ITunes match music cache

since the update to ios8 when I tap on a song in the music player using iTunes match the track plays and is cached to the iPad but there is no longer a way to clear this cache as there was in ios7 (go to settings, usage, and delete all music) the only way to get rid of the tracks ibe found is to hit the cloud icon and "download" the tracks then the old delete method works. Is something broken with iTunes match? Or does the cached songs eventually clear themselves in the new update?
also iTunes Match seems to be rather buggy since the update as well.....

Hey i have a solution, i download Battery Doctor - https://appsto.re/gt/VioOA.i this clear cache the iTM

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Question about managing itunes match music in ios8

In ios7 I was able to keep track of how much music was being downloaded via itunes match as it streamed from my phone, and I could see how much space was being used as I listen to music. I'm not seeing the same ability in ios8 - I assume all the music I "stream" that gets downloaded to my device but isn't showing up in music usage is going into "other" - but I don't see a way to determine how much space this is actually using on my phone other than guessing by how many gigs "other" uses when I connect to itunes. But I don't see a way to see this directly on my phone. Neither by looking at how much space is left on my phone (this doesn't seem to update by playing itunes match music), or my looking at the actual music files on my phone, which are only showing songs that I physically downloaded vs. playing from the cloud.
Also, can I delete all the music on my phone that is stored from playing on itunes match but I didn't actually hit the download button for? In ios7 I was able to have the cached music automatically go away by turning itunes match off - I got mixed results when I did this yesterday and had to reformat my phone to clear out the "other" space - and I"m just guessing at this point that this is why my other got so large.
Any clarity around how this is handled in ios8 vs ios7 would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there.
I have the same problem, and its annoying. In iOS7 I was able to delete all the music that i played via streaming, and I play music like that 98% of yhe time. In iOS 8 i can only delete music that I have explicitly download but the streamed one seems to be hide.
The only solution to this, that is a waste of time is to turn of "show all music", see which music is already downloaded, downloads manually and the erase it.
Hope Apple release and update to fix this problems

ITunes Match clear cache iPhone???

I would like to be able to manually clear the cache of my iPhone, from songs that I've listend to from iTunes Match, but were not downloaded to my iPhone. These songs remain in my iPhones cache and are using up valuable space. Is there a way (or workaround) to do that? I've been told that IOS does this itself in a ingenious way. But it's not that ingenious that it knows that my cache should be empty enough to make it possible to take new photo's or HD movies! As a matter of fact, I've never noticed that IOS has cleared my cache at all...

Disable iTM, open the Music app and let the content clear out, then re-enable the service. That will clear the cache. Or go to Settings > General > Usage, tap Music (you may need to scroll down) then swipe across "all music" and tap delete. Either method will work.

Itunes match - iphone cache

Hi.
I have a 3GS 8Gb with iOS6. I enjoy using itunes match and letting the memory get filled with cached music for when on the go.
I noticed recently however that I couldn't take a photo as the storage was full. I can download apps and assume the music cache is automatically reduced to allow this to happen.
Is there any way I can manage the music cache manually, instead of turning off match to clear the cache?

I have the same problem now with my iPhone 4 with 16GB. I have a large music collection, and when turning on iTunes Match, I eventually would run out of storage on the device because I had over 8GB of music stored on the device prior to iTunes match. Apparently, the match won't delete tracks you have stored on the device prior to turning on Match, so using the steps outlined by randers4 works, but you have to keep in mind you will only start storing music that you have played recently.

Not seeing iTunes Match music on second computer

I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro. My iMac is my main music storage and iTunes Match is active on there and has been manually Updated recently.
I don't see all my music in the Cloud on my MacBook Pro.
I have iTunes Match turned on
I have recently hit the Update iTunes Match option
I have iTunes set to "Show Music in the Cloud"
What am I missing?

Match is visible on the MBP. I have gone through the discussion thread you linked, thanks.
After I cleared the Match cache on the MBP, thought that was doing the trick, as it took a long time (several hours) to complete the update of Match, but after it completed I was still only shown the music that resides on the MBP and nothing from the cloud.
On the MBP, all the songs are showing as 'Waiting' in iTunes Match status - this includes songs which I had previously transferred to the MBP through Home Sharing prior to signing up with Match.
So it seems to me that for some reason the MBP is just not connecting with the cloud...
Thanks for your help so far.

Can't delete iTunes Match music from Music app in iOS 6 Music app?!

Totally insane - the ability to delete music downloaded from iTunes match has been removed from the iOS 6 Music app! No more "swipe left and delete". I can't find any way to delete music, in fact. Can someone please tell me this is a massive mistake that will quickly be fixed. How did this make it through to the final release?!

The topic has been discussed in-depth on this forum.
Apple change the way iTM works in iOS 6 to no longer allow downloading or deleting of individual tracks with iTunes Match enabled. To delete individual tracks iTM must first be disabled; to delete all downloaded music from the iOS device go to settings > general > usage, tap Music then swipe All Music and tap delete.

ITunes Match, Music App Crash (even while playing a song)

Ok,
I read a lot of posts about this. There doesn't seem to be one concerte answer. I also notice that I get prompted often for my iTunes Password. Not sure if that is to connect to iTunes Match or Itunes Apps updates.
Either way after Re-Opening the Music App on my Iphone 4 3-4 times and select a playlist (I created on PC) and start playing a song, my phone goes to the lockscreen as usual and blackens. So my songs are playing, then I decided to unlock my phone. Since the Music app was the last app open it still shows the last Song that was being played before it locked the screen. Then after 10-20 seconds of hagning there, the APP closes! The current song stops playing, and I have to repoen the Music App 3-4 times again.
REALLY ANNOYING!
Getting my playlists to sync correctly is a hassle too. I hate wanting to add a song to the playlist on the iDevice itself without updating iTunes Match with the changes I made. Does it push that change from my iPhone to my iPod only once I run Update iTunes Match?
I'm trying to make the most of this but it does have plenty of issues!

yes i have the same problem and it has happened 4 times now .. It is ridiculous .. Putting right off Apple Devices .. seem to be getting like Microsoft ... Too Buggy.. How can your music just vanish ?

Transfer my iTunes Match music to my iPhone? But not one song at a time...

But instead of downloading to my iPhone one song or playlist at a time, via wifi or cell phone network (would take forever and exceed data limitations), I'd like to just connect iPhone to computer via cable. Is there any way to do this? The usual method, syncing, doesn't work since I got Match. Thanks.

On the iPhone turn off iTunes Match then open the Music app and let the content clear out. Then connect to your computer via USB, sync, then turn iTunes Match back on. You see the alert about content being deleted, but it won't.

ITunes Match music not updating on iPhone 4 - all settings "correct", but all playlists and many songs, artists, albums, artwork missing

I'm having a maddening problem with iTunes Match on my iPhone 4. I have the following settings established on the phone:
Settings > iCloud > Account: properly logged in to the correct, main account
Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > iCloud Backup: On
Settings > Music > iTunes Match: On
Settings > Music > Show All Music: On
Settings > Store: Logged into the same correct, main account as above
Settings > Store > Automatic Downloads > Music: On
On my laptop - the computer I use to primarily manage my iTunes music collection - when I "Update iTunes Match", all but three songs are listed as "Matched", "Uploaded". or "Purchased", and I'm correctly told that "12,277 songs are now available in iCloud".
But over the past week or so, music has been disappearing from my iPhone 4. When I go under Music > Playlists, none of my Playlists are showing. When I go under Music > Songs, it only lists 240 of the 12,277 tracks that are supposedly available in iCloud. Only 126 of around 1300 artists are listed. I have meticulously collected/scanned album artwork for literally every song in my collection, but a ton of it is missing on even the few tracks that do show up on my iPhone, and on and on and on.
I've been trying switching settings on and off, logging out and back in, waiting minutes, hours, or even days between attempts, running a restore to previous backup for the whole phone, etc. But after days of frustration and time wasted - nothing. And the real kicker is that the whole music collection IS showing up just fine on my wife's iPhone 4 - it just won't work on mine, and it's mostly my music to begin with!
So why won't my music collection show up on my iPhone 4? What do I do to fix this? How is this worth the money I paid for the Match service?

Thanks to kirbyfromtrenton, I have tracked down at least a partial fix for this problem:
1 - Turn off iTunes match in iTunes.
2 - Turn off iTunes match on the iPhone.
3 - Close iTunes and reopen.
4 - Connect your iPhone.
5 - Go into your music folder for the iPhone and delete all the songs.
6 - Turn back on iTunes match in iTunes
7 - Turn back on iTunes match on the iPhone
All of my music is available once again, although I'm still not seeing my playlists or artwork. That could be because I'm overseas right now with a slow wi-fi connection though.

I use both iTunes Match and I backup my phone through iCloud. How do I get non-iTunes Match music on my phone?

So I have a lot of spoken-word MP3 files on my MacBook that are both too large and too low a bitrate for iTunes Match. Since I use iCloud to backup my phone, I don't manually sync my phone with my MacBook anymore.
How do I get these MP3s onto my iPhone's iPod app without deleting everything on the phone and manually syncing/backing up to my MacBook?

You would have to turnoff match to manually sync those files to your phone, the. Turn match back on so you can use it like you normally would for all your match able music. iTunes works the same way now with match and your music like it does for iCloud and your contacts and calendars. In order to prevent duplication, you can't sync with a cloud service and manually on a computer the same information, unless you temporarily disable the cloud-type service - in your case iTunes match

ITunes Match music videos are ineligible, how can I get them back onto my iPod?

Hi,
I subscribed to iTunes Match earlier today, turned it on and did the same on my ipod touch but have now discovered all my music videos are ineligible and can't be tansfered via iCloud. It wont allow me to sync my iPod via USB cable. Is there anyway I can get my videos back onto my iPod? Thanks

I'm looking into this as well. Most of my videos were purchased from apple and showed up originally. But, I had a lot of problems with the tags in my regular music and had to more or less purge my iCloud library. Afterwards, I had the same problem as you. iTunes would no longer match the iTunes purchased music videos.
Anyhow, there is a quick way to get them transfered to your iPod.
Right click on the videos and use "Get Info" to change them to a "TV Show."
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I also set all then music videos grouping to "Music Video."
Created a smart playlist that just listed all things grouped as such.
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I may have left a step or two out. But, you should be able to handle the rest from there.
This is what I'm doing at least until I find a better solution.

How to back up iTunes Match music to external HDD

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I backed everything up when I subscribed to Music Match. Since then, I have purchased additional music from iTunes and Amazon which was not backed up. However, most of the music was ripped at a lower bit rate and Music Match makes that music available at the higher bit rate with better sound quality. That is the primary reason for wanting to download the higher bit rate versions and replace the older backup versions.

ITunes Match Music not showing up after 11.1?

So after I updated my macbook's itunes to 11.1 iTunes Match is no longer showing any of my music in the cloud.

I found a solution. It works for me on my 3 apple's computers concerned by this issue. Upload the iTunes installer
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/. Start the installer and your iTunes will work correctly :-)

IPhone 4 iTunes Match music app crashes.

iTunes Match used to crash my iPhone 4 music app on a regular basis. 6.0.0 fixed that but as of 6.0.1 it's back and even worse than before.. Any suggestions?

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ITunes match music not being overwritten

The music I have downloaded to my iPhone 4s cannot be deleted manually I know (iOS 6.0.1). But now the problem is it is not being deleted automatically. My phone is now stuffed full and I can't download any new music, apps or take any photos or video. Is there a solution to this please?

Hello AsgardFleet82,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help with iTunes Match. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice for the issue you are experiencing:
How to troubleshoot iTunes Match
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

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