ITunes Match reverting changes

So I've gone through an entire 100+ song playlist and changed titles on all of the songs. As soon as I update iTunes Match, however, all of the song titles are reverted to what they were prior to the changes (and prior to the Match update).
I read that this problem has existed for a while. Is there a workaround? Or am I stuck with bad titles?

That's part of the problem, though. They do not. I changed the titles of the songs and the changes do not propagate at all. And when I update, the changes are reverted back to the original state (which I don't want).
(And saying "don't update" doesn't help since there will be times down the road when I do have to update, and even if it's a month from now, I'm sure those changes will be reverted again.)

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They wont let you cancel
period
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ITUNES MATCH automatically renewed so I'm screwed until October 2013.
That means, I ( and you) cant update credit card details with billings address etc
no more apps
no more itunes to purchase.
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Itunes match / region change

Dear All,
I was living in the US for 2 years and now have moved back to London. I made a number of music purchases in the US and also subscribed to itunes match. Now that I have returned to the UK, I changed my region to UK, cancelling my itunes match subscription and re-subscribing from the UK in the process but only 3 of my roughly 100 albums show up on my devices (iphone and ipad).
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On the iOS devices, sign out then sign back in with the UK store Apple ID.

I want to change countries but because Itunes match it will not work

Hey,
I just moved to another country and wanted to change my land and bankcard information but
when i try it there is a message that i first have to deactivate itunes match before changing countries.
I tried to turn off itunes match but it doesn't work. and I still can't change my land.
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Itunes match stopped during step 2. On Windows 7 machine.

I had ITunes Match running and it seems to have stopped approximately 17 songs from end during step 2.
I stopped and restarted iTunes match, no change.
I have restarted the Windows machine, again no change.
Any suggestions?

Taken as a whole, the symptoms suggest that another application (other than QuickTime itself) has stashed old QuickTime componentry in your system files.
So just in case we'll go looking for older QuickTime componentry in the most common locations for it to be stashed.
First we'll need to change some view settings.
In your Start menu, open Computer.
In your Organise menu, select Folder Options.
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Click OK.
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I recently subscribed to iTunes Match, and whenever I make changes to tracks listed as "purchased" under "iCloud Status," all the changes revert after I click "update iTunes Match." This is incredibly frustrating, as all my artwork changes, genre changes, artist info changes etc. were all removed with one click. I should note that this does not occur for matched or uploaded tracks. Is this happening to anyone, and if so, how do I fix it?

Hi,
Many thanks for the suggestions - replies as follows:
1) I never have this option checked.
2) This is when sorted by album - it's definitely not connected with my view settings.
3) Cool - I was probably basing this on previous versions when I think think you could see Soundcheck running (if you couldn't I think you could scroll through the displays in the Now Playing window at the top). There was no apparent disk activity after checking either, but I haven't got arounud to checking file modified timestamps. Still don't understand why Soundcheck was disabled after upgrade though...
4) This didn't happen with previous versions of iTunes. Have already scoured the web for help & it sounds like a common problem with this release. I built this PC!
5) DirectX is already running on v9.0c, and I've got the latest drivers for my ATI Radeon 7500 128MB card. I thought it might be DirectX-related as I've been having problems getting Direct3D acceleration enabled. Haven't found any fixes yet relevant to this - have uninstalled all remote control software (including mirror drivers)& made a NetMeeting change which supposedly fixes this but no luck, reinstalled SP2, reinstalled drivers etc. Argh.
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HT4915 iTunes Match not updating Changes from Library and reverting to original data WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!?

How do I keep iTunes Match from De-Organizing my music? I have spent hours organizing my music ratings, info, and deleting duplicates only to quit iTunes and find out that it reverts back to the original when it starts up and syncs with Match. It first de-organized hours worth of my time. Then I tried it again with iTunes match off only to find out that once you turn it on it de-organizes it again!! I have iTunes match turned off on all my devices. HELP!!

Oh let me elaborate some more as my frustration kept me from being clear. I updated my library (which is of significant size) with different ratings, genre and deletion of duplicate songs. While iTunes Match was on. I closed the ITunes program and, later once I re-opened it it asked if it connect to the internet like usual and right in front of my eyes reverted what I had updated back to before I updated it.
I never had this issue before except for when I first upgraded my macbook and copied the music files straight from the iTunes folder from a backup disk which did not save any of my ratings.
I then modified a couple of songs again, closed the I-Tunes application, opened it again, and saw it revert it again.
I turned iTunes Match off on all my devices and modified some songs, restarted iTunes and the changes stayed.
Something with the "Cloud" is not allowing these changes to remain permanent. Once a change is made to a file it is timestamped right? So why is the cloud and computer not following the latest timestamp?
I have finished organizing a sizable amount of music and am now worried about turning Match on again in fear that it will screw up my entire library.
I do this about once every 5 years or so where I spend a lot of time organizing my music, photos, etc... I just wish that for once I would have technology that wouldn't make it a nightmare.
Side note: I am bilingual and recently changed my computer language from English to Portuguese. So iTunes thinks its totally cool to change the genre of only the songs that are played to the portuguese spelling of the genre, which practically duplicates all my genre. Thats pretty annoying. Just leave the freaking music metadata language alone dudes if the artist speaks english the metadata should be in english in my opinion. Or at least have this auto language update as an option under preferences one could opt out of.

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When I edit a song in itunes (i.e change the year) on purchased songs, the next time I return to itunes, the information has reverted back to the original information. How can I change that?
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Thanks, Jim. Unfortunately, while that sounded like a pretty good idea, that fix didn't work for me.
Instead of dealing with third party stuff and digging into the file system, I thought I'd see what would happen if I just turned off iTunes Match on my iOS devices, and manually synced the offending albums. I figured by manually syncing them, it would force the library database to change and display it correctly, and it did. Once I did this, I turned on iTunes Match, and sure enough, everything displayed correctly. Turned off iTunes Match, so I could unsync the albums, and turned it back on, and now it's working just fine. Also fixed a couple of pesky albums that wouldn't sort right. The downside, if I ever needed to make more capitalization changes, I have to do this.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated and Merry Christmas you guys!
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HI
You don't need to select update iTunes match. It does not do what you expect!! You only need to make the changes and they will filter through to match naturally.
jim

Losing changes to library - iTunes Match.

I have my library set up locally, and iTunes match on.
Every time I make changes to my library (such as album/song ratings that affect smart playlists), I update IM but all my changes are lost every time and it reverts back to the library before the edits.
Am I doing something wrong (I obviously am!)?

unhappymatchuser wrote:
my problem started when my last computer up and crashed. i then went out and purchased another (PC) and started importing all music from my ipod onto my new computer. this took about 18 hours. once i had all my music back in my itunes library i started re-rating and creating new playlist.
If you had maintained local backups of your personal data on an external HDD you would not have been in that situation. It is critical for all of us to maintain backups of our own data.
unhappymatchuser wrote:
once this was done i signed up for match to save my itunes library so i would never have to do this again.
FAQ: Why iTunes Match Can Not Be Used as a Backup
unhappymatchuser wrote:
anyway i then started re-rating and making new playlists. this time running match every time i would make changes to the library.
Do not use the "Update iTunes Match" command every time you make changes in the iTunes library. It does not push information to the cloud. It pulls information from the cloud, effectively erasing all the changes you just made. All you need to do is simply make the changes in the library and leave it alone. The changes will propagate by themselves. However, iTunes Match is glitchy when making a large number of changes in a short period of time, and tends to undo those changes. By "large number" I mean hundred at a time in a few minutes or seconds. You need to make your changes in smaller blocks, and give the changes a few minutes to get pushed to the cloud.
Stop using "Update iTunes Match" and back up your data.

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I've been importing albums into my library all day and I have noticed that any changes that I made to metadata in my library on and after 6:12 PM are not sticking when I update iTunes Match, even if I Update iTunes Match now (8:39 PM). For example, before 6:12 PM tonight I imported a couple albums from the same artist that initially had a different genres for each one. Around 6:12 PM my iTunes Match must have been updating to the servers before I had the chance to change the genre's to what I wanted. On or after 6:12 PM I highlighted all the albums from this artist and changed the genre to the same thing.
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Hi again Jim!
I used SHIFT since it's what you've used without problems, and it seems to have worked. When I re-activated iTunes Match, and added my computer again, it didn't seem to revert any metadata changes.
I've also slowly imported a few new albums, which always prompt iTunes Match to re-update, and after each time it hasn't reverted the previous changes. It is only about 10 minutes worth of metadata for a few albums that were always reverting, but for now this seems to be working. I would assume that if a full day goes by without any issues then this definitely solved my problem.
I am curious, can you tell me exactly what the addition of holding down the SHIFT or OPTION key does when turning off iTunes Match?
Thanks!

How do I change my iPad country back to the UK without cancelling my iTunes Match subscription?

When I was browsing iTunes yesterday on my iPad the country linked to my iPad switched to being the US.
I now can't use my iPad to shop in several uk stores.
I don't have easy access to the PC the iPad is linked to with iTunes. Also I don't actually want to cancel my iTunes Match subscription.

You can try signing out your Apple ID and signing back in at Settings > iTunes and App Stores
Or, if that doesn't work
Follow this procedure:
1. Go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Apple ID.
2. Tap your Apple ID.
3. Tap View Apple ID.
4. Enter your password.
5. Go to Country/Region in the popup window to change to the desired store.
See also: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311

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