It would make no business sense for Apple to give information to the RIAA about your iTunes library. If Apple ever did that it would piss off so many people it would probably bankrupt Apple as a company since they would lose all trust.
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A Clear Explanation of iTunes Match
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It would make no business sense for Apple to give information to the RIAA about your iTunes library. If Apple ever did that it would piss off so many people it would probably bankrupt Apple as a company since they would lose all trust.
This is kinda dumb...when I listen to a song, it downloads the whole thing - permanently. I was hoping it would cache the song and then delete it once it hits a certain point. But right now, after a long time of use, I'm expecting to run out of space... Think about if you left your phone running through songs, songs you didn't even care about, and then you fill up your phone slowly.
At the very least, there NEEDS to be a way to select multiple songs for deletion. The same way you can select photos, emails, and texts
At the very least, there NEEDS to be a way to select multiple songs for deletion. The same way you can select photos, emails, and texts
Ignorant statement. I have 60,000 plus songs loaded and I'll probably double that when I load in all my CDs. People who say "you'll never listen to all that..." don't understand the concept of a library. The match allows you to listen anywhere on your devices. If you are on the road you want to CHOOSE from that huge library. Obviously you won't listen to them all but you have options. Real book libraries hold many more books then you'll ever read but they give you the choice...
And streaming services don't have evberuthin the I would have in my collection.
You are missing the point. We want access to our libraries wherever we go. If they made a 1T iPod Classic there are many of us collectors who would buy one. The match service should allow us to haploid huge libraries, even if we have to pay a bit more for the service.
This has only been answered a thousand times. Everything matched and downloaded will remain yours. Everything in the cloud will disappear.
Who are you to tell someone to..........?!
Good lord.
Maybe iTunes should have a pop-up when you try to purchase your 25,001st song from the iTMS, saying:
Sorry, please stop hoarding music.
Perhaps you'd like to buy an App or a movie instead?
[Go to App Store] [Go to iTunes Movie Store] [Cancel]
Yeah, right.... never gonna happen.
So does anyone know why Apple decided to do it this way? Why would anyone wanting to stream their music also want to download it onto their devices? It really makes no sense to me. So, every time I think I want to hear some obscure song in my library, I can listen to it, but then I have to delete it so i don't fill up my device!?#@%$ Ugh. What is the point?
Bandwidth Caps on most mobile 3G/4G networks.
However, it would be nice to have as an option on mobile devices, a "Do not permanently download" on/off switch for those who only use Wi-Fi and have small storage space free.
I personally don't find it a problem, but yes, there is the added step of swipe/deleting songs off your iDevice after listening if space is at a premium.
I agree, especially now that the iDevices via iCloud are supposed to be "PC Free"
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Fail.
Guess I'm going to continue my streak of never having downloaded/purchased a single item from the iTMS.
And what if half of your music is from torrents????
Unlike many others, I won't lecture and preach. It'll match what it can (likely most of it), and then you're golden. Just right-click the song and make sure it's spelled accurately and such.
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It's a brand-new service. Of course they're going to target the broader market first. Give it time. If there are enough vocal (and by vocal I mean using the "suggest a feature" link, not whining on the internet) music fans with huge collections, I'm sure Apple would accommodate them, especially if they're willing to pay.
nemaslov said:
It's a brand-new service. Of course they're going to target the broader market first. Give it time. If there are enough vocal (and by vocal I mean using the "suggest a feature" link, not whining on the internet) music fans with huge collections, I'm sure Apple would accommodate them, especially if they're willing to pay.
I still don't understand why Apple released an OSX 'upgrade' that is actually worse than the previous version.
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Agree totally. I said something similar in an iTunes-related survey. It's become this huge, unwieldly piece of software.
Stridder44 said:
Agree totally. I said something similar in an iTunes-related survey. It's become this huge, unwieldly piece of software.
Oh so the poster's info is wrong? That would explain why nobody else is saying it.
I think Apple has been strongly indicating for several years now that if you're still on a PPC Mac you're just stuck. Sorry.
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Congrats. I'm sure Apple misses your business.
Ruahrc said:
Congrats. I'm sure Apple misses your business.
I don't think people who have exceeded the speed limit would be snooty about others who do that. But yeah, I suspect many of us would be snooty about serial shoplifters.
Hopefully this will be a little more helpful. When you enable match on your iPhone a second switch appears called "Show All Music". If this is on you see everything that is in the cloud. You the go into music and select the songs you want to have locally on your phone. Then go back to music preferences and turn off "Show All Files". Now you will only see what is downloaded to your phone. Make sure you don't turn match off, just the show all files.
Do you have an entire local library in your house? No. You have a small library of books, but have access to a vast library, called....The Library. So do you need a library of 60k+ music files, No. You need access to a vast library of music and that's called Spotify (Or your personal flavor of the week.)
Now, if you do have a large local library of books at your house, and you have 60k+ Music Cd's, there's a show you need to check out, called, Hoarders.
Do you have an entire local library in your house? No. You have a small library of books, but have access to a vast library, called....The Library. So do you need a library of 60k+ music files, No. You need access to a vast library of music and that's called Spotify (Or your personal flavor of the week.)
Now, if you do have a large local library of books at your house, and you have 60k+ Music Cd's, there's a show you need to check out, called, Hoarders.
The problem with Spotify or services like that is that they don't have everything that you may want. I'd like all of my songs in one place, rather than having to swap between Apps to play different albums.
I don't see anything wrong with having your own choice of music available to play whenever you want, all in one place.