Icloud music storage

Forgive my stupidity, but if store all my music in the Cloud does that mean i don't have to have it taking up gb's on my computer. I have over 850 albums which take up a lot of space so if i could free this up by storing elsewhere that would be fantastic

Actually it's not a stupid question at all! My perspective was that the iTunes match service was designed to populate iOS devices and to replace the iTunes -> iOS manual syncing, but you are quite correct you could match/upload all your songs then delete from iTunes(making sure you don't select delete from cloud as well!!) *BUT* the only issues is that match doesn't really stream, it downloads and then plays (or if the connection is fast enough downloads and plays at the same time). It then keeps a copy on the iOs device incase you want to play it again, freeing up space if you download more than the device capacity. In this scenario you PC would free up all the space but slowly lose it as you play each song!
Others may know more....
Regards,
Shawn

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It would allow you to more easily access your music and download what you wish to have on it (without the need to synch to itunes). Whether it saves you storage would depend on how you use it, but potentially, yes.

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I just checked and they have already sucked up all my online storage. Ahhh techy teens! I think I will just leave it at that and back my own stuff up on my computer. Less confusing
Thanks for all the help! I am definitely more educated now and I'm off to check that cc bill too.

How can I use iCloud for storage without duplication problems?

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If you have a Mac signed into your account running iPhoto, you might want to check iPhoto>Preferences>iCloud to make sure Automatic Upload isn't checked. If it is checked, all new photos added to iPhoto are automatically added to your photo stream.

ICloud Data Storage Guidelines

We just got this message from Apple. I'm not a developer by trade, I'm a designer, but I don't recall seeing anywhere in the CS 5.5 App development process that allowed for the level of specificity they are referring to below. Is this something that needs to be handled by Adobe or is there some place in the Apple Developer Portal that these changes can be made?
Dear Developer,
In recent testing it appears that your app, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, stores a fair amount of data in its Documents folder.
Since iCloud backups are performed daily over Wi-Fi for each user's iOS device, it's important to ensure the best possible user experience by minimizing the amount of data being stored by your app.
In addition to purchased music, apps, books, Camera roll, and device settings, everything in your app's home directory, including its Documents folder, is backed up to iCloud.
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Please review these guidelines, make any required changes to your app, and submit an update to the App Store.
If you're not the technical contact for your app, please make sure this email gets to your development team.
If you have any questions concerning this information, please let me know.
Thanks for developing for iOS!

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Unfortunately I can't provide a timetable because I have no idea when the GM SDK will be released. All I can say is that we are anxiously awaiting the GM drop and are ready to move on it, the minute it is released. We understand the importance of Newsstand to our customers.
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When I purchase the cloud for my music storage will the entire music catalog show on my device?

When I purchase the storage to store my music in the cloud ....will my music library be available with the amount of songs that I have stored in the cloud ?

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I fixed this issue (with help from tech support) and it involved several things.
After adding a song to iTunes, right-click on the song in iTunes and select "Update iTunes Match."
OR go to the iTunes menu-->Store-->Update iTunes Match.
Maybe that's the reason, it just hadn't updated to the cloud.
OR maybe it's not a high-enough bitrate file. This happens to me because most of my tunes are home-recorded.
Sometimes converting to .mp3 or Create AAC version might work. (You do this with a right-click in iTunes, and then you will want to remove the original file from iTunes.)
There is an iTunes Preferences setting, under General Preferences called Import Settings. Try setting it to AAC Encoder and iTunes Plus. That (I think) causes imports to be slightly better quality.
Good luck! The tech support person at Apple is requesting that a knowlege-base article be written about this.

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Seems like this would be a common question but Apple Support search came up empty. So, can you share iCloud drive storage with family members?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
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Can two different itunes accounts share one purchased icloud backup storage?

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How do I access my iCloud music in airplane mode?

How do I access my iCloud music in airplane mode?
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HT204406 I download a song & then I try to drag it into a playlist & I get a warning "iCloud playlists can only contain songs from your iCloud music library. If you continue, my iPod will be removed from iCloud and will only be available on this computer.

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I'm sorry to see that no one has answered this. I'm hoping Apple with reply to my support request, as I'm having the same issue. I really don't want to continue with iCloud at this point.

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I am really surprised that no one has been able to help me with this... Anyhow, I have still got the propblem - although I am definitely NOT using Match. I have been adding to existing play,ist by removing it from icloud (dunno how - but it's an option offered when trying to add to playlist).. Now when I sync iphone that's fine - playlists are good - but when syncing ipad 3 - Nope it's not having it. What to do?

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Greetings Techies!
I hope you all are well.
I need to move my iTunes from an XP machine to Windows 7 64 bit. On the XP machine I am using an external drive for music storage and the iTunes database is stored on the internal drive. I am looking for advice on how to transfer all of this over to my new Windows 7 64 bit machine. I know iTunes can be picky about everything and I don’t want to take and chances and loose my playlists or music.
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Blessings,
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You are right about it being picky. I just upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 and was forced to format my drive. I had all the music backed up, but when I imported it, I have 2 or 3 copies of some songs, art work missing, and have lost my playlists. I hope someone responds to your question, because I could use similar help! Best of luck to ya . . .

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I know it defeats the purpose of the iCloud, but I would like to have some (if not all) of my iCloud music available on my iPad. I'm not always able to get a wifi signal and it would be nice to have these files actually on my iOS device. Is there a setting to download everything?

When you say "iCloud music" do you mean iTunes Match or iTunes purchases in the cloud?
I'd start with this article to download past purchases: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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