ITunes Match in a family

Hi all
have a question concerning iTunes Match: in my family everybody has is own mac with his own iTunes library. We all buy music, apps, books with the same store account. How should we handle iTunes match, so that everybody keeps his own iTunes lilbary organized?

You'll probably end up with all machines authorized for Match showing the same playlists - Match will include everything from all machines. If you do it, you'll probably want different people to have different playlists to keep things straight. If you want separate ratings and play counts for different people, it probably won't work for you.

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If i subscribe for itunes match the rest of the family member in family sharing get also the suscription even without sharing the songs?

HI,
Family sharing does not work for iTunes match. Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing - Apple Support
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HT4914 Can you share music from iTunes match with/thru Family Share?

Would like to share music not purchased thru iTunes with members setup in Family Share. Is iTunes Match the way to accomplish this?

Hi
You can't use iTunes match with family sharing.
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Itunes Match and my family

Hi,
No doubt there are a number of people with the same type of question, but to date I have seen no solution.
I have an i-phone 5 and pc, I have about 5k songs on i-tunes, i would like my wife to listen to the music, she has an i-phone 5 and an ipad mini
We both have separate apple Id's, we both have seperate credit card on the separate accounts (thankfully), but we would both like to listen to our music, i.e. my music from my pc that i have bought.
I want to be able to use my apple I/d as normal, and she wishes to use hers for purchases, strange apps etc, can we both share the music from our library and still keep our separate apple i/d's? A bit like the old days when you bought a CD and made a copy for the wife to listen to on her portable discman.
I appreciate that some times there are concerns over copying and distributing etc, but managing the number of hardware items that can access match surely should solve this.. we share a house, a bed, a child, some kisses, my money, but we cant share the music collection, apple surely it is a simple matter to allow this by creating a family i/d of some kind.
Can anyone out there help please... i fear some of the sharing may stop if i cannot find an answer...not sharing my money is great, the kisses and bed on the other hand, well lets not go there..
Thank you all in anticipation.

I wanna know if is there any plan to make a family plan that could aggregate, combine, share, associate, interdepend, link, connect or any kind of association that could allow members of a proven family to access a specific iMatch library?
In case of a negative response, please suggest the best way to address this issue: My wife is complaining that she also has the right to listen the music we both purchased together, and she cannot use my apple id. Maybe I should leave iMatch and store all the musics in a external HD with wireless capabilities.

Itunes match for family

Is it possible to set up one iTunes Match account on my phone and my wife's phone? I am starting to realize that iTunes services are not very family friendly, or at least do not make it easy to set up for a family.

Yeah, it is a little fiddly to use services like iTunes Match with a family. But it can be done. If you already have only one Apple ID you share on the iTunes Store you'll be fine. Just purchase the service in iTunes, let the initial scan, match and upload process complete, then enable the service on your iOS devices.

ICloud family sharing and iTunes Match

Apple,
I have setup iCloud family sharing accounts for my household as it is definitely a more convenient way to 'approve' of apps for my kids' devices. Unfortunately, I discovered that Apple has not included the ability to share iTunes Match content to family users. This creates a problem as the kids don't have separate computers and I don't intend to create separate iTunes libraries for them on the same computer where I would end up having duplicate libraries. Even if I accept that issue I would have to subscribe to match for 4 people in my house to the tune of $99.96 a year. This is NOT feasible and so now I find my self evaluating the benefit/future need for even my iTunes Match subscription. At this point, I am moving all of my music that was "matched" to my NAS and will have everyone access it using an iOS app. The thing is that this doesn't fit the, "it just works" commitment that Apple offered to it's users. It may be that you are limited by the labels/RIAA and they will not allow you to pass the matched content through family sharing but you are making a compelling case for my to just drop my Match subscription even though I have subscribed to it since you first offered it. My subscription is up for renewal in January 2015 so let's see if you fix this issue by then.

Hi,
You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user forum. Suggest you provide feedback to Apple https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Jim

ITunes Match family account and separate store accounts for kids

Hi there,
I've googled a lot and also read through this support forum, but I'm still not sure whether I can use iTunes Match with my setup or not. My setup is like this:
1) I do have one iTunes account for most of my music ans app puchases
2) My kids are using my iTunes account but they also have their own accounts for their purchases.
3) All those accounts are synced with one iTunes instance on a Mac (thus, if kid A purchases a song kid B is also able to sync the song to its iPod)
All devices are authorized for all accounts, but I want to keep separate accounts for my kids, so I can control their iTunes budget (they only have gift cards, no credit card is associated with their account)
So, as far as I've understood if I enable iTunes Match on my Mac, _all_ songs will be transferred to iCloud - no matter if I have purchased them or my kids. Fine for my iPhone, since the iTunes Match account and my iTunes Store account will be the same and I'm authorized for my kids songs.
But what do I have to expect on my kids iPods?
- Do I have a chance to use the family account for iTunes Match and the kids account for puchases?
- If so, what happens if a song is bought on the iPod with the kids account - does it get matched on iTunes Match with the family account?
- What about apps? I guess this no subject here, since I'm able to specify a different apps store account anyway - right?
Thanks in advance,
Ralph

You're not going to be able to keep the same setup if you want to use iTunes Match across all your iDevices. iTunes Match is associated with one iTunes Store account ID, and since iDevices can only be signed into one iTunes store account ID at a time (and can only switch iDs every 90 days), to be able to use iTM all iDevices will have to be signed into the same iTunes Store account ID that was originally used to purchase iTM. There's really no way around this.

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Also, does iTune Match has Bollywood songs?
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No, you can't share your iTunes Match with Family Sharing.

Why is my Mac locked out of iTunes Match?

I spent the $25 to purchase iTunes Match on my family's shared media iTunes account and the day the service went live. I then set it up with our Mac Mini, the computer that serves as our family's media system. The iTunes account in question is relatively new, only a few months old. Prior to that, my wife and I were using our individual personal iTunes account to purchase apps and media. It wasn't until I realized we were going to need an account we could all share that I decided to create a family account. The Friday after Thanksgiving, I wanted to show my kids "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" while the adults continued their after dinner discussions. A year ago, I bought that television program from iTunes on my personal account and knew that I could now download it through iTunes. But when I switched over to that account to download it, the computer automatically become un-"associated" with my shared account account and "associated" itself with the old account. And now, I cannot use the account that was used to set up iTunes Match, on the computer for which Match was purchased in the first place. As of right now, I apparently cannot re-connect that machine to Match for another ninety days, which is nearly one quarter of the year for which I purchased the Match service.
I find it troubling that Apple is punishing me for accessing media I have purchased in the past by locking me out of a service for which I have paid. Both accounts are associated with my name, both accounts are associated with the same credit card information, the only thing that differs is that they associated with different email addresses. This all seems very esoteric and not very customer service oriented, and this is coming from an owner of numerous OS X and iOS devices. This is an issue that is going to come up more and more for Apple's customers as more people buy in to the iTunes/iOS/OS X ecosystem and try to make the best possible use and sense out of it all. My attempt to get resolution to my problem through Apple Support was met with a very flowery, "tough ****," from a customer support representative. Neither the choice, nor the response are suitable. What efforts, if any, are being made to try to make this more workable for people like me, trying to make the best decisions while moving ahead in the iTunes ecosystem?
Is there a fix for this, or am I just going to have to eat it and not use the service I bought, on the computer for which I bought it, for a quarter of the time I paid for?

I did contact them. I put in a ticket immediately after discovering that I was locked out. I asked for help or in lieu of that, a refund. Two days later a customer support representative contacted me via email to offer nothing in the way of help and to tell me that a refund was not an option per the iTunes EULA.
I am very disappointed by how this has been handled thus far. iTunes Match seemed like a wonderful service, but being punished for reasons that are entirely unclear, has really soured my opinions about it.

Sharing iTunes Match

Can I share iTunes Match with my family and friends?

That depends on how you're using the word "sharing." The iTunes Match service is designed to be a single-user service. It is associated with one and only one iTunes Store account ID. So for other people to be able to use your iTunes Match on their devices they must be signed into the iTunes Store with your account ID credentials. This means they will have full access to your account, your purchase history, and will be able to make purchases on your account.
You may want to familiarize yourself with the iTunes Store TOS: <http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#SERVICE>.

Does iTunes Match also work with iShare accounts?

If my family signed up for iShare, can we access each others iTunes music library through iTunes Match?

Hi
Family share does not support iTunes match.
Jim

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Youll get that message when you change the iTunes account you are logged into, you can't keep changing it.

Best Way to Manage iTunes Match for Family?

So what's going to be the best way to handle iTunes Match with multiple iThing users in the family? I've got an iPhone (with an associated AppleID), my wife has an iPhone (with her own AppleID) and is getting an iPad for Christmas. The kids both have hand-me-down previous generation iPhones (currently set to Airplane mode for use as iPods, but perhaps with their own AppleIDs in the future).
All of our music (about 10,000 songs) is ripped and stored in iTunes, under my AppleID, but I'd like for all family members to be able to access the family's music collection. How am I supposed to handle this? Do I have to associate all of the iThings with my AppleID? If so, what are the other consequences of that going to be?

Mine is still uploading/matching; so far, I am able to see the song list with the little cloud icon indicating (I guess) that that song is available on Match. I can also see the same list on another computer running iTunes and logged into Match.
However, I can't figure out how to access the service from my iPhone. Never mind; just found the "Use iTunes Match" option in System Settings. Signed in, agreed to the "your music will be replaced" warning....and nothing happens. I'm going to assume for the time being that it's because my library isn't finished updating.

I subscribed to iTunes Match and would like to sync my music on multiples devices that have different Apple IDs within the same iCloud family.

I subscribed to iTunes Match and would like to sync my music on multiples devices that have different Apple IDs within the same iCloud family.
Can someone indicate the way to proceed?
Thanks.

Hi,
You can't use family sharing or multiple Apple IDs with iTunes match.
ITunes match is only attached to Apple id that you used to subscribe.
Jim

ITunes Match in a family

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