Will iTunes Match download ALL of my songs onto a new Mac once I sign in with my Apple ID?

Hi. Just wondering if iTunes Match is a viable back-up if my Mac is somehow destroyed or stolen. Thanks for you time if anyone has an answer. I live in Canada - not sure if the laws are differrent here. Cheers.

Actually, that statement is only true of iPhones, iPods and iPads. On Apple TV's it only streams (although the songs are probably held memory until the space is required, and on a computer via iTunes streaming is the default if you play a song. You have to specifically ask it to download to a computer.
To answer the original poster, yes you could feasibly use the cloud for a backup, but I would add a couple of factors to consider:
It could take some time to redownload, depending on your connection speed, if you lose your entire library.
Some of your library may not be eligible for some reason, so that wouldn't be backed up.
Match is not 100% accurate, so there is the risk of finding that there is the wrong version of some songs on your matched library. That may or may not be an issue for you.
As match is a service that tries to keep your library in sync, there is always the possibility that a problem could effect both your local library and match. Say for example, you deleted an album by accident and the "also delete from the cloud" box was ticked, then you may struggle to recover the tracks.
Personally, I wouldn't consider not having a local backup of my library, but at least iMatch would be a backup of sorts.

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I just subscribed to iTunes Match. I have iphone 4 and ipod touch, 3rd generation (5.1.1). Anyway, iTunes Match downloaded all my songs and playlists except for ONE playlist. My iTunes Match is turned on in iTunes and I updated iTunes match 2 times today. All playlists are there except one. The songs area all in iTunes match as well, just not the playlist. I cannot figure out why all my playlists are accessible on my iphone and ipod except for one. This playist is still on my MacBrook Pro (new 2012) , and plays just fine on my laptop - can someone assist as to how to get iTunes match to accept this other playlist? (Of course, its the one I use the most.)
Thanks

Thanks - tired that, as well.
I finally called Apple Support after much frustration.
Evidently, iTunes Match is quite particular about what it can upload. Since one of my most recently purchased albums from iTunes included a digital booklet, it was also included as part of the album when I made the playlist. iTunes Match will only match items in basic format, no videos, etc. After I removed the Digital booklet (like an extra on a cd album), the playlist then downloaded no problem....sneaky.
Thanks, anyway - perhaps this post will help someone solve the same (yet simple) mystery.
R

Will iTunes Match change all of the tags on my songs?

I have changed many of the song titles, and albums etc. When I use iTunes Match will it change them all to what they are on iTunes?

Hi,
No. Match only works with music in your computers iTunes library.
You will need to copy your music from the ipad to your computer. If you search the web, you will find apps that will allow you to do this.
Jim

My old computer broke and i cant transfer all of my songs onto my new comuter

All of my songs are still on my I Pod touch but not all of them will sync with my computer. It seems that only the ones purchased off of itunes were transfered but all of my other songs uploaded via CD were not. How can I get these songs to transfer to my i tunes library? If it helps, my new computer is authorized.

That is correct. The music sync is one way - computer to ipod. the only exception is itunes purchases.
You need to copy everything from the old computer or your backup copy of the old computer, to the new one.

How do i move the Itunes application and all its content (songs) to a "new" user on the same laptop?

my neice has a bad virus on her laptop that has affected her user profile.
I have created a "new" computer Profile and want to move all her relevant documents and Itunes. After i move all the files i will then delete the Bad Computer profile. I am Itunes illiterate and have no idea how or what to move. Can someone help. thanks mike

Perhaps these two threads will help:
Buegie: Tranfering Music to a new Computer?
Hudgie: Migrating iTunes for Windows to a new PC

How do i put all the songs i have bought in the past on my ipod nano ( songs are on itunes) how do i put my songs onto my new iphone 4

i dont know how to put my current songs on itunes onto my iphone 4

Connect your iPod to your computer. Launch iTunes.
From the iTunes menu bar click File / Transfer Purchase From...
When that's finished, connect the iPhone to your computer.
Select the iPhone under Devices left side of the iTunes window in the source list.
Select the Music tab from the menu.
Select the Sync Music button then click the Sync button bottom right side of the iTunes window.

I have a ipad with all of my songs on it, my old computer recently shut down and now i want to download all of my songs on my ipad to my new itunes. how can i do this without erasing all of my music?

my computer recently shut down and all of my itunes was lost. My ipad still has all of my songs on it. How can i download all of my music onto my new itunes. would i need a different acount?

You should be able to:
Backup the device to the new installation
Transfer your purchases into a newly authorized library
Recover any other media using third party tools as suggested in this post from forum regular Zevoneer
Restore the device from the backup
This process should switch the association of the device to the new library, preserving the data and settings in your apps.
May also be prudent to attempt a backup to iCloud directly from the device before you start... Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > iCloud Backup > On. It won't save any media but it would preserve the general account settings and documents in case anything goes wrong while you are trying to extract your other data.
When you get it all fixed, make a backup!
tt2

Re-downloading all previously purchased songs

Hiya,
Just wondering if there is a quick and easy way of re-downloading all previously purchased songs onto my iTunes (I have purchased a new computer and the old one is dead). I have already authorised this computer, but short of going and finding all the purchases I have made in the past, can I just re-download them to here?
Cheers.

As Apple clearly point out in the Terms of Use / Purchase, downloads are allowed to be made once only.
You cannot download your music again, it is your responsibility to have made backups of your music files in case of loss.
Just as a record store won't replace a lost CD, Apple will not replace lost downloads.
I suggest you either transfer the music you purchased from the old computer to the new computer, or you get a copy of the music out of your last backup.
If you cannot access the old computer and you do not have a backup then do you have the purchases on an iPod / iPhone? If you do then you can connect the device to iTunes (DO NOT SYNC THE DEVICE WITH ITUNES as that would erase the content from the device). Once connected use the 'Transfer Purchases' option you will find in the file menu in iTunes.
If you have not got the music on an iPod, etc then all you can do is send a very polite and humble email to Apple using the 'Report a problem' feature in the Account area of iTunes and ask them to allow you to download all your music again. It has been known for Apple to allow this to be done, but they don't need to do so and may refuse.
If they do then you will have lost all your purchased music, your fault not theirs.

I have an iPod, ipad2 and MacBook. I would like to download all my iPod songs on my iPad and MacBook but a message appears stating that the iPod was already synod with another computer. Help please

i would like to download all my iPod songs on my new ipad2 and MacBook. However I get a message that the iPod was previously used on another computer. Can I manually install on the iPad and MacBook? Most of the songs were previously downloaded from CDs

Recover media from iPod
See this post from forum regular Zevoneer for options on moving your iPod data back to your computer.
tt2

Restored iPhone, signed in with wrong apple ID & can't use iTunes Match for 33 days!!u

Hi,
When I connected my iPhone 5 to itunes it said it couldn't read the device and I had to restore it.
After I did this I signed in with my primary Apple ID, that I use for iCloud, Mail, iMessage, Photo Stream etc. However most of my purchases & iTunes Match have been made on another Apple ID (that I used before iCloud was introduced)
Now when I try and turn on iTunes match using this ID I get a message saying:
"This device is already associated with an Apple ID. You can use iTunes Match on this device with just one apple ID every 90 days. This device can be used with another Apple ID in 33 days"
This is very very frustrating as I didn't realise what I had done when signing into the iPhone. I have sent a message to Apple to see if they can reset this before the 33 days so I can sign in with the correct ID for match.
Anyone else had a similiar problem? I hope that there will be away in future of merging ID's so that this problem doesn't happen - I'm sure it's very common!
Thanks
Steven

Yes, I did as you suggested and signed into the iTunes store with the Apple ID I use for purchases and iTunes Match.
When I attempt to turn on iTunes match I am given the following message:
"This device is already associated with an Apple ID. You can use iTunes Match on this device with just one apple ID every 90 days. This device can be used with another Apple ID in 33 days"
I believe this happened after I restored my iPhone5(as requested by iTunes) and logged back into the device with the incorrect ID, which was then set up to use for iTunes & App Store Purchases.
When I then logged out of this ID and tried to use the correct ID, it was then that I received the message saying I cannot use it!
If you think there is something else I can do to resolve this then please let me know.
However, I have sent an email to Apple explaining what has happened. If they have good procedures in place, they should be able to see my iTunes account(s) and the devices associated with it. Remove the iPhone from the Apple ID that is is currently assocaited with and then I will be able to associate with the correct ID.
It seems very straight forward!

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HT204406 My Mac hardrive Crashed and had to get a new one, sadly my iTunes wasn't on my external hardrive. I have all my songs on my iPhone, will iTunes Match work with my songs on my iPhone then, i download them on to My Mac. Will This work? Thanks

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
The easiest thing to do would be to sign into your iTunes account on your computer, connect your phone and sync. iTunes should copy anything from your phone that isn't already in your library on the computer.

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Hey there Chriskir,
It sounds like you would like to delete all the songs from your iPad but still be able to access them in iTunes Match. You can delete all the songs from the Music section of your Usage in Settings by swiping your music left:
Settings > General > Usage
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
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Why do I have to keep re-downloading all of my songs from the cloud with iTunes match?

I will download all of my songs from the cloud. But then I will wake up one morning and have to re-downlaod all of them. This is really anoying because it takes time for the songs to download, so i can't listen to them.

This is on my iPhone 4. I will download them and then it will randomly just decide that I will have to re-download all of the songs again. And this process just keeps repeating!!! It is annoying!

Why does iTunes Match download songs that I skip?

I haven't seen this question posted yet, but feel free to direct me to any pertinent posts.
I've been using iTunes Match for the last couple days, and all in all I really enjoy the service. There is one issue that I've yet to see addressed on these boards yet though; why is iTunes Match downloading songs that I skip? I listen to all my music in random, so occasionally there will be a song I just don't want to hear at the moment. I assumed that if I don't listen to a song completely that it would not be downloaded to my device. Not true apparently. I was able to use about half a gig of data in a few hours just by skipping songs. Every song that was skipped, even if I didn't hear a single second of it, was downloaded (at an average size of 5-8 MB). I sincerely hope this is just a bug and not a 'feature'.
Any insight on this would be appreciated.

I have noticed this too. I filled up my phone VERY fast yesterday.
and deleting is not easy, lots of left swipe DELETE action, took a while.

Will iTunes Match download ALL of my songs onto a new Mac once I sign in with my Apple ID?

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