Will my matched songs be available from iTMS for EVER?

Hey everyone! Been using Match for a few weeks now, so far, mostly so good. But a potential issue popped into my head, and I haven't seen it addresses anywhere, so I thought I'd ask it here...
So, I'm importing songs from my CDs. If iTunes finds a match for it on the iTunes store, it tags the song as "matched" and doesn't upload it, because the song is available on the iTunes store. Which is great...for today.
My question is this: I presume that Apple periodically weeds out arcane, esoteric or "poorly selling" music from the store from time to time. If that's true, is there a chance that a song which matched a song my library today might be removed in the future, thus ending my streaming access to that song? Or if a song is matched does Apple guarantee that they won't ever remove it from the store (kinda doubting that). Obviously I'd need to continue be a Match subscriber, but I'm OK with that.
Does this make sense? Planning to archive my CD collection, and was thinking of tossing a bunch of discs AND not keeping all my music on my MacBook Pro. But then I began to wonder if I'd really still have access to all the songs that Match didn't upload.
Haven't even seen this dicsussed anywhere else. Thanks in advance for any insight.
sno7

It's a good question and one that I believe has popped up here at least once before.  We just don't know because the service is still fairly new.
But I will take a guess, which is that your Matched track will exist as long as the the track exists in the iTunes database.  If the track is eventually removed because of a licensing / contractural issue (the most likely short-term problem), then I'd bet that the track will disappear from iCloud, if you matched it.
I've written this before, as have others, that you should definitely NOT rely on iTunes Match as your only location for your music files.   If you care at all about these songs, I would back them up somewhere - like a external hard drive.   You don't want to put your eggs in one basket like this.  Just my 2 cents.

Similar Messages

  • I have an iphone 4 with 4.3.3 software and my old computer crashed i got a new mac book and when i hook it up in order to get ios5 it says it will delete my songs and apps from my phone, is there anyway to save my stuff?

    i have an iphone 4 with 4.3.3 software and my old computer crashed i got a new mac book and when i hook it up in order to get ios5 it says it will delete my songs and apps from my phone, is there anyway to save my stuff?

    Try this
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
    Guess i was too slow..
    Message was edited by: uselessSABOTAGE

  • When will  the XI download be available from SDN

    Dear SDN,
    When will the XI download be available from SDN ?
    In the downloads page it has said 'coming soon' for ages...
    Thanks,
    Tomas.

    Sometime between September and November.

  • Itunes match and snow leopard, will the matched songs be on my macbook pro?

    hi. if i sign up for itunes match from my macbook pro with snow leopard and i get all the tunes i have on there from cd's, will they now be on my laptop? or will they only be in the cloud and available to download to my iphone 4 with ios 5? i was getting psyched for all my old cd's that i ripped to sound way better on my macbook pro. will i also be able to make new burned cd's out of the new versions if they are on my laptop? thanks.

    if i sign up for itunes match from my macbook pro with snow leopard and i get all the tunes i have on there from cd's, will they now be on my laptop?
    They have to be on your laptop to begin with as iTunes Match scans your library to match the songs you do have.
    Is your "laptop" another computer besides the Macbook Pro?
    iinami wrote:
    so when itunes match comes and i tell it to match my songs and pay my money where will the matched tunes go? only to the cloud? so on my itunes on my macbook pro the songs will still be the old cd versions, but if i go to my iphone 4 and check in 'purchased', 'not on this phone' the ones available will be the new versions?
    Since iTunes Match has not yet been completed/released, exactly how it works has not been explained.
    You have a limit of 25000 songs.
    Any/all songs in your iTunes library that match what is in iTunes will be in the cloud. No need to upload them.
    You can download these songs to your computer and your iPhone.
    Any songs in your library that are not matched, will be uploaded to the cloud. You can download these songs and they count against the 25,000 song limit.
    You can keep the originals and/or download from the cloud (for example if your originals are not 256 kbps or better).

  • If i sync my ipod to my current apple id, will i the songs i got from a different apple id disappear from the ipod completely or will it just have all the names and details and grey?

    Hello!
    So basically, I got a lot of the songs on my iPod from a different Apple ID than to the one I am currently using. I want to sync my iPod to the Apple ID I am currently using but I want to know if the songs on my iPod from the previous Apple ID will disappear off of the iPod or go all grey so that I cant select them? I know that Apple says that it will delete the songs from my old Apple ID but what I noticed is that when I've deleted songs from my iPod using iTunes in the past is that they don't disappear from the iPod, they stay there but the names go grey so that I cant select them. Basically I want to know which will happen. Sorry if this is a bit confusing...
    Thanks!

    See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
    tt2

  • When will the PSE12 editor be available from the Apple store for Mac?

    What does it cost to upgrade when new versions come out? I've also read a warning that plug-ins don't work with this version of PSE. Should I care about this?

    Based on last time, I would say it's a few months away yet. Yes, you should care about the difficulty of adding stuff to it (although with PSE 11 that got better for things like actions and layer styles), but more than that you should be aware that you are going to get locked out in short order if you ever need to reinstall. When adobe releases a new version of PSE in the app store, you lose the option to download your existing version again. So when PSE 11/app store came out, PSE 10/app store disappeared from the available purchases section for those who had bought it.
    Another major point is that you can't update the raw converter for the app store version (well, you can, but it's major surgery, not a simple menu choice), so if you buy a new camera, you  have a problem.
    It's just not a good deal--you pay a lot more to get a lot less.

  • Will not transfer songs to iPod from iTunes Library

    I'm using an iPod mini (without video) and trying to sync with music on my Windows 2000 desktop. I've ripped music from my CD's and added them into the iTunes library. I'm saving my library on a network space. I plug in my iPod and auto-sync. The iPod appears to be syncing, but does not actually add any music. All the songs have checkmarks next to them, so that's not the problem. I've also tried to manually manage the music and drag the music to the iPod and the same thing happens. It's synced up the playlists I've created, but there isn't any music actually transferred to the iPod.
    Any suggestions?

    I updated the software on my iPod Shuffle and now it does not recognize any of my songs from the iTunes Library that were previously easily available. All the songs, except two recently added cd's, have an exclamation mark next to them. When researching, it says the files are no longer found ... I have to physically inport each song all over again in order for iTunes to recognize them ... what a pain that will be ... not very happy. I should not have updated the software and avoided all the hassle with re-importing my music. also not sure how to remove all of the exclamation marked music in my iTunes library. Not sure if this is the same issue you experienced??

  • Old Mac running Mountain Lion 'sees' Canon IP5000, new MacBook pro will not. No driver available from canon. Is there a way of transfering whatever is working from old mac to new?

    I have two older macs running Mountain Lion that have been upgraded over the years from Leopard. They have continued to be able to print to a Canon IP5000 and use a driver that is fully functional. On the new MacBook Pro, the printer is found, but no driver is available for Mountain Lion from apple or Canon. Is there a way of getting the driver info from the old mac so that it will work on the new one?

    Sorry, it says "New Event," not "New Entry." My bad.

  • Will there be a 'Pepper' Linux Flash Player available from Google for versions after 11.2?

    Adobe has stated that:
    "For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the “Pepper” API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe. "
    To me this sounds like going forward, after 11.2,  all Linux Flash Players will be released by Google as part of Chrome using Pepper and not by Adobe - but that there will be Linux Flash Players after 11.2, its just that they are only available in Chrome. However most people in the community seem to have interpreted this to mean 11.2 is the last Linux Flash Player ever other than 5 years of security updates from Adobe. Could an Adobe employee please clarify? Will there be Linux Flash Players, via Pepper and Chrome, for 11.3, 11.4. ...12 and so on? This is crutially important for those using the Flash Player within the embeded Linux market.
    Thanks in advance,
    Chris

    Which version of Flash Player do you have in a specific browser which is causing problems?  http://tinyurl.com/fpversion

  • ITunes Match songs not available on iTunes startup

    Hello,
    I am having a problem with iTunes and iTunes Match.  When I startup iTunes on a computer that only has the iTunes Match library, all of the songs that are in the cloud are unavailable for me.  They are all greyed out (see image below).
    I did find a workaround where I turn off Itunes Match and then re-enable it.  But that is annoying. 
    Anyone have any advice?

    No, my issue is that all songs are greyed out once I restart iTunes, whether I closed it by mistake or restarted this never fails. I can deactivate iTunes Match and reactivate but that doesn't always work. When matching IS working all the icons are normal and all files are either matched or uploaded.
    The cloud icon by the Music library ends up with diagonal repeating lines moving from left to right indicating a continuous loading. I have let the app sit there "loading" for 2 days thinking maybe something is just congested on Apple's end.
    Considering what I've read on the forums as well as the fact the it works FINE on the Mac leads me to believe that Apple screwed up the PC end when updating to the most recent revision.

  • HT4914 Will iTunes Match sync my ringtones from my iPhone to my iPad Mini?

    I just got an iPad Mini.  How do I transfer the apps and ringtones from my iPhone?

    iTunes Match is currently for music only. You should be able to re-download apps on your Mini via the Purchased tab in the App Store app on it.
    Ringtones are currently a one-time only download from the store, so you will need to copy them from your phone to your computer's iTunes via File > Devices > Transfer Purchases (they will copy over to the Tones section of your library, and your apps other purchases will also be copied from the phone) - you can then sync them to your iPad.

  • When will Apple Lossless Music be Available from the iTunes Store?

    I have recently rediscovered the wonders of uncompressed music. I bought my first CD player in 1984. The best vinyl records were better then than the best CDs, and still are, but the average CD was a lot better than the average vinyl. The CD average has probably gotten better since then. At some point, I imported the CDs I listened to into my Mac, initially as 128K AAC, and later as 256K AAC, and thought I was still getting good quality. A couple of months ago, I bought an external USB DAC (NuForce Icon µDAC) and some better-than-the-usual-computer-speakers powered monitors (M-Audio AV40). And I reimported my CDs in Apple Lossless format. Oh! Sweet new music!
    The difference between 256K AAC and Apple Lossless is subtle, but through good equipment it's still very noticeable. I have lots of music I bought from the iTunes Store over the years, in 128K and 256K AAC. Some of those I've replaced with CD rips, but I don't have all those CDs. I sure would like to be able to upgrade to Apple Lossless through the iTunes Store. I'd be happy to pay the HDTracks.com prices of $12/album or $1.49/track for the privilege, but it isn't available. The best Apple will sell me is 256K AAC. So now I'm getting all my new music from HDTracks.com, who have wonderful recordings, but a small selection, or as CDs from Amazon.
    Apple, when are you going to step up to the plate for the audiophiles in your market and sell us Apple Lossless (or FLAC) music? I realize that we aren't nearly as big a market as the teeny-bopper iPod users out there, but we ARE a market, and I for one would happily return to the iTunes Store if I could buy full-resolution music there.

    Wonderful question, would be nice if Apple was not so hush-hush about new developments, but alas, that is what they must do to stay on top of the game. I cannot wait for the day when I will open iTunes and see the phrase, "All Downloads now in Full CD Quality Apple Lossless!" Woohoo, what a momentus occasion that will be. Fortunately, we can hope that they will allow upgrades to Apple Lossless just like they did for iTunes Plus (and why wouldn't they, it's a money maker).
    I too have only been purchasing cds mostly from amazon to rip in Lossless, and just came across an album of interest to me that is unfortunately only available through iTunes and Amazon. The hard copies of Steve Jablonsky's Transformers Score are only found in highly marked-up quantities on amazon and ebay, so i am left to bite the bullet and purchase the adequate 256kbps AAC version from the iTunes store. At least I don't have to buy Amazon's MP3 coded versions(typed with a smirk).
    With the capacity of most iPods ranging between 8 and 160 GBs, I think it is safe to assume that storage space is not really an issue anymore. Let us cross our fingers for Apple Lossless soon(or use those fingers to raise typed awareness).

  • ITunes always can't download an update because there are errors.  If I remove iTunes completely from my computer, will all my songs I dowloaded from CD's, pictures, e-books be gone?

    Each time I try to download an update for iTunes, I can't because it tells me iTunes on my computer has errors and nothing I try can repair the errors.  It gives me the choice to try to repair, but of course it can't repair because it always says it can't repair, the other choice is to remove iTunes from my computer.  If I remove iTunes and reinstall it, will my music, pictures, e-books still be there or will it be empty?
    I'm afraid to remove iTunes because I don't want to lose my data.  On the other hand, I think I will have to remove and re-install to have the most up-to-date version with no errors.
    Has anyone completely removed iTunes and reinstalled, and if so, was everything still there?  Especially CD's I have imported, etc.?

    Unfortunately, this sort of trouble has gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25. First we have to find a copy of the utility.
    Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for at least version 3.0 of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. (The results from mydigitallife and Major Geeks are worth checking.)
    After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
    If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
    Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any Bonjour and QuickTime entries and click "Remove".
    Quit out of CleanUp. Restart the PC, and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

  • I'm resetting iPad to factory settings.  Will previous app purchases be available to redownload for free from my account?

    IF I rest my iPad to factory, are previously purchased apps available for redownload for free?

    Yes you will be able to download them again as long as yu are signed into the same iTunes account.
    One way to do it is to open App Store on the iPad, tap Purchased at the bottom and then download each app.

  • Will iTunes Match sync iTunes tags from car head units?

    I have a pioneer avh-x8500 bhs.. It does iTunes tagging from hd radio and from siriusxm.. Supposedly creates a "tagged playlist folder" but I can't see it.. Is this because I use match?

    You should check with the head unit manufacturer; they can most likely answer your question.

Maybe you are looking for