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Apple Launches iTunes Match with Release of iTunes 10.5.1 [Updated]

Interestingly, there are songs in my library that Match should have found, but is treating as entities in themselves and uploading to the servers. They're not over 256k bitrate, and ARE available in the Store.

Intriguing.
 
Just a thought to throw out, Is anyone else curious about how long it will take for lawsuits to start flying around about all the illegal music out there? I mean when you think about it we are now giving apple permission to look into our music collections AND share what they find with one of the major advocates of anti-piracy. We already know that the RIAA is involved because Apple would have had to pay licensing fees for this to work. I wouldn't think that Apple would want to turn on music fans like that considering all the business they get even from people with illegal music(i.e. Ipod sales). What does everyone else think?
 
question???

can someone give me a definition if the iCloud icons next to my songs on my MAC.

such as the iCloud with an exclamation, the one with a slash, and the regular ones.
 
mactmaster said:
You should sign up for iTunes match with whatever account you've previously used for App Store purchases and music purchases. Hopefully you've only used one account for those purposes. Your MobileMe/iCloud account can be separate.
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All my music wasn't purchased with iTunes; ripped from CD's. Why would it matter, the music is DRM free. I log into iCloud and the store using my MobileMe ID on iTunes and my Phone. The only thing I bought with my old ID is apps. The only reason I use the old ID now, is when I update old apps bought with the old ID. Now my phone is locked into that old ID. This isn't right, and no mention anywhere that this will bite you.
 
2fastlx said:
Just a thought to throw out, Is anyone else curious about how long it will take for lawsuits to start flying around about all the illegal music out there?
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I doubt the RIAA will be able to find a judge anywhere to sign a subpoena that says, "Dear Apple, give us all your iTunes match user data."
 
johnskies said:
can someone give me a definition if the iCloud icons next to my songs on my MAC.

such as the iCloud with an exclamation, the one with a slash, and the regular ones.
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Slash probably means not iCloud compatible. I noticed those icons on my iTunes U stuff, books, and in my podcasts. As for the others. I haven't a clue because iTunes match has been gathering information from my library for over 2 hours now and is only like 75% there. But if not one posts by the time this finishes I'll repost.
 
johnskies said:
can someone give me a definition if the iCloud icons next to my songs on my MAC.

such as the iCloud with an exclamation, the one with a slash, and the regular ones.
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View > View Options... > iCloud Status

That will give you the text version of the status.
 
ptysell said:
So what is the advantage over Spotfiy?
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$95 more in my pocket per year! On a serious note, I did try Spotify and found I was mostly recreating my existing library. If I was really into music discovery and constant sampling, Spotify would be a great deal.
 
dljames9 said:
All my music wasn't purchased with iTunes; ripped from CD's. Why would it matter, the music is DRM free. I log into iCloud and the store using my MobileMe ID on iTunes and my Phone. The only thing I bought with my old ID is apps. The only reason I use the old ID now, is when I update old apps bought with the old ID. Now my phone is locked into that old ID. This isn't right, and no mention anywhere that this will bite you.
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I was lucky enough to only ever use one Apple ID but many are in your situation with multiple IDs. Reportedly Apple (Tim Cook) has said they are working on it so hopefully there will be a fix for you guys soon.
 
2fastlx said:
Just a thought to throw out, Is anyone else curious about how long it will take for lawsuits to start flying around about all the illegal music out there? I mean when you think about it we are now giving apple permission to look into our music collections AND share what they find with one of the major advocates of anti-piracy. We already know that the RIAA is involved because Apple would have had to pay licensing fees for this to work. I wouldn't think that Apple would want to turn on music fans like that considering all the business they get even from people with illegal music(i.e. Ipod sales). What does everyone else think?
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Do you think that Apple may have considered that already?
 
This was part of my reason for testing. Those old DRM protected files could be authorized on up to 5 machines (i.e. iTunes) but now that Music Match is bypassing the need for iTunes there needs to be something more. My iPhone was sync'ed with a iTunes install authorized to play those files but because they came via Music Match they could not be played. The iPhone seemed to be missing the capability for the iPhone itself to be authorized or to gain that authority from the iTunes it is sync'ing with.

MacAddict1978 said:
That would only be an issue with older purchases from before Apple ditched DRM. (Those tracks can be authorized for play on 5 machines.)
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dljames9 said:
I just purchased iTunes match with my iCloud account. I'm one of the MobileMe users who ended up with two apple ids and no way to merge. After subscribing in iTunes, I go to my iPhone 4S and enable iTunes match. I get a message on my Phone:

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 87 days.​

WTF. Now I just wasted three months of my subscription. Apple has got to fix the multiple Apple ID madness. This shouldn't be happening to customers just because they chose to buy MobleMe, and now are screwed.
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Call them and get a refund for you $25.
 
efktd said:
I'm constantly renaming and organizing almost every song I get. Over the last several years, I've become very OCD in ID tagging... even to the smallest details like using 'and' instead of '&' (unless its a group or duo), putting featured artist after the name of the track, putting the remixer or version of the song in parenthesis after the name of the track, to using 'feat.' instead of 'featuring'.

Is all this work I've done going to disappear after iTunes Match scans my library?
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Nothing happens to the original files, just what displays in iTunes.
 
leftover911 said:
I still cant get in. Anyone else having this problem?
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<insert sexual innuendo here>

But seriously, the servers are getting blasted. Just be patient.

I don't know if it will help, but it seemed like closing and re-opening iTunes helped when things were stuck for me. It seems like if you have a request pending for a long time it might timeout or something of that nature.
 
2fastlx said:
Just a thought to throw out, Is anyone else curious about how long it will take for lawsuits to start flying around about all the illegal music out there? I mean when you think about it we are now giving apple permission to look into our music collections AND share what they find with one of the major advocates of anti-piracy. We already know that the RIAA is involved because Apple would have had to pay licensing fees for this to work. I wouldn't think that Apple would want to turn on music fans like that considering all the business they get even from people with illegal music(i.e. Ipod sales). What does everyone else think?
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This has been much discussed. The subcription fee is also a licensing fee for the music in your library. They are no longer illegal and Apple does not have any way of knowing from where you aquired the songs.
 
seamer said:
Interestingly, there are songs in my library that Match should have found, but is treating as entities in themselves and uploading to the servers. They're not over 256k bitrate, and ARE available in the Store.

Intriguing.
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I've noticed that as well. In each of the handful of cases I've investigated, I've found that the album had multiple versions in iTunes. An original and a 'remastered'. Perhaps whatever combinations of methods that they are using to determine authenticity of the song for matching is getting hung up at that point - Not sure which one to 'give you'?
 
Patriot24 said:
<insert sexual innuendo here>

But seriously, the servers are getting blasted. Just be patient.

I don't know if it will help, but it seemed like closing and re-opening iTunes helped when things were stuck for me. It seems like if you have a request pending for a long time it might timeout or something of that nature.
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Tried. Before it used to say "come back in an hour". Now it says "subscriptions are no longer being accepted".

Oh well..
 
leftover911 said:
Tried. Before it used to say "come back in an hour". Now it says "subscriptions are no longer being accepted".

Oh well..
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I just bought it, 5:58pm EST, the transaction was basically instant and it's now doing the match!

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My machine is generally running slow, so I don't know if I'll be a good reference match performance (I've got a ton of development stuff up and running including an Oracle instance in a VM :D )
 
I now have my entire library on iCloud/Match (~3800 songs). I've noticed that it is taking some time for the album art of uploaded songs to propagate in my iOS devices, but they are slowly showing up one-by-one. Just be patient...
 
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