limit myself to only those songs, a considerable portion of my library to be sure but not all of it, that I can fit in the phone's storage space, i.e., the 40-50 GB's I have on there now.  If I choose the latter course, each time I purchase an album I'll have to delete another album to make room for it on the phone.  Apple thus offers me a sort of Hobson's choice, bad all the way around.  Do I have this right? The Apple techs I've spoken to don't seem to have a handle on the "deletion" aspect of enabling iTunes Match on the iPhone.   Right now, I'm too scared of "losing" my iPhone music library to enable iTunes Match on the iPhone. [Possible work-around, albeit a pain in the ***: I suppose that I can enable iTunes Match on the iPhone and spend the next couple of weeks 24/7 downloading songs from my iTunes Match library back onto the phone to replace at least some of those deleted when Match was enabled, thereby rebuilding a proxy library on the phone itself to play when I'm stuck in a tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan while maintaining access to thee larger iTunes Match library, more music than my phone will hold, once we come back into the light and my Cloud connection is restored.] Comments, suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.

    See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
    tt2

  • Can I turn off iTunes match on one computer only?

    I have iTunes installed on two laptops, one at home and one at school (I'm a teacher). iTunes match has worked great for my home computer and iPad, BUT...I do not want my music on the school laptop. Is there a way to turn off iTunes match on one machine only? I thought I had turned it off, but when I went to add some audio books for school it said it was adding them to iTunes match and now the books show up on all my devices.
    To be clear, I want to keep iTunes match for my personal laptop and iPad, but would like to turn it off on the school laptop.

    Hi,
    Yes. To turn off match Go to menu > store > and select turn off itunes match.
    To turn it back on you need to turn on from same point but you will be asked to sign in and add this computer.
    Jim

  • I turned off itunes match and I want my playlists back on my phone that is synched already and will not play

    I subscribed to itunes match.  ONLY 4000 songs are available out of 18000.  I am not happy and turned off itunes match.  Now i can access my playlists or songs that were originally synched to my phone before itunes match.  I just want my phone to be back to normal.

    Now i can not* access

  • How can I turn off itunes match on my phone without losing all my playlists?

    I have itunes match but want to keep all my music on my iPhone because I travel and don't always have access to the internet.  I upgrades to ios8 and now it seems if I turn off iTunes Match in my phone it get rid of all my playlists.  How can I stop that from happening.  I want my music, and playlist on my phone.

    To keep playlists on the phone, create them on the phone
    To keep music on the phone, download the tracks before turning off Match.
    But turning off Match isn't really necessary. Just turn off Show all music in the music app settings, or do not attempt to play a track that has a cloud icon (i.E. isn't downloaded).

  • HT204406 How can I turn off iTunes match on my mac

    I want to disable iTunes Match on my Macbook Pro?   How do I do that?
    The main reason is bc I just want to sync all of  my music to my iPad and not have to download it from the cloud one song at a time on my iPad.

    jrhuff -
    Open iTunes
    At the top menu select "Store"
    Scroll down to "Turn off iTunes Match" (I've already turned mine off so it shows " Turn on iTunes Match") If your's is on, it will say, "Turn off iTunes Match"

  • HT4914 What if I change my mine can I turn off ITunes Match

    Can I turn off my iTunes Match if I change my mind.

    I have turn off iTunes Match in my iCloud and my Music settings. I want to download from my Mac the old school way. But when I go back to settings, iTunes Match is back on by itself. How do you turn this off????????

  • HT204406 How do I turn off iTunes match

    I don't want to use it any more, and it is keeping mew from switching countries for the store. I don't care about the music in the cloud.

    You don't need to turn off iTunes Match to get your content out of the cloud.

  • HT4623 how do I turn off iTunes match on my mac, my iphone 4 wont sync properly?

    how do I turn off iTunes match on my mac, my iphone 4 wont sync properly?

    http://deactivate-itunes-match.articles.r-tt.com/

  • How do I turn off iTunes Match on my Mac?

    ITunes Match has become more of a hassle then it's worth, I have already dissabled it on my iDevices, but how do I shut it off on my Mac?

    Hi Scott Waters,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I understand that you want to turn off iTunes Match on your Apple computer. You can turn if off under Store in the Menu Bar. The following article has information for how to turn iTunes Match on, the option to turn it off will be in the same Store drop down menu.
    iTunes: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913
    Furthermore, after turning off iTunes Match on your computer, I suggest going into your Account Information in iTunes and turning off the Auto-Renew subscription for iTunes Match if you have decided that you no longer want it. That information and instructions can be found in this article.
    iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4914
    To turn off Auto-Renew for iTunes Match
    iTunes Match will automatically renew your subscription at the end of your 1 year subscription by default.
    To turn off Auto-Renew for iTunes Match from a computer
    Open the latest version of iTunes.
    Choose Store > Sign In.
    Enter your Apple ID and password and click Sign In.
    Choose Store > View My Account. You may be asked to re-enter your Apple ID password.
    In the "iTunes in the Cloud" section, click Turn Off Auto-Renew to the right of iTunes Match.
    Thanks for reaching out,   
    -Joe

  • No option to turn off iTunes Match in IOS?!

    I used iTunes Match for a while and decided now to renew my subscription, so I let it expire.
    On my computer I have managed to turn off iTunes Match, but when I go to Settings>Music or Settings>iTunes on my iphone, there is no option to turn off iTunes Match! There is only an option to renew.
    This is frustrating as ****, I can't load any new music onto my phone because iTunes Match is still 'on'.
    I've tried singing out of my iTunes account, turning off my phone, and turning it back on, but nothing has worked.
    Is anyone else having the same issue?
    Does anyone have any fixes?

    Thanks. I thought I might as well mention one last thing here, in case anyone else has the same issue.
    Even after I erased and restored my iPhone from the cloud backup, there was an issue. All of the songs I previously had on my iPhone (that were erased when I restored) became 'ghost files' and didn't show up in the music app. They did, however, show up in the iPhone when it was plugged into iTunes. They showed up in the iPhone music section of my iTunes, greyed out, with a little dotted circle to the left of each song. I couldn't delete them; when I did, if I unplugged my iPhone and plugged it back in to my computer the files reappeared 'greyed out' in my iPhone music.
    I found the fix here (credit to Jerrill): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5369825?tstart=0
    I'll quote it here for ease:
    "I downloaded one of the file explorer programs (iFunbox in my case) for my PC and deleted everything out of the "Purchases" folder on the phone's "Raw File System". After a couple of syncs with iTunes everything was back to normal. It appears that something was screwed up on the iPhone side that iTunes couldn't sort out. I don't think anything could sync from iTunes to the phone, not just the greyed out items."
    So, basically, if anyone encounters the glitch in the OP, do the following:
    Back up your phone to iCloud.
    Erase all settings on your iPhone.
    Restore from iCloud backup.
    Download a file explorer program (I used iFunbox as per Jerrill's instructions).
    Delete ALL files from the 'Purchases' folder on the iPhone's 'Raw File System'.
    Reset your iPhone by holding the power and home buttons until you see the Apple logo.
    Plug your iPhone into iTunes, and select 'Sync Music' then check 'Sync selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres'. Uncheck ALL the boxes (don't sync any music to your iPhone).
    Sync.
    Unplug your iPhone and reset it again by holding the power and home buttons until you see the Apple logo.
    Plug your iPhone back into your computer and the ghost files should be gone.
    I then unchecked 'Sync Music' then checked 'Manually manage music and videos' because I like having more control.
    Now to repeat the process with my iPad... iTunes Match, never again.

  • How do i turn off iTunes match, it won't turn off even though it says it's off?

    how do i turn off iTunes match, it won't turn off even though it says it's off?

    On what device and why, exactly, do you think iTunes Match is not turned off?

  • HT204406 how to turn off itunes match

    How do I turn off iTunes Match?

    Hey Laura,
    Thank you for your question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
    To turn-off Auto-Renew for iTunes Match, please follow these steps:
    iTunes Match will automatically renew your subscription at the end of your 1 year subscription by default. To turn off Auto-Renew:
    - Open the latest version of iTunes.
    - Choose Store > Sign In.
    - Enter your Apple ID and password, and click Sign In.
    - Choose Store > View My Account. You may be asked to re-enter your Apple ID password.
    - In the "iTunes in the Cloud" section, click Turn Off Auto-Renew to the right of iTunes Match.
    For more information, see the following article:
    iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4914
    Cheers,
    Matt M.

  • Trying to turn off iTunes Match, stays enabled on iOS devices.

    So I have had issues with playlists and such with iTM so I decided to turn it off.  Well I turn it off on my iPhone 4s/iPad 2/new iPad/iPhone 4 and on ALL of the devices NONE of them will successfully turn off iTM.  Settings > Music will show iTM disabled but when you open up the Music app you still see everything and the you can stream/download anything you want.  Here is what I have tried so far:
    Disable iTunes Match everywhere (Mac Pro/iOS Devices) and no change
    iOS Devices (tried all of them) settings > general > usage and delete the music usage.  Then turn off iTunes Match > reboot > open up music app, still see everything.
    I am pulling my hair out and have no clue what else to try.  Thoughts anyone??   It seems strange it is happening on ALL my iOS devices...the only device that seems to work perfectly is the MacBook Air which has no music on it and just uses match.  iOS Devices though are stuck in some strange loop where I cannot turn off iTunes Match.
    Running iOS 5.1 on all devices and iTunes 10.6

    Thanks for the tip, unfortunately that did not work for me.  I turned off match and let it sit for over 3 hours and music never disappeared.  I made sure to turn off auto-lock so the iPhone/iPad didn't go to sleep and neither device ever cleared out the music so I just restored from iCloud backup.
    Now the other thing thats strange is I still have autolock turned off and both devices are sitting on the music app and on my iPhone I have the cloud icon going with the status bar and took 3 hours to get it complete the first time and then someone called me and foolishly answered the phone and then it started all over again.  On my iPad I don't see the cloud icon but i have the spinning wheel going in the corner for almost 24 straight hours now.  I have all my music/artwork back but none of my playlists so I am going to let both these devices sit until the spinning circle stops. 
    I do have a large library of just under 25,000 songs so maybe thats why its taking so long but I haven't had this issue before iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6.

  • Perminently Turn Off iTunes Match in iTunes 12.0.1

    I cannot sync music with any of my iOS 8 devices since my iTunes Match subscription ran out. (I purposely let it lapse due to it sucking so bad!) So now I cannot sync purchased music that is in my iTunes library with any devices because it says 'iTunes Match is turned on'. How do I permanently turn it OFF?
    Mid-2009 MBP running OS-X 10.10, iPhone 5s running iOS 8.1.
    Thanks, John

    Hi JohnTheMacGeek,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
    The attached article shows how to turn on iTunes Match for both iOS and CPU. The areas on your computer and iPhone that show iTunes Match on in the following article, you can turn off. I would also suggest following all of the steps toward the bottom of the article, Turn off iTunes Match Auto-Renew.
    Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support
    Cheers,
    Joe

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