Itunes match waiting

I am having issues accessing my iTunes library in iCloud. I had purchased iTunes Match and synced my local library. Then, my Macbook hard drive crashed and I am trying to access my iTunes in iCloud. About 6000 of my 13000 songs have a status of "waiting" and I cannot access them. The odd thing is that is true even for some songs that i had ripped from the same CD. In many instances half of the songs that i had ripped are "Matched" and the other half are "Waiting". Given that my Macbook crashed and I cannot access the source files any more, I was hoping to use iTunes Match to restore my full library, however I seem unable to do so. I have tried "Updating iTunes Match" several times.

Then you have surely lost some data. iTunes Match is not a backup service. However you may be able to recover much of the music. Any songs that were "waiting" before the HDD crash are lost. I'm assuming they were all ripped from CDs so you might as well delete them from the cloud and re-rip them from the CD. You can also re-download much of your purchased music from iTunes in the Cloud, or from iTunes Match.
To download from iTM enmass highlight all the tracks you want, right-click, then select "download." To use iTunes in the Cloud log into your iTunes Store account, click the "Purchased" link and select Music (if it is not already selected). Then click the button for "not on this computer" and you can download past purchases. This service is also not a backup service so all your past purchases may not be available for re-download.

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HT204406 new mix-song added (120 mb, mp3, different tracks, some in aac converted) - itunes match waiting - error, close

new mix-song added to itunes (120 mb, mp3, i tried different tracks, some in aac converted) - itunes match waiting - error, close
after a few minutes it gives an error and closes the window.
small tracks are no problem. and the max limit is not reached
some ideas?
greetings from germany

I wanted to first thank you for this, as this is the only workaround literature that seems to be floating around out there. With that said, I know it is a big ask, but is there any way that you could create a video showing step by step how to do what you do? I have several tracks that are stuck in waiting mode, and if left in itunes, will never upload or match...they only cause the upload process to hang up and restart. I've tried leaving it for days...I've tried converting the files, signing in and out of itunes (and itunes match), updating itunes match, and I tried your technique...unfortunately to no avail. Perhaps I didn't do your technique correctly. I used audacity to reverse the audio.
ANY help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
Thanks

Is iTunes Match a one time thing, or continuous?

If I subscribed to iTunes match for the $25 fee and everything in my library was matched, but then I put new/more CD's onto my computer into iTunes, would they also be matched, or is it to late?
Thanks for any help

So we're going to hav to get creative with trouble shooting.
I'm guessing you have the iCloud Status column enabled; sort on that column to find all the tracks with a status of "waiting" or no status. Now, create a new folder on the desktop, highlight all the trouble songs in iTunes and drag-n-drop them into this folder. This is just so you have a backup of them and can refer to them.
Once that is done remove the trouble songs from the iTunes library, from the cloud, but keep the files. Turn off iTunes Match, wait about a minute, then turn it back on. Let it complete a scan.
Once the scan is complete start adding the troublesome songs back into the library a few at at time. After you add each small batch let iTM kick off and do its thing before adding the next small batch. It may be necessary to transcode some of the songs as well.

An easy fix for some iTunes Match glitches

I found that some cover art would not display on my iPhone, even though the same album would show cover art on my iMac and on the MacMini, from which it was uploaded to iCloud. Other problems occurred, too weird to describe here.
Investigating the problem, I found that this was caused by some "stuck" sync attempts, trying to download songs from iCloud to the iPhone.
Fix:
1. disable iTunes Match on the iPhone.
2. Delete all music from the iPhone (right swipe, click delete)
3. some music will remain and can neither be downloaded nor deleted. These are the "stuck" items that cause the problems.
4. Attach iPhone to iTunes
5. Select your iPhone in iTunes, then click on "Music".
6. You will see the "stuck" songs, greyed out. Most of my problematic songs showed up twice or three times, with a non-moving sync indicator in the first column.
7. delete these songs (select all, right click, delete). I had to do this twice for some unknown reason. Force a sync and check again, to verify that they are indeed gone.
Once the songs are gone, disconnect the iPhone from your computer. Check the music application. It should display no songs. Now, go to settings and re-enable iTunes Match on the iPhone. Wait until the busy indicator disappears. This may take several minutes, depending on the size of your music library. I assume that this is the time it takes to download cover art and metadata, needed to display the list of albums.
What is displayed on your iPhone should now match what is in the cloud.
At this point, I am just guessing, but it seems that the iTunes Match code on the iPhone is not yet 100% bullet proof, and that it can sometimes become confused by a combination of intermittent network connectivity on the iPhone and updates to the iCloud library. Once a sync attempt gets stuck, the affected file seems to be locked and will never display the proper cover art, sometimes affecting the display of the whole album.
I will keep an eye on this. Probably the code will become more robust over time.

i got this problem since yesterday.
at first (a couple of days) --> i could delete all the songs by a simple sync due itunes....
--> clean music app
but now... everything stuck in itunes match sync
--> no fix, worked for me
i thought i had played around with the iphone to much, so i took the ipad...
and did a VERY CLEAN delete.... close music app --> disable itunes match --> wait for the spinner --> open the musik app --> wait for the spinner --> close music app --> usage --> delete all music --> itunes sync..
but same problem like on the iphone about 10 songs stuck in itunes match sync... not able to get rid of them.
on ipad and iphone! --> strange!
i tried also to delete all grey songs by (managing music and video manuelly)... after new sync i see the grey songs again.
i have also noticed that there is a sync problem when you are changing any "Metadata" - cover, ablum, genre... so you have to clean your music app - (fresh itunes match sync)
so i stuck
and im not able to sync any new data from itunes match.
where is the magic? Apple?
this is like windows ME

ITunes Match Unable To Get Past "Waiting for Apple to deliver your iTunes Match results..."

Been trying for days but it just gets to "Waiting for Apple to deliver your iTunes Match results..." and then stops and allows me to press the Start button again to start the match process. Sometimes I get error -3231.
I've called Apple and they want $19 to solve the issue even though I paid the $25 for Match.
I've turned iTunes Match off. Turned Genius off. Logged out of my iTunes account. Quit iTunes. Restarted. Logged back into iTunes account. Turn Genius on. Turn iTunes Match back on and let it go through the process again with no success.
My library has a couple hundred songs less than the 25,000 max but it is pretty large. Had the same issue when I tried with a smaller library some time ago. I've created a new library and have the same issue.

Hi,
You should consider rebooting your internet router
Then try holding option key whilst turning off match. Close iTunes and then reopen. Turn on iTunes Match and select add this computer.
Jim

I the cloud and itunes match. Some songs have the "waiting" icon next to them but are unable to upload and instead of determing them ineligible itunes continues to try to upload that song and never gets to the rest of the list.

I have icloud and itunes match and most of my songs have been uploaded to the cloud. Some songs still have the "waiting" icon next to them and when I turn itunes match on they neither upload nor are they determined ineligible. My computer will literally spin its wheels for hours trying to upload the same song. Additionally, I uploaded an audiobook disc on my computer and 3 of the 11 tracks are still waiting to be uploaded???

The exclamation mark happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
If the missing files just can't be found then, assuming you are in region where you are permitted multiple downloads of your audio purchases, delete the current enties and download again from your purchased history.
tt2

Waiting for Apple to deliver my iTunes match results

It seems to day I'm waiting all day over and over for my iTunes Match reslts... is there a status page somewere?

I had to restart iTunes.

Waiting for apple to deliver your itunes match results - time out -uk

Hi,
Help me please
I seem to be stuck in a loop that after the gathering of information has finished, the info is sent to apple and then I get 'waiting for apple to deliver your itunes match results' after about 30 or so seconds I then get an error message
'we could not complete your request, the network timed out, blah blah blah make sure network connection is active' no error code.
I am a windows 7 user, I have comodo fire wall, nod32 and sky broadband.
I have forwarded the ports 80 and 443, i have turned off comodo and disabled nod32, uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled itunes and I am still no further forward.
My internet connection is fine, i can access and download from the itunes store so there should be no issues, genius is on and working and getting results from apple so what is wrong with match?
Thanks
Marc

Marcus_30,
thanks, unfortunately tried almost all of that already...
You must be able to disable the firewall, even just temporarily.
Did that already, no change
Plug directly into the router and have nothing else running.
no change either if connected via Wifi or cable
I take it that you can connect to the store ok?
yes, iTunes store is working fine - even can download at the same time I am getting the network timeout error
Have you been through the re-installing iTunes motions?
this will be my next step - had hoped to avoid that...

Waiting for apple to deliver your itunes match results

Out of the blue, iMatch is hung-up on step 1 and displays this in the progress bar
"waiting for apple to deliver your itunes match results". Nothing ever happens after that. Songs that I have been adding since the beginning are in the cloud and play on all my devices -even thought in itunes it indicated that they are not in the cloud. Anything new I have added to my library appears on my other devices as grayed-out and do not play. They do play on my PC.
I have a Dell PC with Vista running the latest version of iTunes.
I have signed in/out
Turned iMatch (and genious) off/on
Deauthorized and re-authorized the PC
restarted iTunes
restarted the PC.
I have no other issues with this machine.
Support has not been able to help other than claiming it is Apple's fault.
Thanks, VJ

I had to restart iTunes.

ITunes Match has stopped uploading - every file errors and says waiting - I have tried to delete the files and use other formats etc. I have had the service since Day 1 and NEVER had an issue. It didn't start until the Delete from Cloud switch to Hide

iTunes Match has stopped uploading - every file errors and says waiting - I have tried to delete the files and use other formats etc. I have had the service since Day 1 and NEVER had an issue. It didn't start until the Delete from Cloud switch to Hide from cloud - the files that do not upload show grayed out on my other devices.

Have you confirmed that you successfull purged iTunes Match by also looking on an iOS device? If so, keep in mind that Apple's servers may be experiencing a heavy load right now. They just added about 19 countries to the service and I've read a few accounts this morning that suggests all's not running perfectly right now.

I am wanting to activate iTunes Match on my iPad. But I get a message saying I have to wait 90 days

I am wanting to activate iTunes Match on my iPad. But I get a message saying I have to wait 90 days. Side note: I'm doing this for my mom and not knowing, she created a second Apple ID a while ago. I'm trying to get her ID's sorted out. Anyway, I am wanted to know if there's a work around for this. I know it's a safeguard created so people cannot endlessly log in and out of others accounts and share there music and stuff. So, any help?

There is no work around, you must wait the 90 days (or however long is remaining) before associating the device with another Apple ID.
Keep in mind that if you log into your mother's iPad with your iTunes Store Apple ID she will then be using that Apple ID for everything including purchases. Any apps purchsed with her Apple ID can not longer be updated on the device.

ITunes Match Tracks Stay In Waiting Status Forever

I am having an issue with getting four tracks to successfully upload to iCloud from my Mac. These tracks are spoken word (not audiobooks). I right click on them (individually and as a group) and click "Add to iCloud". This then starts iTunes Match to to match and go through its motions. The process completes without any errors, but the tracks show in iTunes as waiting. This will stay this way for days upon days without being available on any iOS device. The iCloud status in iTunes stays as Waiting and never changes. I can see the album art, but there is no option to download it from iCloud or play it.
I have tried the many described steps that others have suggested about converting the tracks to AAC, MP3, etc. I have even tried to change the bit rate to something higher. The tracks are starting out as 128kbps, 44,100kHz Stereo. I have tried bumping them up to 256kbps without any change in iTunes Match or iCloud. I have also removed them out of iTunes (keeping exising tracks, deleting tracks, etc.). Evey step I seem to make with trying to get these tracks into iCloud comes with complete failure. Am I doing something wrong? Is there some kind of solution that I am missing? I am about ready to throw the towel in for iTunes Match. The service works great if your music lives in iTunes to begin with, but I have nothing but problems trying to get any audio in from the outside.
Thanks for you help and suggestions.

The files are AAC audio and the size is 20MB or less. I have even tried shortening the track names in the ID3 tags. The actual file names are short to begin with and less then 15 characters.
Kind: AAC audio
Size: 20MB or less
Sample Rate: 44,100 kHz
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
I will try switching the genre to "Audio Book" and see what happens there, but really would like Match to work.

HT204406 How can i get tracks with "waiting" status to upload to itunes match.

I have completely cleared my library and started again. i have 24000 tracks in library but only 15000 + are uploading. leaving a further 6000 or so with a "waiting" status. i have tried the update itunes match option which runs through the full process and on completion is still leaving the tracks with "waiting" status.
any ideas??

I have the same issue, although I only have about 2500 tracks and half of them are in waiting. I read a few other peoples issues with this problem and checked and found that all the songs (or whatever it is) are not in the folder they were in, in fact they are not on my computer anymore! They are still in the cloud i guess, well the information is, but the songs arent. So now I have to go back and re-import all the CD's that are missing. I did reinstall itunes before this happened which probably had something to do with it, but whenever I tried to update itunes match it would freeze my computer and give me an error. So I reinstalled and now it works but half my music is gone! and alot of it was not on CD, I had gotten online, but when I go to check purchases/downloads available, it says everything that can be has been. It ***** because it takes so long and I know I have lost some of the songs since I got them online and dont have a hard copy. But basically you need to check to make sure the files are in the folder that itunes is looking in, and that they are ON your computer or server. Then re-import if you have to, and update itunes match (if your using) then icloud should recognize. Ill let you know if this works for me since I am in the process of doing just that.

Do I really need to wait 57 days to turn on iTunes Match?!

Last month I downloaded all my previously purchase music from iCloud to one computer to consolidate everything for the iTunes Match launch. I downloaded from my two Apple ID accounts, one I use for iCloud and one I use for store purchases, both of which I've used to purchase music from previously. I turned on Match and all went well on my computer side but when I turned on Match on my iPhone, I got the "Device Is Already Associated With an Apple ID....this device can be used with another Apple ID in 57 days." When I click OK to that it takes me to a screen that says "Add this computer to iCloud to share this music..." there are two buttons, one says "No Thanks" and one says "Add This Computer"...neither button works. The iPhone Music settings is showing the ID I purchased Match with.
If anyone else has this problem I would appreciate any help. It is just insane if I am being told that I need to wait 57 days to use what I just purchased, just because I was being proactive in consolidating all my purchased music.

I've had this problem too. I had to call apple and have them reset everything and it took a couple days. lesson learned: write down security questions and answers!

HT204406 itunes match songs say waiting

I have recentlly put itunes match on my mac devices. After several days of letting the songs upload, download, match, etc I notice that some of the songs are grayish color and the icloud status is waiting, for days. Why does it say that and how can I get those songs on my devices?

Hi,
Try holding shift key whilst turning off match. Close iTunes then relaunch. Reactivate match. You will be asked to add this computer. Do so. Let match process complete.
Jim

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