ITunes Match Sync iPod

I know this is a redundant question, if I sync my entire iTunes library with iTunes Match, can my wife choose the songs to download to her iPod Touch 5g? I have the entire iTunes library on an external drive. I am trying to get away from connecting her ipod touch to the computer to transfer songs. I thought if add songs to the library then the library syncs with iTunes Match, then my wife can pick and choose the songs that she likes and download them to her ipod.
By the way, all iOS devices are running iOS 8.1 and my Mac Mini is running Mavericks. I have iTunes 12 already installed.

Wow! No user that has iTunes 12 and iTunes Match can answer my post. I need to have a little insight to make sure that iTunes Match works as I want it to. I don't want to spend $25 per year if I don't get a concrete answer. It is not like I can answer this question myself without paying the money.

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Can i itune match my ipod classic

CAN I iTune-Match my IPOD CLASSIC

You cannot. The music must be stored in your iTunes library before it can be added/synced to your device.
iTunes Match is only available on iOS Devices running iOS 5 or later.
B-rock

HT5637 How does itunes match sync playlists?

How does itunes match sync playlists between my computer, ipad and ipod?

It will tell you that the library exceeds the limit and will not proceed. So if you have more than the 25k limit (and keep in mind that iTunes Store purchases do not count against this limit) the only way you can use iTM is to move some music out of the library to get under the limit before signing up for the service.

Will iTunes Match sync ID3 tags?

I tag all my music properly utilising BPM, Comments, Grouping and Record Label. Will iTunes Match sync these over to other devices?

You should check with the head unit manufacturer; they can most likely answer your question.

ITunes Match Sync Erases ID3 Tags

I have had no problems with the iTunes Match syncing between the iTunes that was on my PC (version, I don't know, but it was older than 11.4) and my iPhone and iPad.
But today I upgraded iTunes to the latest and greatest version (11.4), and now everything is MESSED UP. When I connect this new iTunes to my iTunes Match account, now all of a sudden all of the playlists on both my iPhone and iPad got messed up and came out of the Playlist Folders they were in and are now top-tier playlists. When I try to move them back into their appropriate folders in iTunes and re-sync, the re-sync effectively erases from iTunes the changes I just made. For example, it puts the playlist right back to where I moved it FROM. If I try to create new playlists, the sync erases them from iTunes. Even if I try to update an individual song's ID3 tag (like, for example, if I add some text to the "Grouping" field of a single song) and re-sync, the updated text disappears and reverts back to what it was before I synced. I don't even have my iPhone or iPad connected by cable to the computer, so it's not like iTunes is getting confused between whether to sync via cord or via iTunes Match.
I don't know what to do. Is my iTunes update corrupted? It seems to be functioning fine otherwise. No alerts. No bad DLLs. Nothing weird other than the iTunes Match syncing problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Sean

You should check with the head unit manufacturer; they can most likely answer your question.

Everytime I open iTunes, my iTunes Match sync is down

Hi everybody.
Everytime I open iTunes, my iTunes Match sync is down.
iTunes show me this icon
and I need to deactivate and re-activate iTunes Match from the Store menù.
I have a PC with Win 7 Pro x64.
I have the last build of iTunes.
I tried to uninstall it, delete the iTunes folder in AppData folder, WHITOUT delete my playlist and then reinstall it.
Did someone can help me?

I have the same issue but do not have McAfee installed. I am running Win7 64-bit. Problem solved by following these steps:
Open Computer from the Start menu.
From the Organize menu, choose Folder and Search Options.
Click the View tab.
Under "Hidden files and folders," make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected.
Click OK.
Navigate to the following location by either typing it into the address bar, copying and pasting it into the address bar, or clicking through the folder hierarchy listed:C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\iTunes
Right-click the SC Info folder shown and on the shortcut menu, choose Delete.
Restart the computer.

Got iTunes match, synced up music from laptop to phone, headed out listening to playlist, all of a sudden, mid-song, music stopped and all music was gone and needed to be re-downloaded

Ok, so I initially bought the cloud mainly in the hopes that I could store all of my music on it and have access to it on my phone, which ended up not being the case. Fine. So I man up and get iTunes match, sync everything up between my laptop and my phone, make a playlist and head out listening to it. All of a sudden while I'm out, mid-song, the music stops. I go to see what's going on and everything is gone and has the icon to download next to it, and now I'm away from my wifi to boot, so charges apply. I don't understand. Now I have iCloud on my phone with 25 GB Total Storage and 25 GB Available because I don't understand what I should be using it for and iTunes match which, what, only works when I'm within spitting distance of my laptop? I've tried to get everything sorted out, paying a fee each time, and hitting roadblocks every step of the way; and on top of it, my phone is constantly telling me it can't do this or that because I don't have enough storage?? I realize I'm a bit of a noob, but c'mon, it shouldn't be this complicated or difficult, should it?

If you have no network access (3G, Wi Fi) you cannot stream music from the cloud. Period.The way you stop the behavior is to enable 3G, or pre-download the tracks you think you will want to listen to.

ITunes Match and iPod Nano Syncing Question

I recently subscribed to iTunes Match. My son and husband still have iPod Nanos. How do you sync the nano with the iTunes match?

I subscribed to Match because the USB ports in the laptop where my iTunes playlists resides are toast - do not work. I could not sync my iPod to it. So I thought if I subscribed to Match, I would be able to access my playlists with my other laptop. I have iTunes installed on my other laptop and the USB ports work! I also authorized my other laptop for the account.
So I thought "great - I'll access my original playlists with my second laptop and connect my iPod Nano and sync it to the second laptop and it will load my playlists on my Nano".
Nope - I get nothing. I have it set up to sync automatically - didn't work. I tried to sync manually - it acts like it's syncing, tells me it's done and there is nothing on my Nano. Help?!

ITunes Match and iPod Classic sync problems

Hi all,
I've recently signed up to iTunes Match and use iTunes on my Windows PC (at home) and MacBook Pro (at work). I also use an iPod Classic which I sync with the Windows PC.
I've had an issue which has happened a few times when I sync. I think the problem occurs when iTunes is open on both the PC and the Mac, but I'm not sure.
When I sync my iPod, it increments play count, and updates the recently played playlist as normal, but every now and then, I am asked to sign back into iTunes Match, and when I do that, all play counts from the ipod sync disappear. The Recently Played playlist also no longer has songs played on the iPod included. However, on the "last played" field, the correct date and time of when the song was played in populated.
The iPod is where I listen to music most often, and I would really like to keep the play counts up to date, but I can't figure out what is happening.
Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas if I can resolve this?
Thanks.

The same thing happened to my iPod. It shows that it has no songs, but when i checked the iPod's memory, it was using the same amount of space as before (i had 52 gb of music, now it's just 52 gb of... nothing).

Down Load from itunes match to ipod classic

I recently purchased 5c iphone and to link all devices I use iTunes match but since doing so I cant download updates to my library on my ipod classic. Help

Your music needs to be in your iTunes library on your computer in order to sync with your iPod classic.
Jim

ITunes Match sync issues

Hi all, I am in dire need of some help on this one, have multiple problems.
1) My mother recently got an iPad 2 and a new iPod Touch and today she wanted to get her iPod and iPad synced together automatically, which brought the iTunes Match into play. I configured the iTunes Match on her account on my laptop, but of course there was a problem with my own iTunes library being auto-synced with her - we didn't want that at all. Is there a way of deleting this match and creating a new match on an empty iTunes to start afresh? Important note: I have already tried restoring it to factory settings to no avail.
2) She bought a song from the store on her iPad and wanted it to sync with her iPod and go on there too. When she bought the song on her iPad a message flashed up on her iPod saying a purchase had been made and she should turn on automatic music downloads. She did that, but the song never materialised on her iPod despite it being there on her iPad. I'm not sure what the issue is here, if the iPod recognised there had been a purchase, why didn't the song get transferred?
3) As a result of all this iTunes Match nonsense, I tried to go back to standard iPod music adding by manually transferring a song when it was connected via USB. I kept getting a message saying something along the lines of "this iPod Touch is using iTunes Match so some songs weren't added." Is this a permanent problem? What can I do to fix it?
4) Final question, is there a way of completely removing iTunes Match, as if it was never on the devices in the first place?
I just want to get my mother's iPod back to how a normal iPod should work, being able to manually add songs with none of this iCloud syncing nonsense. This is easily the worst experience I've had with iTunes in all my years of being an iPod user.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

You might want to post here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/itunes_match
Also see:
iTunes Match on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Apple - iTunes - Match
iTunes Store: Troubleshooting iTunes Match

ITunes Match - Sync with iOS device

I am thinking about buying iTunes Match, but i first wanna make clear some things up...
here are my questions:
1. Will I ever have to sync my iPhone again with my computer (over WIFI or Cable) or will my iPhone automatically download the music! Or will i have to individually download the music on to my phone? Because now if I load a new CD in my iTunes i just plug my phone into my MacBook and after that all my selected playlists will be updated and ready to listen to (without any internet conection obviousely), how will this be with iTunes Match?
e.g.: I have this new cool tune that I import and put into my list "my favorite songs"! Will this song immediately be on the same list on my phone? online or offline?
2. What do I have to do if i wanna delete an album on my computer? But I mean delete it forever, also out of the cloud! how do i do this, and will these tunes also dissapear on my iPhone (like they do now as soon as I sync my iOS device with my Mac)? Will I have this music present in my cloud forever?
Thank you for your help!
Cheers
Yannick B.

Hello Yannick B.
Once you have enabled iTunes Match and then add music from a CD, it will automatically add those to iTunes Match for you or you can go to a drop down menu Store > Update iTunes Match to add the tracks. If you have iTunes Match enabled on your iPhone, you will see the changes rather quickly once uploaded.
If you want to delete music from iTunes Match, just delete the tracks and a prompt will ask if you want to delete from iCloud. That should answer those questions for you.
iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4914
iTunes Store: How to delete songs from iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4915
Regards,
-Norm G.

What song data does iTunes Match sync?

iTunes Match seems to be completely broken in iOS 6. While ratings sync immediately, play count only does from time to time and last played never updates.
While being far from perfect, things worked better in iOS 5. I'm definately not going to renew and try to get a refund from Apple for my current subscription, since the product does not work.

iTunes Match has always had poor performance with Song data (metadata), see earlier post https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3760002.
Agree IOS 6 has not improved, however, unable to see any information from Apple promising such performance - it is as though the limited IOS 5 capability was not a priority and has simply been left out of IOS 6.
It would help if Apple clearly stated the scope of intended iTunes Match / IOS capability - it appears limited to automatic sync of Song files grouped as playlists or Albums with no undertaking to share metadata beyond limited information such as Song names, album, artist and so on.
Have to agree that the service is limited, you can only assess the value on the limited capability available - for me, with multiple computers and iDevices (including Apple TV) it is still very good despite the limitations.

ITunes successfully syncs iPod with no errors, but nothing shows up on iPod

I plug in my new 80g iPod to by synced, and iTunes "successfully" syncs the iPod.
I look on my iPod to see if the songs were transfered and my iPod is still completely blank!
So I plug in my iPod again to see if I can find a problem, and the "Capacity" bar on the bottom of the iPod screen in iTunes shows all my music and video file space as 'Other' data.
What is going on here?
I tried to restore the iPod and the same thing happens.

Hi!
I got the same problem since today.
My Ipod contains 74,37Gb in total and Itunes says 56,6 PHOTOS, 61,66 OTHER and 12,66 FREE SPACE. But this afternoon I saw I had about 700 Mb free space. I don't know what happened today, but I can only see the PHOTOS on my Ipod, no music and no video's.
Can't find the solution...
Best regards,
JJ

ITunes Match sync stops and gives me a Window error that it stop working. I have Windows 7 64bit. How do it make it sync?

I have signed up on iTunes Match. When I setup my PC iTunes to starts to sync it stop and gives me a Window error that it stop working. I have Windows 7 64bit. How do it make it sync?

Tarantulaman wrote:
i do, but like i said it fell once and since then it hasn't been able to connect to my laptop. it acts like nothing's connected. i believe if i call the company the HDD is from they'll be able to transfer it to a new one but who knows how much they'd charge. looks like i have no choice now.
If it were truly a backup, then the media would play on the laptop as it would be on the laptop.
Sounds like you actually do not have a backup, instead you chose to keep your media on an external drive.
Regardless of where the media is stored, it's always a good idea to have a backup for instances like this.

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