Nice "feature" for iTunes match in IOS6 - not!

So, under IOS6, there's no indication in iTunes of whether a track is held locally on the device or in iTunes Match. That's a pain in the *** on its own but there's more.
It's not possible to download a track from within the "Songs" view. This can only be done in the Album or Artist view. I tend to scroll through the Songs view looking for tracks to liste t or copy to my iPhone before I get on a plane or go somewhere there isn't a data connection. So when I find a song I want I hae to locate the album it belongs to and download from there, then go back to the Songs view and back and forth, back and forth...
Dumb oversight that could have been easily avoided, especially as it was something that was possible undr IOS5
I guess Apple assume everyone is always connected to high speed data everywhere, including on a plane or on the underground.

Hey thank you for your response... i did realize later that the do not disturb was turned on. i thought you had to turn it on to have it on at night. didn't know that it ment for immediate use. But i got it figured out...
As for itunes match. I did a little more research. Its actually designed that way so you can't delete any song unless... you turn off itunes match in setting then you can delete songs. Its sort of a fail safe so you dont delete songs by accident. So its not that bad. ios6 is designed to delete songs automaticly if space is needed on your phone. it will delete songs that have less play. hope that helps you guys.

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Use cellular data for iTunes Match & Radio but not app Updates

Is there any way to set an iOS device so that it will allow using cellular data for iTunes Match and iTunes Radio but not downloading app Updates. I want to be able to set my wife's phone so that the apps are automatically updated over Wifi but she can then use iTunes Match and iTunes Radio when she is out. She only uses those in limited capacity so I am not too worried about her using up her data plan with those. However, app Downloads seems to be quite large, and they happened a lot recently when they all updated for iOS8.
Thanks,
Tony

No, but you could turn off Updates under Automatic Downloads in Settings>iTunes & App Store, then update them manually when you're connected to wifi.

Is there really no way to get a refund for iTunes match?

Apple does not any support for iTunes Match and has not been able to make it work.
Why then, does Apple not issue a refund for a defective product?
Macbook Pro 2.7 with 8GB ram, 10.7.3 with iTunes 10.6.1
I have created a new music library, created a new user and then imported some my music and even did a fresh install of 10.7.3 and iTunes on another computer and tried that with part of my music. Same thing.
All fail and after numerous restarts, finally hangs on step 3. I have worked on this for days, letting it run for hours, like now 0 out of 888 items uploaded.
Support calls have no troubleshooting steps to suggest. The put me on hold and finally hang up. Case # 305222983
I have seen absolutly no troubleshooting suggestions here in Apple's support communities.
After all these years with Apple, this is the most misrable mess I have ever seen.

As I said earlier, "Support calls have no troubleshooting steps to suggest. The put me on hold and finally hang up. Case # 305222983"
"All fail and after numerous restarts, finally hangs on step 3. I have worked on this for days, letting it run for hours, like now 0 out of 888 items uploaded." I'm sorry if this description of the problem isn't clear enough and requires "mind reading" to understand.
I tried calling support several times and was on hold for most of the time.
Thank you for directing me to the discussion suggesting clearing the iTunes cache. That is a great and simple solution and seems like a great first step in troubleshooting the issue. (I wish it would work for me) I have also tried reinstalling iTunes. (As well as creating a new music library and creating a new user and importing music from the "public folder".)
Apple seems to have realized the problem and are now offering refunds. iTunes match seems like a great idea. I hope they are able to get it working eventually.

ITunes Radio not working properly after signing up for iTunes Match

I've been a user of iTunes Radio for some time now, and I've enjoyed it with minimal technical issues - until I signed up for iTunes Match. I'm not sure if it's simply coincidence, or if my subscription is causing issues.
The problem is that when I click on a station, whether it be a Featured Station or one of My Stations, it acts like it will play, but the time bar never comes up below the song title. Instead of showing the status bar when a song is playing, indicating the time lapsed/remaining, it shows a solid blue bar all the way across with no time.
I use Radio on my MacBook Pro (2009) and I also AirPlay my music to two Bose SoundTouch 20 speaker systems. I'm on the latest version of iTunes, my Bose systems are updated with the latest software, and I've never had an issue with this before. I can play songs I own or ones that I want to preview in the iTunes Store just fine through all of my speaker systems. What's interesting is that my NPR station in Radio works fine, though that one doesn't allow for AirPlay.
I'm also having identical issues from my iPhone 5s. Though I can only play to one AirPlay device at a time from my iPhone, the symptoms are otherwise the same. Downloaded songs play fine; iTunes Radio freaks out and gives the "Station Temporarily Unavailable" message. Except it's not temporary, unless you consider two months of this irritation temporary...
Here's what I've tried so far:
Logging out of iTunes, restarting and logging back in.
Resetting my Bose AirPlay speakers.
Turning off the Bose SoundTouch App and Music Server App on my computer.
Disconnecting my Bose AirPlay speakers from power altogether.
Restarting computer and resetting iTunes Cache and Warnings.
None of those attempts at fixing this issue has resolved anything. I'm at a bit of a loss for help here, and I really don't want to start uninstalling and reinstalling programs if it can be avoided. If there's a way to unsubscribe from iTunes Match, I'd want to try that first as that seemed to be when things started becoming non-responsive. If Apple provides a way to fix iTunes or the iTunes Match service without charging me a $29 support fee, I think that would be great, but I haven't seen one.
Anyone encounter this before? Anyone at Apple listening? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Try it in Cellular as a quick test. Mi had lots of troubles and isolated the issue to Cox communications. May be an ISP issue.

Cellular Data for iTunes Match but not for app updates

In iOS7 we can now have App updates downloaded automatically. Great. But if I want to use cellular data to stream songs from my iTunes Match library in iCloud when I'm on the road, but don't want to waste cellular data on App updates how can I do this? It appears that enabling cellular data for iTunes Match also requires using cellular data for any of the four auto download features as well in Settings>iTunes & App Store. Am I seeing this correctly and is there a way to fix this? I don't want to use cellular data for app updates, just for iTunes Match streaming. Any help would be great.

This looks like the same problem I've come across. From what I have been told, they are not separate, ie if you enable use cellular data to stream songs from iTunes Match you also have to download updated apps if you have it set to automatically download them.
I think this should definitely be separated.
The other thing you could do it go to another streaming music provider and then turn cellular downloads off. That's what I'm looking at doing.

I do not have the option of subscribing for iTunes match

I have all the updated versions for itunes 10.5.1 and OS X Lion 10.7.2 yet there is no option that i can find in "store" to purchase or sign up for ITunes Match?
I must be missing something.

Thank you I did not know that.
it would be nice if apple posted the limitations of their offers instead of wasting everyones time north of the border

On iTunes 11, how can I access home sharing if the music is from a CD? Is there any way I can download these songs if (A) I no longer have the CD, or (B) I do not want to pay $25 a year for iTunes Match?

On iTunes 11, how can I access home sharing if the music is from a CD on a different computer using Home Sharing? Is there any way I can download these songs if (A) I no longer have the CD, or (B) I do not want to pay $25 a year for iTunes Match?

Yes, you can copy songs that you ripped from a CD to your Home Sharing computer.
Turn on Home Sharing first on both computers. To do that, go to File > Home Sharing > Turn on Home Sharing. Enter your Apple ID and password.
Now go to your computer that you want to copy the songs to and connect to your Home Share. You can do that by clicking on the popover button located at the left top corner right below the play control buttons. Click on it and scroll to the bottom until you see your Home Share and select it.
Go to Music in your Home Share. Select the songs that you want to copy in your Home Share and click Import at the bottom right corner.

I have paid for itunes match and have now lost all my music of my iphone except what I paid for from itunes, 964 songs gone not at all happy. Can anyone help

I have paid for itunes match and have now lost all my music off my iphone except what I paid for from itunes, 964 songs gone into the cloud. Can anyone help please?

Enabling iTunes Match does not delete music from your computer. Why do you think it is now not in the iTunes library if it was before? If all of your music was in the iTunes library then it is also now in the cloud if iTunes has completed it's scan and all the music meets the match requirements. Enable the iCloud Status column in the iTunes browser by switching to Song view and pulling down View > View Options. Select iCloud Status then close the small window. Sort on the new column. Your music should be listed as "purchased," "matched" and "uploaded." Some tracks may be "ineligible." Post back and let us know.

HT4913 If I sign up for iTunes Match, and then turn the iTunes Match on my iPad, will my music library from the iPad that is not currently in iCloud move to the iCloud?

I have a large music library on my iPad, that is not currently on iCloud or on my main PC. If I sign up for iTunes Match, and then turn the iTunes Match on my iPad, will the music library from the iPad that is not currently in iCloud move to the iCloud? Or will I loose all that music?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Tap the song you wish to download.

I recently signed up for iTunes Match. It works well on my iPad2 but not my iPhone4S. A while ago my music did show up but it was grayed out. Now I don't see anything. I've tried everything I can think of. I'm running the latest operating system

I recently signed up for iTunes Match. It works well on my iPad2 but not my iPhone 4S. A while ago my music did show up on my phone but much of it was grayed out. Now I don't see anything on my iPhone. I've tried everything I can think of. I'm running the latest operating system and software

Try the tips in this thread: iTunes Match - 'No Music' on iPhone 4

HT4914 I was billed for iTunes Match and I was not aware and would like to cancel it and get a refund for it. I don't store my music in iCloud and still have 4.5 gig of my 5 gig free. Please advise

I was billed for iTunes Match and I was not aware and would like to cancel it and get a refund for it. I don't store my music in iCloud and still have 4.5 gig of my 5 gig free. Please advise

Go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
and follow the instructions to contact the iTunes Store and make your request.
Regards.

Paid for iTunes match completed all stages it is turned on yet my iPad tells me I have not subscribed ...... Anyone

Paid for iTunes match completed all stages it is turned on yet my iPad tells me I have not subscribed ...... Anyone

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Have you turned iTunes match on on the iPad (settings > music)

HT3702 I see Apple billed me for 24.95 for ITunes Match - whatever that is. Has anyone else got the feeling that Aplle should make sure a customer is actually ordering something. Big business in unconscionable.

I am sick about the lack of ethicacy in business today. Everytime I turn, some merchant has giged my again. Apple's made know clear indication that there would be a billing for ITunes Match service - and I could not therefore authorize it. How many of you think Apple owes its customers for doing this - which they sould have and could haveknown to be wrong. itunes Match IS NOT EVEN LISTED AS A PRODUCT.

It is a subscription service you have to authorize payment before you can even use it. I am not certain but maybe if you have one click buy enabled you maybe, perhaps, accidentally bought it. Also you may want to check with anyone else in your household who may have decided to get it without your knowledge/approval.
I don't think apple is to blame in this instance and I think you need to figure out what you're doing with your account before you start lambasting a company that is rated highest in customer satisfaction year after year after year...
You should also take a look at this http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ please note the GIANT BLUE BUTTON that reads "subscribe for 24.99 a year" oh yeah that's really tricky how they did that. They sure mislead you.
Now you're probably going "did i try that out last year and forget about it cause i didn't like it?" Perhaps cause itunes match SUCKED in iOS 6. It was AWESOME in iOS 5. Next thing you know a year goes by and poof your SUBSCRIPTION auto renews because you failed to cancel it. If you don't like the service and don't want it go to itunes, go to the store, open your account, and click manage subscriptions and remove itunes match.
And one last thing you elected to use a lot of big words but failed to discern the difference between "know" and "no"
giged my again. Apple's made know clear indication that there would be a billing for
Have a nice day.

Lets convince Apple to change premium iTunes Radio rules for iTunes Match subscribers!

Is it a bug that iTunes Radio does not recognize that your iDevice is a premium iTunes Radio user unless you have iTunes Match turned on?
As far as I can tell Apple has this as a feature so that you are considered a free user for iTunes Radio on your iDevice unless you have iTunes Match turned on.
Why is this?
I only want my favorite songs on my iDevice, not all of my songs on there. Apple should recognize this and allow us to use iTunes Radio without ads on our iDevices, even if iTunes Match is not turned on on our iDevices.
So, comment on this if you believe Apple should change their rules to meet this request so we can listen to iTunes Radio without ads for iTunes Match subscribers, even if we don't have iTunes Match turned on for our iDevice(s). That way Apple can see their users care about this and want this to be a feature. We are paying for this, so having this feature would be helpful, especially for those of us who have iTunes Match turned off on iDevices because we don't have enough space on our iDevices to hold all of our songs.
I might stop paying for iTunes Match if I can't even use the service for what I'm paying Apple for.
If Apple employees read this, could you please pass on this request to higher management?
Thanks!

Hi,
It is not a bug! It is the method that Apple decided use to prove iTunes Radio.
As this is a user to user forum, it is unlikely that Apple will acknowledge our comments. I suggest that you provide feedback to Apple http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html.
Jim

I just subscribed to iTunes Match but I find my iPhone 4s is matched to the wrong Apple ID. iCloud is properly linked to the same Apple ID I registered for iTunes Match but I can't seem to get my iPhone to link Match to that ID.

How can I link iTunes Match to my proper Apple ID? I have two ID's and my phone accesses iCloud with the proper ID but it insists on trying to access iTunes Match using the wrong ID so I get the message that I'm not registered for iTunes Match.

The iCloud and iTunes Store account ID are not the same thing. They can be different although some folks, like myself, do have the same Apple ID for all the Apple services. Go to Settings > Store and enter the exact same iTunes Store account ID you used to purchase iTunes Match. Be aware you can only switch Apple IDs on an iOS device every 90 days.

Nice "feature" for iTunes match in IOS6 - not!

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