Turned on itunes match and lost most of my music...

i turned on itunes match on my iphone and lost all music that wasn't purchased. Any idea where i can find it or is it gone????

If the music was not present if your iTunes library or backed up somewhere else is it gone. An iPod or iOS device is not a storage or backup device. It is your responsibility to maintain backups of your music and other personal data. You'll need to rip the music from the original CDs again to get the content back into your iTunes library.

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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?

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I have downloaded all my music from the cloud to my new iPhone and created playlists so I can listen to it when not it wifi like when on a plane. If I turn on iTunes Match will I still have this music still downloaded?

I have downloaded all my music from the cloud to my new iPhone and created playlists so I can listen to it when not it wifi like when on a plane. If I turn on iTunes Match will I still have this music still downloaded? The online information suggests all my music will be replaced. Will I have to download it again??

What you have on your computer is your iTunes library, not an iTunes "account." The account that is related to iTunes is your Apple ID, which you use to sign in to the iTunes Store and make purchases. It is also used with iCloud. iPods (that are not iPod touch) are associated with your iTunes library, not to your Apple ID.
So, I think you probably just need to set up (or update) automatic syncing for the iPod. If it's not set up to sync those new songs, iTunes still syncs the iPod, but it syncs nothing
In iTunes, if the sidebar (along left side of iTunes window) is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar. In the sidebar, the iPod appears under DEVICES, when it is connected.
Select the iPod in iTunes. There is a row of buttons, starting with Summary. Click on Music next to Summary. This is the iPod's Music screen, where you tell iTunes how to sync songs to the iPod.
Check the box for Sync Music (if it's not already checked). If your iTunes music library fits completely on the iPod, you can choose to sync Entire music library. Otherwise, you can choose to sync Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres. On the lists below, checkmark the playlists, artists, albums, and/or genres that you want on the iPod. When you click Apply, the songs from your selection sync to the iPod.
One convenient way to set this up (if you can't sync the entire iTunes music library) is to create a new playlist in your iTunes library. Name it "iPod Songs" (or whatever you want). Put ALL songs that you want on the iPod on this playlist, including those new songs. Back on the iPod's Music screen in iTunes, select this playlist under Playlists. Going forward, to update songs on the iPod, just update that playlist in your iTunes library (add/remove songs). The next time you connect the iPod (or click the Sync button), iTunes automatically syncs the same changes to the iPod.

HT4914 I turned on iTunes Match, and subscribed; but it did not load all of my library. How can this be corrected so that I can recover all of my library?

I turned on iTunes Match, and subscribed; but it did not load all of my library. How can this be corrected?

iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
After looking through the above link, and still doesn't help then try this below:
> iTunes Content: Downloading past purchases from App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
> Non-iTunes Content: Transfer them from a different iDevice or from USB flash drive and/or external hard drive.
I don't use iTunes Match so I don't really know.
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When I statred iTunes match I lost some of my music and all my playlists, has anyone had this problem? And can I restore it?

When I statred iTunes match I lost some of my music and all my playlists, has anyone had this problem? And can I restore it?

Restore your media from the backup of the computer created prior to restoring the computer.
You did create a backup, correct? Not doing so would be extremely unintelligent.
iOS devices are NOT backup devices.

HT204406 Does anyone else have to "Turn Off iTunes Match" and "Turn On iTunes Match" for it to become available and working on a second computer??

Everyday I get to work and open iTunes. Everyday the iTunes Match logo next to my library is constantly working and never stops. The only way I can have access to my iTunes Match library is to "Turn Off iTunes Match" and "Turn On iTunes Match" immediatly after. It checks libraries and then everything is available.
Is there a reason and a way to have my iTunes Match to work as soon as I open iTunes?
The requirements are met:
iTunes: 10.6.3 (25)
OS X: 10.6.8
Thanks
Marc

Thanks for the tip, unfortunately that did not work for me. I turned off match and let it sit for over 3 hours and music never disappeared. I made sure to turn off auto-lock so the iPhone/iPad didn't go to sleep and neither device ever cleared out the music so I just restored from iCloud backup.
Now the other thing thats strange is I still have autolock turned off and both devices are sitting on the music app and on my iPhone I have the cloud icon going with the status bar and took 3 hours to get it complete the first time and then someone called me and foolishly answered the phone and then it started all over again. On my iPad I don't see the cloud icon but i have the spinning wheel going in the corner for almost 24 straight hours now. I have all my music/artwork back but none of my playlists so I am going to let both these devices sit until the spinning circle stops.
I do have a large library of just under 25,000 songs so maybe thats why its taking so long but I haven't had this issue before iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6.

Seems like the iTunes app has lost most of my music. How can I get my music back?

Seems like the iTunes app has lost most of my music. How can I get my music back?

A new version shouldn't do that but it does seem to happen on occasion to a few unlucky ones. Restore your library from the backup you make of your computer before you install new software. If you don't have one, this is a learning experience.
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

I turned on itunes match and most of my music has disappeared, how can i get this back?

I recently got an Iphone 4 and itreid to sync it to my itunes account, i follow all the istructions given to turn on Itunes Match but once it was turned on, i lost the majority of my music, i don't know what has happened or how to fix this and get all of my music back?

Hi clorowan
I found the following information that may be helpful:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Alternatively, if your media was downloaded from the iTunes Store, you may be able to download it again free of charge:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Thanks,
Matt M.

I turned off itunes match and I want my playlists back on my phone that is synched already and will not play

I subscribed to itunes match. ONLY 4000 songs are available out of 18000. I am not happy and turned off itunes match. Now i can access my playlists or songs that were originally synched to my phone before itunes match. I just want my phone to be back to normal.

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I downloaded an iTunes update and lost most of my playlists. How do I get lost playlists back?

I finally downloaded an update of iTunes (as we are prompted to do about once a week) and found most of my playlists had been lost or deleted. How can I get them back? Or are they just gone, swallowed up by the Apple juggernaut?

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HT204406 When i turn off iTunes match and then turn it back on my computer my songs do not come back. am i doing anything wrong?

Is there anything i'm missing? should i just wait? before i turned itunes match off i had a problem before where the icloud download button was greyed out so i couldn't download them to my computer.

It came back on it's own.

HT4539 i have subscribed to itunes match on my pc and it says it is ready to use on my ipad. I went to music on my ipad under settings and tried to turn on itunes match and it says I do not have a subscription

I have subscribed to itunes match but cannot get it on my ipad after following the instructions

Settings-music-iTunes match=on

HT204146 How can I subscribe to iTunes Match and have all of my 7,000+ songs on my iPhone?

I bought a 128GB iPhone so I would have room for all my music. Now it's not actually there because I subscribe to iTunes Match. I don't want to have to download it over wifi/cell to listen to it. Should I just unsubscribe from iTunes Match? I don't use if very often.

Do you have another device (eg a computer) that also contains your music? If so, yes, you can turn off iTunes match and sync everything with a cable. Do you tend to buy new music from downloads or ripping CDs? If downloads, you can turn on "download purchases automatically" on the phone to make them available to you there, once you've cable-synced your current library. If CDs, you would have to manually sync with cable (or over local wifi) each time you add a new CD.
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Turned on Itunes Match, now Itunes says my Ipad is over capacity

So, today I turned on Itunes Match and let it run while I slept. When I woke up, it was finished.
Problem is, now my 64-gig Ipad is 49gig over capacity, according to Itunes... even though I use the "convert music to 128kpps AAC" option and it used to be able to hold my entire music collection, now it apparently won't anymore.
Anyone know how to fix this?

I'm using my iPad as we speak, and under the "Music" screen in Settings, the "iTunes Match" option is off. I also looked under "iCloud" in Settings and there is no option to sync music.
All my music syncing is down via iTunes, which is where I've selected the option to use the 128k music for my iPad. I would think that no other setting would be able to override that, since I deliberately selected it...
The size of my music collection shouldn't have changed unless I'm misunderstanding how this works. My music is on my computer at home, and it's that music that is synced to my iPad. Unless I missed something, the new 256k music is available on my devices but not my PC at home. While it's turned on on my iPhone so I can stream my music, it's off on my iPad. So I still don't understand how my iPad can suddenly be over-capacity since I'm syncing to the exact same music collection as always... seventy-nine gigs worth, 5500ish songs... it should be compressed down to thirty-nine gigs at 128k for my iPad... at least, that's how it's worked for the past year or so...

ITunes Match and 2nd Computer

Just finished installing iMatch on my iMac and enabled it on my iPhone and iPad. everything went great with no issues and all playlists were downloaded to my devices. My Question is: I have a 2nd iMac at my office with music that parallels much that's on my home computer. Do I simply enable imatch on that computer? If i do will just the iCloud music show up or will there be duplicates (which I want to avoid)? Do I have to delete the 2nd library before i enable iMatch on the 2nd computer?

HI,
If you open a new library on your second computer and turn on iTunes Match, you will see all your music and playlists that you have in the cloud. Nothing is automatically downloaded - you need to do this manually. It will not replace anything in the cloud. You can use this library to stream from cloud.
JIm

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