Not renewing iTunes Match but can't upload music

I have had iTunes Match for a year, that has now expired and I don't wish to renew as I have no need for it. However, every time I try to upload music via iTunes it tells me that I can stream music as I have Match. Which I don't and it doesn't work so I can't
Very frustrating.

Looks to me like Apple has just said the **** with anyone who is unhappy with iTunes match. They offer no fix for these issues for a very long time now!

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I have iTunes Match, but some of the music I loaded from CDs and I can see in the iTunes store won't play. It recognizes the album but is playing literally the only 3 songs I don't want to listen to.

have iTunes Match, but some of the music I loaded from CDs and I can see in the iTunes store won't play. It recognizes the album but is playing literally the only 3 songs I don't want to listen to.
How do I get to play all of my music that should be stored either on the computer or in the cloud?

Hi,
Initially your music should be in your iTunes library on your computer. Once match completes its scan, your music will have been matched or uploaded. I suggest that you add iCloud status column to song view. This will tell you what has been matched, uploaded, purchased, inelligible, duplicate or waiting. What is the status of your tracks that are not playing.
If space is not an issue, I suggest that you keep the music on the internal hard drive otherwise you can delete the tracks and play from cloud. In both instances, you should maintain a back up of all your music on a separate hard drive.
Jim

To upload music files to iCloud, must I purchase iTunes Match, or can I upload it to my original 5GB?

I've not yet used my iCloud (as I can't upload LibreOffice files to it), but was wanting to clear up space on the Macbook by uploading my music files to it. Do I need to purchase iTunes Match to do this, or will my original 5GB be enough? Thanks in advance.

Without iTunes match you can download previously purchased items whenever you want, they are not stored in iCloud, they are local. With iTunes Match you can download practically everything that is in iTunes, Match files are stored in the cloud but are not part of the storage (5G) in iCloud. You can delete iTunes Match files from the local machine and they will still be available to play.
This would be exactly the same if you did not have iCloud, they are not connected.

After 6 months pain, I want to turn off iTunes Match but can't.

OK so I bought iTunes Match and I am basically sick and tired of tracks skipping, tracks downloading then disappearing and just basically not enjoying my music anymore because of issues with iTunes Match and my iOS devices. iTunes Match is a great concept but in my 6 months of using it, I think it is riddled with massive bugs that make this service unusable for me at this time.
Thing is, I can't turn off this service. Does anyone know how I can do this?

Here's a typical scenario for me - I tap 'Download All' on an album (in this example, The Beatles), and get this in the iTunes Store;
followed by this in the Music App;
And that's all I ever get - every song is "downloaded", takes up room on my iPhone but never, ever finishes downloading and never plays. So I basically have no iTunes library available, all because of iTunes Match.
I've restored my iPhone from an iCloud backup, restored from a local backup, restored and setup as a new iPhone, toggled iTunes Match on and off, and the same thing happens EVERY SINGLE TIME.
IMO iTunes Match is an utterly terrible and frustrating service which is simply not fit for purpose. I just want out.

I have over $50 in iTunes account but can't purchase music. Getting error that credit card processing not available try back later. Please advise.

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hmm i wonder if this is related to the paypal issue...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2234044#2234044
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When I plug in iPhone (5.1.1) to computer, playlists show up on the iPhone (when plugged in), that do not appear when it is not plugged in. And I can't erase them. I have iTunes match, and deleted all my music on the iPhone, but that had no effect.

When I plug in iPhone (5.1.1) to computer, playlists show up on the iPhone (when plugged in), that do not appear when it is not plugged in. And I can't erase them. I have iTunes match, and deleted all my music on the iPhone, but that had no effect on the phantom playlist that shows up on the PC when I plug in the iPhone to the PC. I cannot manually move songs or playlists from the PC to the iPhone
Help greatly appreciated.

Unplug your Iphone out of your computer and replug it back in. It took me several times before I could do this

Have iPod touch 4 with extensive music list. How do I transfer it to the cloud so my other devices can play the music? I subscribed to ITunes Match, but it's not functioning.

Have iPod touch 4 with extensive music list. How do I transfer it to the cloud so my other devices can play the music? I subscribed to ITunes Match, but it's not functioning

Troubleshooting Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4054
Subscribing to Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914
Match for the iOS devices
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5637

HT5848 I have purchased Itunes Match, and go to Settings/Music and it tells me to subcribe to Itunes Match. I click on that and it says I am subscribed, but I can not get it to quit playing ADs.

I have purchased Itunes Match, and go to Settings/Music and it tells me to subcribe to Itunes Match. I click on that and it says I am subscribed, but I can not get it to quit playing ADs. I have rebooted.. Nothing seems to work.
Any ideas
Message was edited by: BobTheInspector
Figured it out. Must sign out from Itunes and then back in and it works.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You cannot use iCloud.com on a mobile device, only on a computer. Documents in iCloud are available via the apps themselves on a mobile device.

I download app only available in Poland and change my IDi now I came back to original account but can not activate itune match anymore I have to wait 90 days any issue because I pay itune match with my original account thanks for support

I download app only available in Poland and change my IDi now I came back to original account but can not activate itune match anymore I have to wait 90 days any issue because I pay itune match with my original account thanks for support

thanks Meg
I understand you are not Apple but i was presuming that some logic or technical reason i miss was behind this.
I really do not see any logic business pratice. If i understand i can be agree or desagree but as minima i know the rules and why.
to sumarize...my story
my id was with XXX and i bought Itune match one year with this account and 4 device are conected with the same account.
on Ipad device i change my ID to YYY then .... because i need to update some apps and connect to itune match i came back to ID XXX then no problem to update apps but .... no way to come back to itune match.
.... no way to use itune match anyhow with Ipad and account XXX linked with account XXX. WHYYYY ??? no clue.

How can I delete a song from iCloud / iTunes Match, but keep it on my Mac?

How can I delete a song from iCloud / iTunes Match, but keep it on my Mac?
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Thanks!

Apologies Brandon, we have moved on somewhat from your original question.
What I have done is effectively used Michael's idea. I'll try to explain a little further.
You can run iTunes match on up to 5 computers, and you can edit the iCloud library on any of them. Michael's idea works on the basis that, whilst you can edit the iTunes library, you can't remove songs from other computers.
I have basically the same setup as you, but I also have a MacBook Air, which is running iTunes Match but without any music downloaded so it all streams.
I added the songs on my main library, which then added them to the cloud. When they appeared on my MacBook I deleted them straight away. As there was no local copy I was asked if I wanted to delete them from the cloud, and I said yes. When I went back to my main computer I found that, as expected, they were still there, but the iCloud status is "removed". They are therefore on my library but not in iCloud.
Since then I have run match updates a couple of times and there is no sign as yet that it will try to add them back to the cloud. It's too early to say that this is a definate answer to your problem, but it looks very hopeful.
Our other discussions have moved onto the 25,000 son limit, which I note from your comment you may also be interested in. Watch this space.
If you don't have access to a second computer to run the other library on then look back at Michael's post where he explains how to set it up on your main computer.
Hope that clarifies a bit.

HT5637 I have iTunes Match,but my iPad still has over 20 gb of music.why is it not all in the cloud.

I Have iTunes Match , but my iPad still has over 20gb of music.Why is it not in the cloud.

With iTunes match, Apple determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud. The songs that aren’t available on iTunes are uploaded.
You can troubleshoot problems by following the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4054

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On the MBP, in iTunes, switch to Song view and enable the iCloud Status column by pulling down View > View options and selecting the option for "iCloud Status." Close the small window. Look for any tracks that have a status of "waiting." If you see several of them disable iTunes Match while holding down the Option key. Quit iTunes, wait a few seconds, then open it again and turn iTM back on. Let it compelete the scan. Wait until all tracks that are "waiting" have a status of either "matched" or "uploaded."
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I have found that scrolling through the album list (past albums without art) triggers the progress wheel next to the wifi symbol. You can scroll quickly through the whole collection and then wait! Artwork will appear gradually...
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After implementing iTunes Match I can't make updates or watch my movies bc of error message "you do not have write access".

After purchasing and implementing iTunes match I can't watch a bunch of my movies and I can't update my apps because of an error message stating that I do not have "write access" or another error message stating that I don't have correct permissions. I have checked that I have both read and write permissions on literally every single folder on my computer. I quadruple-checked actually.
From looking through forums it seems a lot of people are having this problem with the only suggestion being to fix permissions. Anyone have any other suggestions? I just want to be able to watch the movies I paid for!!

katyfrombaltimore wrote:
After purchasing and implementing iTunes match I can't watch a bunch of my movies and I can't update my apps because of an error message stating that I do not have "write access" or another error message stating that I don't have correct permissions. I have checked that I have both read and write permissions on literally every single folder on my computer. I quadruple-checked actually.
From looking through forums it seems a lot of people are having this problem with the only suggestion being to fix permissions. Anyone have any other suggestions? I just want to be able to watch the movies I paid for!!
Could you give us a little more information? Where are your movies stored? On your iMac? How are you trying to watch them, through iTunes? Have you tried to watch them with Match turned off?
Just to be clear, iTunes Match does not accept movies for uploading, only music files. It will give you access to music videos you've purchased through iTunes though.

Can not download iTunes Match songs on my Mac. iPhone, iPad work fine.

I can not download iTunes Match songs on my Mac. It gives an error stating that only one Apple ID can be used at a time with iTunes Match and asks me to wait 72 days until I can download any songs!? Tried to turn off iTunes Match in an attempt to reset it. And now I can't turn it back on. Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm pretty sure the songs will need to be physically present on the computer you are syncing the Nano with, but I'm not 100% sure.
Edit: I just attempted to sync music that I have stored in the iCloud, but not written on my harddrive to an iPod Classic and it only syncs the music that is present on the computer. I tried to grab a few iCloud file and throw it on the iPod, but I had to download them before it would work.
So, yes. You do have to have the files already downloaded to sync to a non iOS 5 iDevice.

Not renewing iTunes Match but can't upload music

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