ITunes Match and iTunes Radio commercials on Windows Only

I have iTunes Match turned on and several PC's, an iMac, several iPhones and Apple TV all registered and functional. I seem to get commercials only when I listen to iTunes radio when listening on the Windows PC version. The commercials are all short, but present. I checked the previous submissions and found the Store --> Update iTunes Match command, which didn't seem to resolve the problem. The local PC doesn't have a local library of music, but it is also registered and using the same Apple ID for home sharing.
Is this by design or is there something else I can check for disabling the commercials? This PC is in my office and where I listen mostly, so would be nice to eliminate the commercials entirely (I'm kind of tired of the Gwen Stefanie ad coming to my screen when I am on conference calls).

James Bridges wrote:
Is it possible to set-up an IOS 6 device to sync with iTunes Match but also set-up additional playlists of music that are stored on the device hard drive?
With iTunes Match enabled on an iOS device traditional syncing via USB is disabled. All music managment must take place directly on the device.
James Bridges wrote:
I just noticed that you can download songs or whole playlists from the iCloud to your device. How long does the device store those songs? Can it be set-up to store them for for a certain amount of time?
The songs will be stored on the device until you delete them. There is no "timer" feature, though.

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+1 same issue here.
Not sure exactly when it started, but seems like it was sometime on or after 3/7.
It appears to affect every device I have on the home network (iMac, MacBook Pro, Macbook Air, iPhone, iPad). Most devices are wifi, but I can confirm the issue also occurs on my iMac which is connected via ethernet. I'm able to get both iTunes match streaming and iTunes Radio streaming to the iPhone and iPad if I disable wifi and use LTE.
On my iOS devices, it just looks like it's skipping songs repeatedly...every now and then it might play one song, but it skips 30-50 before that happens. A few times it just kept skipping until the device rebooted itself. On my OS X devices, I don't get any of the skipping, it just looks like it's trying to load the radio station (i get the blue progress bar at 100% but nothing ever happens).
For what it's worth, I'm using an Apple Time Capsule for as my DHCP for ethernet and wifi. My internet provider is Cox Communications.

HT1296 I have set up a play list on iPad and I have iTunes Match and icloud. I have set up syncing between iPad and windows computer i want to sync the playlist from my computer to my ipod but the playlist isn't syncing across to the computer.

I have set up a playlist on my iPad I have iTunes Match and icloud. I want to sync my playlist onto my iPod from my laptop, but whilst all my music is available on the laptop, the playlist I set up isn't syncing what am I missing

See:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
To copy iTunes purchases to the computer you have to log into (authorize) the account that purchased them and them transfer
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
When associating a device with an Apple ID see the following regarding the 90 day limit.

ITunes Match and iPad syn

Quite a bit of an issue here...
After googling for a few hours, I am unable to fix my current issue. Hopefully someone with experience can assist with this one.
I have around 4k tracks in my iTunes library in ALAC format and loaded artwork etc. Firstly, when I synchorise with my iPad Air via USB cable (genuine), after the first 1GB or so, iTunes will randomly quit, and thus the process will stop. I have tried this many times and have completely restore Mavericks (Macbook 2009). The tracks are stored locally. Secondly, after turning on and paying for iTunes Match (as iTunes Radio has arrived down under), iTunes would quit. This normally occurs in Step 2 and around 500ish/ 4000ish tracks.
My best guest at the moment is that there is a track in my library that's causing the issue.
Without having to rebuild the entire libary from scratch, ie. saving the tracks onto an external HDD and then adding them slowly, and running iTunes Match after adding 200 or so tracks.... is there a way to figure out which track is the issue?
Any help here will be much appreicated.

With the ipad, there is a new music app that came with iOS 5.0x.   New GUI, etc. It also is buggy. I often have it crash and have to restart while playing music, scrolling etc.
With match, if you have a lot of songs (I had 13,000), it takes a long time when it is first turned on and the screen from what I recall was blank . Long time being 10-20 minutes if not longer until it is complete. For the first 10 minutes all I saw was the names of existing songs in the list (and they stayed since I matched them). Then it updated the list but had not art. And this was on a wifi N TimeCapsule with 30 down 5 up broadband connection. You should see the little circle going in the status bar next to the signal strength. As long as that is going, let it do its thing. Also, about half way thru you will see artists/albums start to list but no art Art seems to come last. It's best to just let it sit and do its thing.   The art eventually does come down.   iPhone 4s also took some time (like 10 minutes) but from what I recall was a little faster than the iPad 1.    Do this plugged into the charger.
Once it is complete, it works fine. Downloads fast, plays the songs etc. Some cover art goes missing at times for whatever reason but if your turn match off and on it comes back (and yes, it takes another 10-20 minutes to restart match - just leave it on).    I also get the typical music app crashes but I got those without match too. Hoepfully it will stabilize with the next release of iOS.

ITunes match and local files

I have just signed up for iTunes match and have a question. I have a shedload of unorganized music from various CD rips over the years. None of the file names are right, tags are not filled in etc and I dont have the time/patience to go through thousands of songs checking them. Im not fussed about keeping a lot of it but dont want to just delete all of it. I want to use match to tidy this up by letting it match what it can and then deleting everything it can't forever (locally and from the cloud)
What would be the best way to go about this guys? I'm at a bit of a loss! I'm running win 7.
Thanks for any help offered

iTunes Match does not provide ID3 tags from the iTunes Store, so any tracks that do not have ID3 tags now will still not have ID3 tags after they are scanned and mirrored in the cloud.
If a track cannot be "matched" then it is "uploaded." To tell the difference enable the iCloud Status column in the iTunes browser by swtching to Song view and pulling down View > View Options and selecting "iCloud Status" then closing the small window.
You may delete any tracks you choose from the library and the cloud at any time.

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So, after doing a spring (winter?) clean of my iTunes library today, there seems to be a bit of tension between iTunes Match and Explicit tags on tracks.
I'm obsessive with my library and add lyrics via Get Lyrical, use a script to search my iTunes library for specific profanities that outputs them into a playlist then use MetaX to tag all songs in that playlist with the explicit tag. As a student of radio, sometimes, it's just easier to check for tags that drive through yrics for profanity and songs that are airable.
However, for whatever reason, as soon as iTunes Match updates the library with the server, all explicit tags are removed except for those that are downloaded from the store with the tags already added (which is an annoyance in itself because Apple see fit to mark an entire album as explicit even if a specific track is clean and safe for air). Removing the explicit tags will find it readded after the iCloud sync.
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My library has just over 10,000 songs in it. 95% came from my CD's that I ripped myself, plus some that I recorded directly to the computer from cassette or record (yes, I actually did that!). I recently subscribed to iTunes match and other than about 100 songs, they all matched correctly. I was very meticuous about my tagging so my library was very clean. Not sure if that matters as I understand they use a digital matching scheme rather than based on tagging, but regardless, I am very pleased with the final result.
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I have paid for itunes match and have now lost all my music off my iphone except what I paid for from itunes, 964 songs gone into the cloud. Can anyone help please?

Enabling iTunes Match does not delete music from your computer. Why do you think it is now not in the iTunes library if it was before? If all of your music was in the iTunes library then it is also now in the cloud if iTunes has completed it's scan and all the music meets the match requirements. Enable the iCloud Status column in the iTunes browser by switching to Song view and pulling down View > View Options. Select iCloud Status then close the small window. Sort on the new column. Your music should be listed as "purchased," "matched" and "uploaded." Some tracks may be "ineligible." Post back and let us know.

New Macbook Pro, iTunes match and syncing with an iPod classc??

Hi,
I recently bought a MBP and I have iTunes Match, so my itunes on the MBP contains my music 'in the cloud'. I also have an iPod classic and want to sync it to update it.
If I plug it in to my new macbook will it sync with 'itunes match' and update with new songs that I've downloaded?
I thought I might have to download all my music from Match to the hard drive of the macbook, but as there is 25gb it is going to take days!!
Does amnyone know what i should do?
Thanks

A PC cannot read a Mac formatted drive without using special software (MacDrive).
iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Macworld - How to transfer iTunes libraries between PC and Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/46248/2005/08/shiftitunes.html
Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

Itunes match crashes itunes in windows 8

Hi. Just signed up for iTunes Match and went to sync all of my items with it. Every attempt to sync my music with iTunes to the cloud results in an inevitable crash of iTunes. i have restarted the computer, restarted iTunes, reinstalled iTunes, but not luck completing the task. i make ti almost uploading all of my info and about to handle the artwork, etc. and iTunes crashes and shuts down.
I do not know how to fix this and would like to try to do so. If i cannot get the service to work, i would at least like the cost of the service refunded.

I have been fighting this for awhile. At first I thought I was having a networking problem but what I have found is that iTunes cannot write to a Windows 8 or Server 2012 share. It is also very flaky when installed directly on the machine. Here is what I have learned.
iTunes in a windows 7 virtual machine = Cannot write to server 2012 share
iTunes in a windows 8 virtual machine = Cannot write to server 2012 share and becomes unstable with a local library.
iTunes in server 2012 = instant crash
I understand Apple does not support iTunes 10.7 on windows 8, but this seems strange. I would have assumed that installing iTunes on a windows 7 machine and targeting a library on a server 2012 share would work, but it crashes waiting for a network response anytime it tries to write to the library or download anything.
People seem to think iTunes 11 will work. I guess we will find out.
BTW - When iTunes crashes it makes the machine and then server virtually unusable. The only way to recover is to remove the network connection to the machine with iTunes. This will bring both machines back and let you reboot normally.
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I recently subscribed to iTunes Match. iTunes is trying to match and upload songs not purchased from the iTunes store; however, it keeps shutting down before it finishes. Has this happened to anyone else?

I recently subscribed to iTunes Match. iTunes is trying to match and upload songs not purchased from the iTunes store; however, it keeps shutting down before it finishes.

Turn off iTunes Match while holding down the Option key (Shift for Windows) then quit iTunes. Open it after a few seconds, and turn iTM back on.

Good evening,today I've purchased itunes match and its been hassle since, keep saying that is an error try latter.Help

Good evening,today I've purchased itunes match and its been hassle since, keep saying that is an error try latter.Help

We can sometimes get past this particular message by reregistering the Windows Installer Service.
First, launch a command prompt as an administrator. In your Start search, type cmd then right-click on the cmd that comes up and select "Run as administrator".
If you have a 32 bit system
At the command prompt:
Type %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /unregister and hit enter.
Type %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /regserver and hit enter.
Restart the PC and try another install.
If you have a 64-bit system
At the command prompt:
Type %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /unregister and hit enter.
Type %windir%\syswow64\msiexec.exe /unregister and hit enter.
Type %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /regserver and hit enter.
Type %windir%\syswow64\msiexec.exe /regserver and hit enter.
Restart the PC and try another install.

Not all albums are syncing with between itunes match and iphone 5.. WHY!!!

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First, disable iTunes Match on the iPhone. Open the Music app and let the content clear out. Now, in iTunes, disable iTunes Match while holding down the Option key (Shift for Windows). Quit iTunes, wait a few seconds, and re-open it. Turn iTM back on and let it complete it's scan. The songs that are "waiting" ought to get converted to "purchased," "uploaded" or "matched." Once the scan is complete re-enable the service on the iPhone.

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Is anyone having problems with iTunes Match and playlists on their iPhone? I normally have my playlists sorted by date, however, on my iPhone it is showing up in random order and not exactly like the playlist I have created on my computer. I wasn't sure if I need to change any settings or anything or if this was a glitch.

Please Please PLEASE DON'T reset your iPhone if you get this issue
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2) Click on the Reset Warnings entry
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Hi all,
I've recently signed up to iTunes Match and use iTunes on my Windows PC (at home) and MacBook Pro (at work). I also use an iPod Classic which I sync with the Windows PC.
I've had an issue which has happened a few times when I sync. I think the problem occurs when iTunes is open on both the PC and the Mac, but I'm not sure.
When I sync my iPod, it increments play count, and updates the recently played playlist as normal, but every now and then, I am asked to sign back into iTunes Match, and when I do that, all play counts from the ipod sync disappear. The Recently Played playlist also no longer has songs played on the iPod included. However, on the "last played" field, the correct date and time of when the song was played in populated.
The iPod is where I listen to music most often, and I would really like to keep the play counts up to date, but I can't figure out what is happening.
Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas if I can resolve this?
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So I'm slowly running out of space on my 128gb SSD in my MBP and I have to get rid of some music files to free up space:
I've subscribed to iTunes Match and all of my music files have been synced to iCloud. Now I was wondering, can I delete my audio files locally - will they still be made available on the cloud? Has anyone done this before - have you encountered any problems?
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