Itunes match 256k on my machine?

A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT MATCH
apple will scan my drive, and then convert all my songs to 256k.
Do the songs on MY mac end up as 256k?
How much does that increase my HD storage?
Will itunes tell me how much space it needs?

I don't have Match so I can't answer the details.
It won't necessarily convert all songs. First, technically it doesn't convert. It replaces them with a copy from Apple. A few people have complained that this isn't necessarily identical to the version they had on their computers (e.g., something that was originally done in mono by The Beatles replaced with a stereo version). Second, if your version is below certain parameters in terms of quality, it won't replace it. Third, if there isn't a match with something in the iTunes Store collection, Match will simply store a copy of what you have on its servers.
How much space? It depends upon the format of the files stored on your computer now. If most of your files are 128k then it will roughly double for 256.

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ITunes Match/Cloud on 2 machines, question

Hello,
I put 60GB of music on my Macbook onto Itunes Match/Cloud.
I have an iMac that serves as a back up for my Macbook, and therefore it has the exact same music
When in iTunes on iMac I want to add it to Cloud but it starts scanning the music (in the iMac). So Im wondering if it will try to add the music on the iMac and therefore duplicate on the Cloud/Match what I already have there which is the same exact music on the laptop (which remember I back up on the iMac)
Your thoughts?
Thank you

Basically there's no need to worry that having the same song on two different computers will result in a duplication of songs in the cloud. It could happen but the circumstances are likely to be rare. If you bought the music from Apple or another online retailer (like Amazon) or if you ripped a CD and copied the ripped CD to the other computer, there's almost no chance you'll get a duplicate in the cloud.
For the curious....
If the song on your iMac came from one source and the song on your MacBook came from another, and if they were significantly different (by whatever metrics iTunes Match uses to match songs) it is conceivable that the two might get duplicated. The good news is you can look through your library once matching is finished and if you find dupes you can selectively delete them from the cloud (and computer).

HT4913 Hi, I was trying add a second computer on iTunes Match. I was signed into both machines with a single ID which already has iTunes Match. When I selected iTunes match, it asked me to buy it again rather than add. Now I've got it on neither machine-

Hi, I was trying add a second computer on iTunes Match.
I was signed into iTunes on both machines with a single ID which already has iTunes Match from the primary machine. When I selected iTunes match on the second, it asked me to subscribe to it again rather than add.
To try to fix this, I signed out of the primary machine and so i was only in the second computer. This didnt work and when i tried to log back into Match on the primary machine it has the same problem now, asking me to buy iTunes Match when I already have it!
Now I've got it on neither machine- can someone please help!!
Cheers,

wandererny wrote:
Only one library can be matched at a time. If you continue, the other iTunes Match session will be stopped and this computer's library will be matched instead.
Hi,
You often get this message when match thinks that you already have a match in progess on another computer.
If you are happy that all your music is on your new hard drive (or if it is only in the cloud), you should select "this computer".
Jim

ITunes match wont show artwork, without downloading a song?

I did upload/match my music collection to itunes match on one PC and all worked fine and it shows the embedded artworks of the local files. The problem is that if i turn on itunes match on a remote machine, the songs play fine from the cloud, BUT all of the artwork/covers are missing? I tried the "automatically download artwork option" but nothing changes. I also tried "updating itunes match" and again no artwork.
The only way i cold fix this is to manually download a single track of a each album? Is this the expected behaviour?
Does this mean apply's iCloud/match service is not able to automatically pull the embedded album artwork from icloud files, without having a local physical copy once? I used googles music service before and there cloud player never had this problem at all.
So whats going on, why is artwork handling in itunes match so finicky and broken?
thx
Andy

It gets even more stupid.
After downloading the first track of each album, the album artwork in iTunes shows up, but only for files that where originally "uploaded" and not "matched". The matched files do not have any artwork, since itunes recognizes them not by album. if i now try to "download artwork" it uses the album to whatever it was matched. So if the same song is only matched to s single in the iTunes store it will use this artwork, regardless of the org. files having correct embedded artwork for the album.
So what you have to-do is to either micro manage your missing artworks on a device basis or have a single track not "matched" to itunes than can be used as cover resource on all devices.
This system is so buggy and flawed that its beyond believe. All iTunes would have to actually do is to get the embedded "correct" artwork of a album from a track, than upload and store this information in iClound and sync this artwork database across all devices.
What a waste of time so far using iCloud and simply trying to get working artworks for perfectly tagged mp3 files.

Does canceling music library from HD also erase uploaded iTunes match library?

I am about to sell my iMac, where all of my music library is stored. I have an iTunes match account, with all songs having been uploaded or matched. If I now delete my hard disk library, will I cause the iTunes match library to also be erased when I will reconnect from a new computer? Thank you for your help!

It goes without saying that you should always have a backup of your content. But when you delete songs from your library while in the iTunes application, you get a confirmation window that also has a box you can check to "Delete Songs From iCloud". You would obviously want to leave this un-checked.
If you are simply erasing your entire drive or user account as a whole, this should not affect your iCloud Library. When you turn on iTunes Match on your new machine it will display the contents of your Match Library, untouched, and will allow you to download them to your new library. Hope this helps!

Cannot connect to iTunes match an unknown error 4001

when i try to connect itunes match return an unknow error 4001, why?

I have managed to get iTunes Match working on my system by doing the following steps.
1. Click on the store tab and select "Turn off Itunes Match"
2. Did step one and selected "Turn on Itunes Match"
3, Selected Itunes Match and clicked Add machine button that is at the bottem of the screen, and then logged in with my Itunes account
4. The error would then appear again (error 4001) before step 1 could be completed
5. Went onto my itunes music where a cloud symbol has appeared next to each track in the cloud columb. At the top of the columb menu's i have clicked the cloud symbol which organises each track into the tracks that are eligible and ineligible (this included tracks that were missing on my hard drive)
I then removed all the track that were ineligible leaving me with tracks that were elidgible
Then went back onto Itunes Match and began the 3 steps to match my music with the cloud, i was then able to get past step 1,2 and 3 and was able to match my music.
This worked for me, im not sure if its a complete fix accross the board but it allowed be to get around the errors that were appearing.
Hope this works for the rest of you
**Edit**
forgot to mention, im from the UK so im performing on the UK itunes and was able to get it working at 22:18 (UTC)

I have changed my PC and want to authorise it on itunes match, it looks like it has but still says i have 5 machines authorise

i have changed my PC and want to authorise it on itunes match, it looks like it has but still says i have 5 machines authorise

Sign-in to your iTunes Account, you can see which computers are authorised. If necessary de-authorise all and authorise those again that you need.

ITunes match and time machine

I just got iTunes match... Will time machine automatically keep on backing up all my iTunes library too?
Thanks!

If you have been backing up on Timemachine.
All you need to do is enter time machine... Then the rest is obvious.
Find the iTunes folder and hit 'Restor'.
If not the only way to get all your iTunes music back is to enter iTunes Store.
On the right hand side you should see 'Purchased'.
Click 'purchased' and there you have it.

HT204406 Please help! I have downloaded the 64 bit version of iTunes for my Sony running WIndows 8. I have iTunes running on 3 other machines (MACs) with no issue. On the Sony with WIndowns everytime I turn on ITunes Match WIndows fails, everything shu

I Have downloaded the 64 bit version of iTunes for my Sony running Windows 8. Install went fine and I can get in to iTunes and see the music residing on this machine. However, everytime that I try to run iTunes Match Windows crashes. So frustrating. BTW, this worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. Anyone know what's going on?

How big is your library? I would recommend the following troubleshooting steps:
- Backup your library. Always a good idea before messing with things.
- Create a new library.   Refer to this article for details: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589. This won't delete your old library, you're just creating a new empty one. Also refer to this article to get back to your old library later.
- Add a few albums into this new library. Not everything, just a small sampling, as a test.
- Activate Match on this new library. You shouldn't have to re-pay, it should just say "Add Computer" or similar.
- At this point, Match should run again. With just a few albums it should complete in just a few minutes.
If iTunes doesn't crash at this point, then likely there's something about your original library that Match doesn't like - what that is I don't know, but at least you'll know it's not your PC.   If iTunes still crashes, then if could be a number of other things, but probably not your library.   My next suggestion (if you haven't already done this) is to uninstall / reinstall iTunes.   If that doesn't work, then my next ideas you won't like.

I accidentally deleted my media files from iTunes and Trash when I was trying to move the files to an external hard drive. Is there a way to restore the media files from a Time Machine backup or from iTunes Match? What are the steps to do this?

I accidentally deleted my media files from iTunes and Trash when I was trying to move the files to an external hard drive. Is there a way to restore the media files from a Time Machine backup or from iTunes Match? What are the steps to do this?

If you have been backing up on Timemachine.
All you need to do is enter time machine... Then the rest is obvious.
Find the iTunes folder and hit 'Restor'.
If not the only way to get all your iTunes music back is to enter iTunes Store.
On the right hand side you should see 'Purchased'.
Click 'purchased' and there you have it.

I have iTunes installed on a laptop that I use for work, but it's owned by my employer. A new policy my have them deleting iTunes from the machine. If that happens, will I lose all my music? I am an iCloud user and pay for iTunes match.

I have iTunes installed on a laptop that I use for work, but it's owned by my employer. A new policy my have them deleting iTunes from the machine. If that happens, will I lose all my music? I am an iCloud user and pay for iTunes match.

If they just delete iTunes, the music files should still be there. I suggest making a backup of them though. Locate your iTunes folder (The one that contains your library file) and just copy the whole thing to your Documents folder or wherever you like (Just not in the same directory of the original folder otherwise the computer will get confused and could confuse your iTunes library). Then you will have a backup of all your music, plus if you purchased it from iTunes, you will still have it linked to your Apple ID so you can re-download them to any computer with iTunes on it when you feel like it.

Why is the iTunes Match setup process causing iTunes (and my machine) to freeze?

I purchased iTunes Match several days ago, and it continues to freeze iTunes, subsequently locking up my machine. It keeps getting stuck on step 1 of the setup process (analyzing my library); I have left it overnight several times with no luck.
At this point, I really just want my $25 back, but has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there a workaround?

it's been confirmed elsewhere that: once again, itunes IS in fact the problem.
many kudos to Apple, my hat tips to their engineers for being such brilliant programmers. and i'd also like to take this opportunity to thank them for the numerous other times i've had problems with Apple-written software on my windows-based pc's....
Go Apple, yeah !!

Itunes match stopped during step 2. On Windows 7 machine.

I had ITunes Match running and it seems to have stopped approximately 17 songs from end during step 2.
I stopped and restarted iTunes match, no change.
I have restarted the Windows machine, again no change.
Any suggestions?

Taken as a whole, the symptoms suggest that another application (other than QuickTime itself) has stashed old QuickTime componentry in your system files.
So just in case we'll go looking for older QuickTime componentry in the most common locations for it to be stashed.
First we'll need to change some view settings.
In your Start menu, open Computer.
In your Organise menu, select Folder Options.
In the View tab, make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is selected, and Hide extensions for known file types is unchecked.
Click OK.
Now in Computer, open your C:\ drive (or whichever drive you have your operating system installed on).
Open the "Windows" folder.
Open the "SysWOW64" folder.
What files and folders can you see in there with QuickTime in the title? (In a standard installation of Quicktime you should be seeing precisely two files... QuickTime.qts and QuickTimeVR.qtx ... and no QuickTime folders whatsoever.)

Renamed multiple files iTunes Match. Can I restore from time machine?

Hi
Hopefully someone might be able to assist.
I downloaded a live album from a bands official store on their website.
After importing into my itunes library, I tried to rename the two discs so that they appeared as one album, (I've done this lots of times before).
Stupidly, I was rushing before I had to leave the house, was unaware that is actually selected 50 albums and accidently renamed a large number of files as one album!!!
It's made slightly more complicate because I have iTunes Match and they were all stored in the cloud.
Can I restore from time machine and manually update iTunes Match?
Amy help would be appreciated
Thanks

when i say right clicking, i mean in itunes, right clicking the song and going get info and then changing the properties via the info tab.
yehh i done the grouping tracks together by holding down the command key.
but because i have some smart playlists with the same songs in, i changed both the genre and grouping not realising, this was ok for one smart playlist but totally messed the other up, especially because in for example "dance classics" smart playlist, there also in a folder on my hdd, . and thats the playlist i messed up., but if i drag the folder back into itunes, there all over the show on itunes and in the other playlist too, hence why it isnt as easy to easilly sort and rectify.
so what id like to do is just copy the folder again from my time machine backup, replacing the files but im unsure if this would solve it.
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