ITunes Match Replacing My Album Ratings

iTunes/iTunes Match is totally replacing all my album ratings with 3 stars. Even after I change the rating, after a while it'll again revert to a 3 star rating. Not cool. Thank god my song ratings are still untouched, but who knows.

I contacted Apple's support team regarding this problem. The following response solved my problem.
You can usually resolve most issues with iTunes Match by turning the service off and back on. Follow these steps for your operating system:
- Mac OS X: hold down the Option key and choose Store > Turn Off iTunes Match. Then, go back to the same menu and choose Turn On iTunes Match.
- Windows: hold down the Shift key and choose Store > Turn Off iTunes Match. Then, go back to the same menu and choose Turn On iTunes Match.

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You're files are not gone. They are still on the HDD of your computer. Apparently, at some point you've created a new, empty iTunes library. Go to ~/Music and tell us what folders are there. At minimum there will be a folder named "iTunes" where all your files will be.
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ITunes match replacing studio songs with live songs

ok - so I noticed one day that many of the studio versions of my songs had been replaced and/or combined with live songs from other albums by a given artist. Luckily, I had a backup. So I restored a bunch of songs, imported them into my iTunes library and then ran iTunes match again. What it did was reduce my song count by about 300 songs and once again certain studio versions of songs are replaced with live versions, and some songs have disappeared entirely.
Is this how Match is supposed to work? Has anyone else run into similar problems?

Yes, iTunes Match can be made to work with more than one Apple Id. One route is simply to import Songs into a new library using the separate libraries for each Apple Id as source. Attempting to play Songs will prompt for authorisation if not already present on the computer. Once authorisation is complete for each Apple Id concerned the new library can be used with iTunes Match to cover all Songs.
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Itunes Match remembers incorrect album artist

Hi all,
I'm having an issue with Itunes Match with a particular CD that I imported which is a compilation from various artists.
After importing the CD, I noticed that on my Ipad and Iphone, the album was appearing as 16 separate albums rather than one compilation album.
I also noticed that the Album Artist name read "Compliation" (spelling mistake deliberate as that is what it was).
I am aware of the need to make sure that artist and album names are synced up, and the "This is a compilation" flag to be checked and all that stuff.
So, I changed the Album artist to "Various Artists". However, when I go back into my devices (other than Windows Itunes), only a couple of them have changed to "Various Artists", and most of them still appear as "Compliation", but still as 16 separate albums even though all the data looks the same.
So to be clear, even when the data appears to be the same on the iphone (regardless whether it's the same as on Windows or not), it is NOT grouping them as one album - it's 16 albums with 1 track on each.
I have tried changing various meta data. In fact I've pretty much changed every field. When I change fields, the changes are coming through on the devices, except this "Compliation" which appears to be completely stuck.
I've even tried deleting the CD completely from Itunes and Icloud twice, changing all the metadata on the PC to remove all references to "Compliation" and reimporting, but it still somehow remembers the "Compliation" that I told it to delete from the Cloud.
I have also tried switching off Itunes Match on the devices and on again, but this also didn't make any difference.
I don't really understand how meta data that I've removed before I even import that CD, and previously told to be deleted from the cloud, is magically returning.
The only other thing I noticed is that each track has a different album art (some of which are wrong anyway), but even if I deleted all the album art from every track on that CD in Itunes, it still appeared in Ipad and Iphone. Can different album art cause an album to be split into multiple albums?
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this issue?

That happens sometimes:
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

ITunes Match not syncing album by year in Music app

I have been cleaning up my iTunes library, on my MBP. While importing some new songs and editing some old ones, the albums are sorting correctly by year in iTunes, but not in the Music app in iOS. I edited the year info for all the tracks in the album, but the year in the Music app says the old year, which means the albums are out of chronological order. I use iTunes Match to sync. Where is the old year hiding?

Well, after a weekend of complete disaster and nightmares for iTunes Match, everything is back to normal except one major flaw that's really annoying me.
On friday no other tracks but the matched ones would stream on either my Apple TV or my secondary computer. They wouldn't download if I wanted them to on this secondary computer. Music videos included.
Later last evening every track on iCloud started working properly again. Except music videos. They'd not download on my secondary computer. They wouldn't stream on my Apple TV. I did some tests and out of 208 music videos currently compatible with iCloud (because they were purchased with the same account) only 3 actually stream and download. So either this is part of the temporary breakdown iTunes Match has been suffering, or because of it my music videos are corrupted.
I've contacted Customer Support 4 times to no avail so far regarding a response. Either I can play/download my music videos again or one of the main features for me of iTunes Match on my Apple TV is absolutely broken and useless.
Apple really needs to address this and solve my problem. Otherwise iTunes Match is only partially working. What would the use of buying music videos at the iTunes Store would be for me from now on???

Using iTunes Match, very little album art is showing

I'm using Mavericks on a 2009 unibody (white plastic) Macbook. This is not my main computer so I'm trying to free up storage space. I had the idea to delete all of the music files from the Music folder and just use iTunes Match as a streaming service, just like on my iPhone and iPad. (The music files are stored on my main Mac with multiple redudant backups.)
I may have gotten overzealous in deleting data. I saw an album art folder with over 1 gigabyte of data and deleted that as well.
Now all of the music still shows up in the Album view - as it should - however very few of the tracks have any album art. I gave it some time to see if the art would download from iTunes Match, but it's not happening (get album art is enabled in preferences).
I had the idea to hold down the Option key while restarting iTunes and create a new library, then let iTunes Match populate it. I don't want to download any content, I just want everything to show up with album art.
Will this work, and how would I remove the corrupted library if it does?

Thanks but still no luck I'm afraid.
To update: I have been using itunes 6 from the outset and have always manually updated the ipod - it has never even been switched to automatic as I changed this at the start (advice from a friend). File formats for the affected tracks are all either AIFF or Apple Lossless - same as all the unaffected tracks.
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ITunes Matched an (obscure) Album NOT in Store - What's Going On?

So I added an album to my iTunes that I was sure was not in the store, and it wasn't - it's a rare instrumental version of somewhat-rare album, and definitely out of print regardless, eBay has 1 copy for $83 - however iTunes "Matched" it all, and didn't "Uploaded" it...
So my question is this, is it either:
1) iTunes just uploaded my files and mistakingly indicated the album was Matched and not Uploaded?
2) iTunes matched my album with ANOTHER user's version already uploaded?
or
3) iTunes really does have the album in their database, just not in their store, and they are indeed matching my album to their files and letting me download nice 256k versions to other iOS devices??
I would appreciate any input or thoughts, I didn't see this situation listed anywhere else...
Thanks,

Interesting, Thanks.
I also tried to verify this by purposefully introducing some artifacts into a track, then adding it to iTunes Match again, "Matched" not "Uploaded", then downloading the matched copy to check, and sure enough there was no artifact. So it's either NOT just a version of my uploaded copy, as we think, or it was my previously saved upoloaded copy since I matched it with iTunes a second time, or it's someone elses...
I think the best explanation is like you describe, they have tracks in their database available for match that they do not make available in the store.
Anyone else experience something like this?

Itune match show duplicate album

I've just take my iTune Match account and I've seen a little "bug" on the iphone.
I've got 1 album that show itself 2 times (1 in the P letter, for 'Katy Perry - Prism', the second in the R letter, filter available when i show my entire collection)
Here's a capture:
It's the same album, but it seem to be downloaded twice.
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C'est le même album , mais il semble être téléchargés deux fois

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Itunes match replacing Apple Lossless Files with .AAC

I have coverted my entire music library to apple lossless.. it appears that iTunes Match over time downgrades my music files to 256kbp .AAC files.
Is anyone else seeing this? How can I get iTunes Match to STOP doing this?

Michael Allbritton wrote:
iTunes Match does not touch the files on your computer. These files will be "downgraded" only if you delete the original file and download the matched track. The service does not upload ALAC files to the cloud. It converts the ALAC to a temporary AAC file, which is uploaded to listen to on iOS devices. On your computer, the ALAC files stay ALAC.
Hmm, that's interesting because on Apple's iTunes Match page it says (my emphasis):
Which music formats can iTunes Match handle?
You can match or upload music formats that can be played with iTunes. That includes AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, and more.
which clearly suggets that it will upload ALAC to iCloud

Does iTunes Match replace Music syncing?

I was just wondering if I buy iTunes Match will I no longer need to sync my device with my computer for music?

Just be warned, though, that syncing of metadata (such as Play Counts, Last Played) in iTunes Match is still pretty erratic. Just yesterday, I played all the tracks with Plays = 0 and updated iTunes Match afterwards. When I opened iTunes again this morning, the tracks are back in the playlist with Plays = 0 again. All my iOS devices did not update as well. If you care about your metadata, do not subscribe to iTunes Match, at least not yet, until they sorted this thing out.

Is there a fix for itunes match replacing my explicit lyrics?

Is there a fix for the explicit lyrics probem yet?

No. However you can turn off iTunes Match on the device, sync the explicit song, then re-enable iTM. Then your iOS device will play the correct version of the song.

ITunes Match, No Artists / Albums on My Ipad

Hi Guys
Hoping someone can help here - after 3 days setting itunes match to match and upload 20,000 songs I've found the ipad shows songs and playlists but that I can't see anything under my ablums or artists tabs, I've tried leaving this to see if it was just taking time, but still nothing, does anyone have any advice?
Matt

I found out my own issue.. I have two apple ID's for my account.. I never set up a new one so I don't know how that happened... thanks

Itunes match replacing music libraries

does it actually do that?
an article in Macworld said that it did not

It does and it doesn't. =)
If you have music on your phone and you turn on iTunes Match on your phone, any songs that have not been uploaded to the iCloud will be removed. But any songs that are already in iCloud will remain on your phone as they were, rather than being deleted and re-downloaded again.

Does itunes match replace home sharing's purchase check for music?

If I've got iTunes Match set up on all devices, is there any reason to automatically have each computer scan every other computer for new purchases, if music is the only media I'm interested in moving around?
For the odd movie or TV show that I buy, I'm happy to do a manual transfer. It's not very frequent.
Here's why I'm thinking of doing this. I think that when my main server tries to find purchases on other computers, it becomes unavailable to serve its media to my Apple TV devices. That means that when I try to load tv shows for my daughter, if it's busy looking for other purchases on another computer, you get the spinning wheel ... for a looooooong time. Only thing I know to fix it is to restart iTunes on the server. Royal PITA.
So, if I have iTunes match enabled on all computers, wouldn't that take care of ensuring that any song I buy from any device should automagically appear on all computers -- thus rendering the music part of music purchase checking moot?
Thanks!

Yes, that's just for the US at the moment.
Just to clarify, by the way, that the ability to redownload music and TV programmes isn't anything to do with iTunes match. Match is a separate paid for service that puts your music collection into the cloud.

ITunes Match Replacing My Album Ratings

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