My pc died with (stupidly) no external backup, save iTunes Match. Will I be able to download my itunes library to a new Mac?
Hello! I am new here! Here is my question: my pc just died with my iTunes music library. Foolishly, I had no physical external backup, but am a subscriber to iTunes Match. I plan to purchase a MacBook Air ASAP. Will I be able to download my music to my new MacBook from the Cloud? From there, I plan to copy all to an external hard drive (like I should have done in the first place!). Any info will be most appreciated! Thanks.
Yes. As long as all your songs you lost have been Matched or Uploaded to iTunes Match you can download your entire library from the cloud.
It might take some time though
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