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Apple Activates iTunes Match Setting in iOS 5, Suggesting Imminent Launch
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Once you log in, you get a list of all your music, you click one you want to listen to and it downloads. You can also say download all.
No ... Once you switch the iTunes Match setting in iOS, it removes the library on your device.
Then you can re-download what you want, either via Playlist, Album, Artist, or individual songs.
That... is frustrating as hell
and I thought syncing over wifi took a long time. Re-downloading 15+GB of music is going to take forever, even on WiFi
I'm curious if iTunes Match will "download on demand" on your iDevice say, when you start playing a playlist but some of the songs haven't been pulled down yet, or, as I often do, have your entire library set to shuffle. Will iTunes Match automatically pull down the next song on the list or skip all the songs you haven't manually pulled down?
One thing I would tell people is clean up iTunes before it starts, it will want to up load everything and you can't select what you want to upload. I had some audiobooks I rip that I did not want in the cloud. I was glad when they deleted everything in the beta...
For my iTunes and iOS 5 (Germany) this option remains deactivated. Don't know where these reports are coming from 
Nope, the Match announcement specifically said the files have no DRM.
What happens if there are more than 25k songs in the library? Does it say you have to upgrade to a bigger plan, does it only match the first 25k, or is there a way to exclude songs to get it down to 25k?
Yep, that's exactly what it's for - songs ripped from CD, bought from other online sources, anything not purchased from iTunes.
Doesn't it also make a difference once you hit the 5 gig limit? Which could be around 1000 songs, which some people could probably go over easily.
It shouldn't, it's only supposed to upgrade files, and it sounds like even to do that you have to remove the old files so it downloads new ones.
The cloud always plays back 256k songs. But on your computer it won't replace higher bitrate songs unless those files are actually missing.
No.
There is no space limit for iTunes match and it does not count against your iCloud space, they are completely different. The only cap is a 25k limit for songs.
I have seen NOTHING that leads me to believe you could insert your disc and let iTunes see that you have it, granting you access to their digital files. And I've read plenty on the subject. How many discs do you buy at a time? I don't see how it's any more work for you than before. It's the same process. Except now, you get the benefit of having those songs on any of your iOS devices AND you have peace of mind, knowing that if your main computer blows a gasket, at least your music is safe in the Cloud.
Which way do you want it? With CD as a key or without? Seems you're not happy either way.
Bottomline, no one will need discs whatever files are on your computer are the keys to the music. However, it's all tied to your Apple ID and to you. Share those files and run the risk of getting caught red-handed.
i literally went through my library and deleted songs. took a couple days (not straight 24 hours but spread out).
tell me...
Please for the love of god tell me they won't make me convert all my stuff to some proprietary copy written patented format? I have everything in FLAC and lossy copies of the same in OGG, surely ... they ... won't pull that crap again that they did with iTunes where you had to transcode every d**n song you want on your iPhone into mp3??
Please for the love of god tell me they won't make me convert all my stuff to some proprietary copy written patented format? I have everything in FLAC and lossy copies of the same in OGG, surely ... they ... won't pull that crap again that they did with iTunes where you had to transcode every d**n song you want on your iPhone into mp3??
Wow, that almost seems too good to be true, especially since uploaded songs can be higher bitrates.
Hypothetically if someone had 25k songs and none matched, they would all upload. At 5 megs per song, that's 125 gigs, which is huge. If they are longer songs or higher bitrate, that could be even higher.
That would be great if that ends up being true, but I have to say I'm skeptical until the service is released and it still works that way. Seems like Apple is opening themselves up to losing money on some users.
Ouch, that's a giant pain and not really an option for any users who want to keep everything in iTunes but not put all of it in the cloud. If the library has more than 25k, what does Match do?
Thanks for the info.
I don't think iTunes supports FLAC or OGG (at least without some extra hacking, which might not work with Match), mp3 or AAC would work. If you don't have any of your music files in iTunes I doubt you'd be interested in this service anyway.
It was on my iPhone 4S also. I think Apple had it turned off while IOS 5 was getting pushed out and now they've turned it back on.
False, there is a setting under Music to "Show All Music". With this setting turned on, it says "All music that has been downloaded or that is stored in iCloud will be shown".
Well that's how it's working in Beta. Things can change of course, but I doubt it.
The only thing I can foresee changing is upping the hard cap - but that might be down the road after it's released.
My advice is buy an external device and periodically back up all of your music. However, ONCE your music has been Matched/Upload the rest that won't match, you can then delete ALL of the songs on any of your devices and then download them as you need to hear, INCLUDING from the computer you originally Matched/Uploaded with. This will big news for people who have their music on a laptop where space is a premium.
At this point, elect to buy the plan every year and you're safe. Again, I would highly advise to make a backup of your own to be on the safe side. Externals are cheap enough now that this should be economical for just about anyone.
Meta data is transferred over to the new device. Ratings sync - rating a song on one computer will update it on all devices (or changing a rating will have the same effect). No idea about other things - play count etc because I haven't tested them personally - I assume they transfer as well.
The only limit as of now is the 25k hard limit - there is no space limit and it does not count towards your iCould storage.
Also - matching has gotten a lot better as the beta has progressed.
is there any place we can find all of this information? I know a lot of this is first hand, but it seems like we have to ask all of the questions and there is little organization...
I would have to assume that if it wasn't purchased through Apple that at the end of the first year your non-iTunes songs will disappear from the iMatch (Cloud). But if you download them all first you will have the songs (I assume).
Gary