Unable to upload some songs to the cloud

Why will some of my music not sync to the cloud and stores only on my phone and computer?

Ah, RealTime. I don't see this one that often anymore. Going back some years, Real Player and the CODEC's were popular. Lately, it's rather fallen out of favor. I am not sure what it takes to get the just the CODEC's, but the installation of the player should get those installed for you.
Now, I used to feel that Real Player is akin to a Trojan (personal view), because it wanted to hook all AV file types and assign them to Real Player. The user had little recourse back then, other than to install, and then manually go to Folder Options>File Types and reassign the file types. Also, Real Player always wanted to update automatically, and each time it did so, you'd have to redo all file assignments. Maybe it's more benign nowadays. It also wanted to "phone home," whenever you used it, and would spend 5 mins. telling you that you needed to upgrade, or buy add-ons, plus it would try to sell you other things via pop-ups. Even with a pop-up blocker, one would see a dozen ads on their screen, just to use the danged player! I could be that they have changed their policy, but I wanted to warn you of this behavior, so at least you would know that you might be spending some time with File Types from Control Panel.
Also, the CODEC's might be available without the player?
Good luck, and thank you for reporting the info.
Hunt

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Why won't iTunes play some songs from the cloud

I am traveling with my MacBook Pro and opened my iTunes library. I have iTunes Match also. Some of my albums have the cloud with the down-pointing arrow...but they won't play and when you click on it, nothing happens. What am I missing?

I will try that on my Macbook Pro when I get home, if I can figure out how to do it (some more detailed instructions would help. . .). The problem I'm having is songs I ripped from CDs into my iTunes library. The songs and CDs are all available for purchase on iTunes, so I'm not talking about some obscure music. iTunes recognizes them. Some of the songs from a given CD play; others do not. In two cases, entire albums won't play. were originally ripped from CDs into my iTunes library on an HP computer running Windows 7 (my Macbook doesn't have a CD drive). All of the songs appear and play fine there. However, the "grayed out" iCloud icon problem exists (and I can't play those songs) on my Macbook, my iPhone 5S or on my PC at work - which leads me to believe it's an iCloud or iTunes problem. . .

How do I put some songs on the cloud and have others reside on my iPhone?

Thanks

Hi,
If you have iTunes match, all matched, uploaded and purchased tracks will be available to stream. You can download tracks to your phone. When you play a track, it is automatically downloaded to a temporary cache.
Jim

From my library, how do I upload previous purchased songs into the cloud?

I have a slew of songs in my library, but I can't figure out how to upload those songs into the iCloud, and yes, they were purchased from the iTunes store. Help!

Check the ID you are signed in with in Settings>iTunes & App Store. Any music you purchased with that ID should be available to download from iCloud by opening the iTunes Store app, then tap More>Purchased>Music>Not on This iPhone (iPod, iPad), then tap the iCloud download symbols to download them. You can also go to Settings>Music, turn on Show All Music, then open the Music app, go to your song list and tap the iCloud download symbols next to purchased songs that are not already on your device.
You can only do this with a single ID. If you have music purchased with a different ID, they will not appear in your purchased list. Also, after download previous purchases for one ID you cannot download previous purchases from a different ID for 90 days (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627).

ITunes- Why won't half of my music library install? Why is my music corrupted? And where did all my songs in the cloud go?

Alright there are multiple aspects to this problem.
Back in February of 2013, I bought the album "Goodbye Lullaby (Deluxe Edition)" by Avril Lavigne. I have 12 albums that I have bought through iTunes throughout the years by her. I had an iPhone 4S and did not update to iOS 7 right away. Later in October I got the new iPhone 5S and already came pre-installed with iOS 7. Somehow, (and I don't know why or how to fix it) a bunch of my songs (again purchased through iTunes) in the cloud are either hidden or erased and I can't seem to download them. When I received my new phone, I downloaded all the songs that were in iCloud. However I noticed that a few were missing. Then a few weeks later I saw that a lot was missing. I had a total 1,497 songs in the cloud, and now it has been reduced to 701 songs. That's about half of the songs that I have spent from $.99-$1.29 on music through itunes since 2004.
Fast forward to November 5. Avril Lavigne (big fan) released her new album. I pre-ordered it back in Septemeber. Normally the day an album is released I go to the album and pressed the cloud with the down arrow. No problem. However when I went to download this album, all it said was that I purchased it- no cloud with arrow, no nothing. I figured that it was in the cloud so I check under the purchase category in the iTunes App on my iPhone 5S. Again, no luck. Somehow when I logged on to my MacBook it downloaded a copy of the record on the computer. (That's fine. As long as I have the music...)
Then another problem springed up. I saw that Goodbye Lullaby was no longer on my phone, however it was in my iTunes library. I tried removing all of my music off the phone. Then ANOTHER problem came up. I unchecked the box saying "Sync Music" on my phone, and pressed sync. Then for some reason it automatically checked Sync Music, and all the playlists on my computer. I did this process multiple times. I updated iTunes, I reinstalled it. Restarted the computer- Nothing. So not only half of my songs are gone from iCloud, my music that is on iTunes is NOT syncing into my phone. Plus I can't take the music off my phone without iTunes checking the Sync Music boxes again.
the 3rd (and last) problem I have is that the music that did install in the sync became corrupted. So when I went to play them, the Music app would skip over them and then delete them instantly. One full album I had just went in a loop and changed songs lightning fast and then when I exited the album, it was delete.
Please let me know if anyone else has any/all of these problems. I will call Apple to straighten all of this out- and I might have to schedule an appt. at the Genius Bar at the retail store (which is an hour away so if I can get this problem solved here or over the phone that would be great)
Thanks
Duncan.

one last thing: I'm also getting this problem here too:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5324398?start=15&tstart=0

I just got iTunes Match and I would like to know if downloading my songs from the cloud uses cellular data?

I just got iTunes Match and would like to know if downloading my songs from the cloud uses cellular data if I am not able to use wifi?

Hi,
Yes, it will use cellular data. If you know that you are going to out of wifi range, you can predownload some music whilst you have a wifi connection.
Jim

Do I have to download each of my songs from the cloud individually on my iPad?

Do I have to download each of my songs from the cloud individually onto my iPad?

It sounds like you might want to just turn iTunes Match off on your iPad and sync the old-fashioned way from your iTunes library. That way, you can just choose what music you want and not have to redownload everything. You can always turn iTunes Match back on later if you choose to.
Now the other benefit of iTunes Match is that it upgrades your tracks to 256 Kbps. If you're keen on having those higher quality tracks to listen to on your iPad (remember, they're also larger files), you can upgrade them in your iTunes library. Once you've run Match and it's finished its work, you can delete your songs (in iTunes on your computer) and Match will let you redownload them at the higher quality. Just be sure to have a current backup before doing this, just in case, and also note that some tracks might not be able to matched. Be careful not to delete those. You can sort your songs by Kind to weed those out.

Is it legal to upload my songs to amazon cloud drive?

I would like to upload my songs, which I purchased on itunes to Amazon cloud drive, so that I can play them on my android device?
It is legal to upload these songs to amazon cloud drive?
Thank you.

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I'm unable to play some songs I purchased from itunes store.

I've purchased some albums from the itunes store but I'm unable to play some songs.

Hey Tmotsamai!
Try deleting the purchases in question from your iTunes library, then re-downloading them from the past purchases list on your iTunes account:
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

Matched song in the cloud but can not play or download.

I have one Depeche Mode song from a very old album that when I paid for iTunes Match was matched and I deleted this song, I was new and green to how iTunes Match worked at the time so I deleted all songs from my Mac but not from the cloud.
I then re-downloaded them all to get the higher bit rate non protected AAC version and that worked for most of my songs as I assume the ones that would not upgrade to the higher bit rate where not available in the iTunes Match system.
I have since either purchased the iTunes Plus version and some have been updated and now I am stuck with one song in the cloud but will not play or download.
I have gone to iTunes and purchased the iTunes Plus version but the original Protected AAC version of this Depeche Mode song in the cloud is stuck and I can find no way to delete it from my iTunes list as it is not in my actual iTunes Library folder just has the cloud icon.
Is there a solution?
Leon

Applications purchased from one sore cannot be transfered to another store, especially when they are not available in that other country store. The apps are locked to the Apple ID and country store from which they are purchased.

Re-newed Itunes match and it deleted 10,000 songs from the cloud

Re-newed Itunes match and it deleted 10,000 songs from the cloud.

I spent time last night reloading the missing songs. It did not take too
long, as you indicated much of the data existed at some point in the
Cloud. Seems part of my library was duplicated on my main itunes computer
and that caused some confusion. Turned off and turned on Itunes match on
my work PC and Iphone and everything was available again for streaming.
Hopefully I don't run into this next year at renewal time. I do back up
to a hard drive and can use my ipod as a reference back up.
When it works the Icloud/Itunes back up and streaming is excellent.
Although initially last year it took 7 days to load my library.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Michael Dougherty <[email protected]>

Access songs in the cloud from iPhone car accessory

I have an iPhone 4 that connects to my Subaru factory head unit using a USB cable. The head unit allows me to navigate my existing ipod's library without any issues. But when I connect my iPhone, the head unit can only access songs that have been downloaded to my phone via itunes match. I want my accessory (my car's headunit) to have access to the entire library, including songs in the cloud.
Has anyone else had this issue? Please help!
As a side note - it makes no sense to me that ios devices with limited strorage capacity are required to download from the cloud while computers, with much greater storage capacity than ios portable devices, are able to stream. Any input on that and/or some work arounds would be great.
Thanks much.

I'm having that same issue and have not been able to figure out how to make it work. I simply think it isn't supported at this time.
I attach and iPod right now to my car's head unit, but would like to attach my iPhone and use iTunes match so I have access to my entire library. But it will only play songs that are already physically on the phone.

Upgrade to iOS7.1 has broken Music. . .can't play songs in the cloud and songs that have been downloaded won't play either.

I've discovered an interesting "feature" of iOS7.1 for the iPad (4th gen).
Since upgrading, I can no longer play music that is in the cloud and when trying to switch to a song that has been downloaded to the device, it won't play either; however, the equilizer graphic indicates that something is playing (bouncing up and down) but the song position indicator stays at 0:00.
Eventually, iTunes/Music (not sure what to call it these days since Apple can't seem to decide either) gives up on the song selected, the on that is not playing, and moves to the next song. If the next song is local to the device, music plays, if it's another song in the cloud, the pattern repeats until it hits a downloaded song. Have also discovered, after my various and simple testing efforts, that I can no longer download songs from the cloud - I was able to download one song but afer that. . .kaput.
It takes a special level of brilliance to send out an update that breaks your own applications/code. . .particularly one so core to the device.
Two words for future releases. . ."Quality Assurance".

I had a similar problem. Try resetting and erasing the phone and restoring from a known good backup.

HT1386 I am re-building my iTunes library, but still have all the content on my iPod Classic. I have just downloaded some songs from the store and want to add them to the iPod, BUT when i attempt this the message asks if I want to delete all content on t

I am rebuilding my iTunes library, but still have all the old content on my iPod Classic. I have just download some songs from the iStore and want to add them to the iPod, BUT when I try to sync it asks if I want to delete all content from the iPod and add only the material that I have just downloaded from the Store. I do not want to lose my old content, because it is very extensive.

You are trying to sync to other than the one iTunes library you can sync to. You can copy music from multiple library/computer if you use the manual method of syncing. That method is described here
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
If you want to make this computer/iTunes library your syncing computer/library you have to restore the iPod on this computer/library. Restoring erases the iPod.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
To copy other music to the computer see:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
BTW this is the iPod touch forum

TS1717 I have older version of itunes on Windows Vista, when i check for updates it states it cannot connect to itunes update server even though i am connected to the internet, i have an iphone that has songs in the cloud and i wan to add them to my libra

I have older version of itunes on Windows Vista, when i check for updates it states it cannot connect to itunes update server even though i am connected to the internet, i have an iphone that has songs in the cloud and i want to add them to my library?

Try updating your iTunes using an iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe) installer file downloaded from the Apple website:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Unable to upload some songs to the cloud

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