This should be much more obvious than it is. Thank you!
An update: Some of my metadata is getting changed too, but only after I right-click and "Get Info" on a song. I also have a ton that have "Error" in the status. Interesting.
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Apple Launches iTunes Match with Release of iTunes 10.5.1 [Updated]
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This should be much more obvious than it is. Thank you!
An update: Some of my metadata is getting changed too, but only after I right-click and "Get Info" on a song. I also have a ton that have "Error" in the status. Interesting.
Not that I have found. You could always use TuneUp. Some people like it others have problems. But so far, it seems that there is no way to override your metal-data with Apple's.
That's terrible really, since not only does it mean that you have to download over the air EVERY song that you want on your device permanently but it also means that you can't use the iTunes 128 kbps on the fly conversion to load music onto your device to save room.
This seemed cool until they made that FATAL flaw. What were they thinking?
Is it possible NOT to enable iTunes Match on the devices but still have your uploaded songs (and all meta-data) be "available" for download on request like it does currently using iCloud?
Tony
This seems to happen quite often whenever Apple releases something that requires activation. This, iPhones, etc. I wonder why Apple has such a hard time gauging need for this. Can't they realize "Hmm, we're on the verge of a big release, maybe we should rent more server space" or something?
While I can understand how limiting, whether artificially or not, supply could increase demand, this is ridiculous. Just my 2¢
Matching only release
Since 10.5.1 is not available yet in Canada via Software Update, because we do not get Matching yet, that means there are no new features in 10.5.1 other than Matching?
Since 10.5.1 is not available yet in Canada via Software Update, because we do not get Matching yet, that means there are no new features in 10.5.1 other than Matching?
What match is doing is taking a local library and moving it to the cloud. Unlike Google's service, if it can identify the song as something that iTunes sells, it doesn't copy it, it uses a file that is already on the cloud. Your local library is not altered by any of this, unless you decide to delete a file and replace it with the file that was matched in the cloud. You might want to do this is you only had a 128k version. Then, once these songs are all in the cloud they are now available to any other device.
In most European countries, it's a 100% legit to download (illegally) hosted music for 0.00 . It's also perfectly legal to share all your DVD & CD Rips with your friends using hard copies or a HDD. It only gets illegal when you yourself start making copyrighted material available to (random) people online without the permission of the author. But then again, it's only the uploader (and the host) who perform an illegal activity. The downloader does nothing illegal. So watch out what you call stealing ...
I would definitely not assume that "most folks" have more than 25,000 songs.
What is that, like 150+ GB? Two months worth of music played straight through, 24 hours a day, with no repeating? Tens of thousands of dollars worth of music
? No, I don't think that represents "most folks" music collection.Thanks for writing this; but just to be ABSOLUTELY sure, I have another question:
MOST of my music is in Lossless format - therefore, I do NOT want any of it replaced locally by lower-quality 256Kb versions (I don't care about what is in the cloud, though).
Does ANYTHING at all happen to my Lossless library when iTunes Match works? Or does it remain untouched, with the 256Kb converted versions being the ones in the cloud?
Thanks a lot for your answer.
Alright, complete newbie question, but I can't find the iCloud Status column. I've looked, and it's probably staring me in the face, but I don't see it. Should I see it in my library? Thanks.
I have more than 25k songs. lots of old stuff and DJ mixes.
I'd probably be fine with the DJ mixes being out of iTunes Match and limiting what songs go in but to limit from the beginning sucks.
I'd rather I could select which tracks I'd not want on iTunes Match.
crappers for loving music.
I'd probably be fine with the DJ mixes being out of iTunes Match and limiting what songs go in but to limit from the beginning sucks.
I'd rather I could select which tracks I'd not want on iTunes Match.
crappers for loving music.
Your local files are not affected unless you delete them and then download from the cloud.
I get this message. Same with the developer build. I am assuming the servers are overwhelmed. No biggie, I can wait a few days.
Odd, I have also read that there is a 30-day cancellation policy on this on another post over at Apple's forums. You'd probably have to call and ask, and the person on the phone may not even know the policy.
To answer another post, that same post says you have the 20 (or was it 25K?) limit *on top* of whatever you bought from iTunes.
Also my observations based on last night's iCloud session:
I have about 100 or so "ineligible for match" songs. These are scattered throughout the library. So I have one CD I ripped, and of all the tracks, one song on it (Don't Fear the Reaper) is listed as ineligible. There were ripped at 190k too.
There's also a collection of "error" icons as well. No explanation for them, but they refuse to be added even though a few of them are well-known tracks.
All my metadata was preserved.
Also, you can use Smart Playlists to sort how iTunes handled your match status and identify which were matched, which were uploaded, which were purchased, and which were ineligible.