ITunes Match, AOL Account, Apple ID

So here's my dilemma. I tried to sign up for iTunes Match on my mac but was told I couldn't because I was still using my old AOL account for iTunes and iOS App Store purchases (this is not an Apple ID, this is from when iTunes allowed you to sign in directly with an AOL Account). I was prompted to convert to an Apple ID but when I try to go through with it, I get an error "Your request is temporarily unable to be processed" I've tried multiple times over multiple days and still get this error.
I do have a real Apple ID created during the MobileMe days which I use for iCloud services and Mac App Store purchases. I'd just iTunes Match my library to this Apple ID, but all my iOS Apps are attached to my old AOL account, and iOS only allows one Apple ID to be assigned to both iTunes Match and App Store purchases. My assumption is that if I changed that to the newer Apple ID then all my apps purchased under my AOL account would no longer be able to redownloaded or updated directly from my iphone or ipad. Does anyone have any solutions to this?

I don't really have any good suggestions for you except to say if you have an Apple Store near you perhaps someone at the Genius Bar can help you.

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HT4913 i am trying to get my computer and my wifes computer on my itunes match. i did the add a computer function and it says that this computer is already associated with an apple id...if you use itunes match with your apple id etc for 90 days...please

i did the add a computer function and it says that this computer is already associated with an apple id...if you use itunes match with your apple id etc for 90 days...please explain. is this going to screw my wifes account up?

If you both have seperate iTunes Store accounts then basically, yes, it is going "screw up" your wife's account.
iTunes Match is designed as a single-user service which is associated with one and only one iTunes Store account ID. If you have subscribed on your account and want to activate the service on another computer that is already signed in with an account the present account must be signed out and then iTunes signed into your account. This means the other computer will have complete access to your account and will only be able to make purchases on your account. iTM is not designed to be signed in and out at will. If she has apps purchased with her iTunes Store account they will not be able to be updated.

How can my wife access all of our itunes music if she signs up for iTunes match, but her apple id is different than mine?

How can my wife access all of our iTunes music, even if she subscribes to iTunes Match, if her Apple ID is different than mine?

I do subscribe to iTunes Match.....and the music i am referring to is all of our downloaded albums and songs that are currently in iTunes and in the "cloud" on my iPhone and my iPad.
So if she uses my Apple ID for her iPhone, she can sign up for iTunes Match on my account? Will any of my apps then transfer to her phone? Or just the iTunes "data"?

If i sign up for itunes match with one apple id can i get the other apple id songs

if i sign up for itunes match with one apple id can i get the other apple id songs

I'm assuming you mean can you access the purchased songs from another apple id. No you cannot. You will need to download these on another computer and then transfer the hard files into your itunes library that you are using icloud with and let icloud match them.
You cannot access two different id's from one match account. Also, if you sign out of the match account that you are signed into to another to download purchases you will not be able to sign back into your match account for three months. So do not do this either. Just use a friends computer or another way.

I am trying to set up iTunes match on my apple tv, but it just keeps showing that it is loading, it has been running for over an hour, what can be done here, it has gone with no problem on my iPhone, iPad but not the tv

i am trying to set up iTunes match on my apple tv, but it just keeps showing that it is loading, it has been running for over an hour, what can be done here, it has gone with no problem on my iPhone, iPad but not the tv

Same here and this is driving me crazy. I can buy, but can't upgrade. Grrr.

HT3819 how can I play my iTunes Match on my Apple TV?

How can I play my iTunes Match on my Apple TV?

Get an AppleTV or use an HDMI cable from your MacBook Pro retina to the TV.

Apple TV, iTunes match and multiple apple IDs

My husband and I recently got Apple TV and also converted from MobileMe to iCloud. We each have our own unique Apple IDs that we each use to purchase from iTunes. We also set up a shared Apple ID to create Home Sharing so that we could access our music libraries in Apple TV (so three separate, unique Apple IDs). And we each signed up for iTunes Match, but on our individual Apple IDs (not the shared Apple ID). Now I'm trying to turn on iTunes Match in Apple TV and am running into an issue. It seems that since Apple TV is set up with the shared Apple ID (so that we can access things via Home Sharing and also charge purchases on Apple TV to the joint account), we may not be able to turn on iTunes Match in Apple TV because that shared Apple ID hasn't turned on iTunes Match.
My question is: should we spend an additional $25 to turn on iTunes Match on the shared Apple ID and will doing so prevent us from accessing iTunes Match on one of our individual IDs on our laptop (which is how I personally acces iTunes and sync all my devices - iPhone, iPad, etc. - my husband does his syncing on his work computer) - due to the 90 day error message? I'm trying to figure out the best, most practical approach for accessing all of our music and other iTunes downloaded content as well as photos, etc. and I'm struggling a bit here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks!

Have you tried the simple signout and try to sign back in with the other username and password? You may need to reduce the number of device sharing on the account you wish to access , I believe there are limits look at apple.com

ITunes Match with 3 Apple ID's

I have dug through this what seems like forever. I can't seem to find the answer.
In our house we have 3 Apple ID's. We have 3 iTunes libraries. Two of the libraries use home sharing to get many songs off of the other library.
We finally downloaded all of our CD's and thought we would hook up the first library to iTunes Match (as all the songs will not fit on an iPhone, iPad, iTouch).
If we sign up for iTunes with the one account with the majority of the songs, is Home Sharing no longer available to the other two accounts? If I associate all of our Apple devices (iMac, MBP, 2 iPhones, iTouch, 2 iPads = 7 devices) with the iTunes Match I am wondering:
A. What happens to the songs on the other two libraries? Can we never use them?
B. Can only the one account buy music, books, apps, etc.?
C. If we purchase songs/albums while in iTunes Match, and then decide not to use Match in the future, do we lose all our music?
D. If we associate our child's iTouch, will it still keep the parental controls in place so it won't play certain songs that are not appropriate f
Sorry to sound like a noob, but not sure where else to look for answers. Thanks.

iTunes Match is associated with one, and only one, iTunes Store Apple ID and country-specific store. The service cannot be shared between Apple IDs.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
If we sign up for iTunes with the one account with the majority of the songs, is Home Sharing no longer available to the other two accounts?
Of course it is. iTunes Match has no affect on Home Sharing.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
A. What happens to the songs on the other two libraries? Can we never use them?
It is possible to consolidate the tracks from the other iTunes libraries into one and use that for iTunes Match. Make sure the one computer that hosts the library is authorized to play any protected content.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
C. If we purchase songs/albums while in iTunes Match, and then decide not to use Match in the future, do we lose all our music?
Of course not. Any purchases go to the purchase history for the Apple ID that bought them and as long as the tracks are downloaded and backedup you'll have them as long as you maintain them. Keep in mind that iTunes Match is a service; you don't do anything "in" iTunes Match. It simply "is" in the background.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
D. If we associate our child's iTouch, will it still keep the parental controls in place so it won't play certain songs that are not appropriate f
Yes, parental controls should continue to work as they have. Although I do not use them, perhaps someone else with experience will weigh in.
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HT2204 What is the best way to use iTunes Match with two Apple ID's that have purchased content?

Hello.
In my early years of using iOS devices i have unwittingly made the mistake of creating a second Apple ID for my second device. So now i have two Apple ID's with purchased content associated with them.
I have turned on iTunes Match with the account that has the bulk of my music linked to it. But my second account has maybe 150-200 songs (and lots of apps) that i really like and don't want to loose. Activating iTunes Match for the main account wiped these 150-200 songs off my iOS devices and replace them. Is it possible to have content from both my apple id's on my devices at the same time? Is it possible to combine the content from both of my accounts?

I'll try to help a bit.
ITunes match space is different to icloud space. With iTunes match you get storage for 25,000 non iTunes purchased tracks and other than a limit for individual file size, there is no memory limit.
You can turn match on individuallyon each device (I have it turned off on my iPod but turned on on my iPad and iPhone). When you turn it on then you get access to all the tracks, and in my experience any playlists I create have transferred over very well. I understand that some people have had trouble with playlists though.
I'm not quite clear with exactly what you mean regarding cleaning up your library, but be careful about using Match for this. There is no guarantee that matched songs will be exactly the same version as your own copy, due to some mismatches, so you could find some problems there. Personall, I am cleaning up my library before matching, but I am rather particular about keeping my library the way I want it. If you aren't as fussed then match could be the answer.
Hope that helped.

ICloud and iTunes Match with different Apple IDs

I won't bore you with how it happened, but I ended up with two AppleID accounts using two different email addresses, one for iCloud (upgraded from MobileMe) and one for iTunes. I enabled iTunes Match before realizing this, and now my iPhone and iPad won't work with iTunes Match. If I change the iPhone/iPad to use the iTunes account, I don't have iCloud. Can I merge two accounts? Or is there a way to change my iTunes Match to the same account used for iCloud?
Help!

I tried doing this because I have the same problem, but I can't log in to iCloud with my regular apple ID. For some reason it needs to be an email address. Any other ideas?

HT204053 iTunes Match and other Apple ID alignment.

I have multiple Apple IDs: @mac.com, @me.com, @icloud.com and then I have my Apple Store account (which is different again).
To add further complexity my wife shares my iMac at home and she has an Apple Store account - fortunately nothing else.
Over the past year we have added to our Apple product family with a new iPad and an iPhone 5 so we have tried (and mostly managed) to seperate out the devices so that they are no longer "shared" - with the exceprion of seperate logins to the iMac.
My problem? Well somewhere along the line it seems that I might have logged into my wifes account on the iMac and used my Apple ID....
Not a problem I thought until I now find that my iTunes Match (which is only a 12 month service) is blocked for 3 of those months... Surely there should be some kind of reset on the account?
To add insult to injury I have just been advised by iTunes that they will renew my iTunes Match on 16th December - I still won't be able to use it on the iMac.
Is there anyway of getting this reset?

This is crazy. I just bought a book I cannot download ?????
I have also to wait 90 days?????
What's going wrong with Apple? This is not the experience I was used to.

HT4914 itunes match/Italy account free?

HI, I'm in Italy and now finally there is itunes match...I have an account me.com since several years, and I also used the account me.com (wich I had to pay) I thought that for those, how used this service, itunes match is for free? Isn't it?? thanks for

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The songs you uploaded to iTunes Match don't take iCloud storage. iCloud storage is designed to store files on iCloud, and it's not affected by other services like iTunes Match. You can store up to 250,000 songs without worrying about the iCloud storage

Change iTunes match to another Apple ID (I have 2) on same computer

I use one computer, a MBP15. I have two Apple IDs, one being a .me and the other a Gmail. However, I do most purchases from the Gmail account in iTunes and forgot to check the account that was used to purchase iMatch last month which was the .me account. Is it possible to transfer my iMatch to my other ID (or visa versa) on the same computer, same iTunes, same Logon account?

No. iTunes Match is not transferable. You'll need to contact iTunes Store support to cancel the account and get a refund.

ITunes match and multiple Apple IDs

Due to certain circumstances, my family is left with one computer for the household. This computer is subscribed to iTunes Match. Prior to that, everyone synced thier devices on another mac which is not available anymore. The question is, can they now sync and backup with the computer that is signed in to iTunes Match? If not then is there a way to work around it? Music is not the issue in this situation, it's the backup data, photos and apps.

Have you tried the simple signout and try to sign back in with the other username and password? You may need to reduce the number of device sharing on the account you wish to access , I believe there are limits look at apple.com

ITunes Match with Multiple Apple IDs

Before I subscribe to iTunes Match, I wanted to check on how this would work.
My situation:
1. Have pretty old Apple ID used to purchase content from iTMS
2. Have separate iCloud ID.
Which ID should I use to subscribe to iTunes Match?
Does it matter?
If I use my iCloud ID will I have problems listening to songs purchased with my iTunes ID?
Thanks,
Dave

I have 2 relevant AppleIDs authorized for the music on my iTunes (ONE old long-time Apple ID for iTunes purchases, bound to pre-mac.com email; ANOTHER newer mac/me.com ID which had mostly been used only for App store stuff until iCloud -- but which I figure has to be the one under which I try to consolidate in the future).
I've taken the plunge (sprang for Match when I was signed in with the newer account) and find that most music from BOTH accounts is getting matched. Turn on the "iCloud status" column in iTunes -- and sort with that column header -- to see what's "Matched" and what's "Uploaded" and what's "Ineligible" (or "Error"). [You can also make "smart playlists" based on iCloud status, which helps troubleshoot.]
I found two albums worth of "ineligible" Music files -- turns out I had forgotten about a third ID at one point about 8 years ago, those two albums were attached to that one. HYPOTHESIS: it won't upload stuff for an account that's not "authorized" for the iTunes incarnation that's hosting the process. I no longer have access to the email, so I assume I can't authorize those.
WORKAROUND: if you have lots of music from old accounts, look for TuneClone (3rd-party app that "burns" virtual CDs from m4a and m4p files, so you can re-import them as if they'd come from CDs.
I'm still nervous, by the way, about Match's warning that it will "replace" the existing library on my iPhone (despite assurances online that nothing is actually removed), and I've enabled Match only on my (small-capacity) iPad for now. Playback requires a few seconds' patience, but I'm pleased to have access to all my files.
Now with a big hard drive on the new iMac I'm finally motivated to import many of those old CDs of music that I knew wouldn't all fit on my iDevices (nor, for that matter, on the hard drive of my older machines).

ITunes Match, AOL Account, Apple ID

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