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Apple Music First Impressions: Convenient All-in-One Experience With Overwhelming Design
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But that's sort of the point. Apple haven't put out any coherent information on it. I currently have iTunes Match that's due to renew in December. iTunes Match scans my library and either matches or uploads all my songs to the cloud so I can stream them anywhere. Music scans my library and either matches or uploads all my music to the cloud where I can stream it anywhere. Yes, there's DRM issues etc, but essentially it appears the two service do the same things. Now, if I sign up for Music today, will it go through the process of scanning my library and doing what it needs to but leaving me with duplicates of everything in the Music app, or will signing up for Music automatically remove iTunes Match from my devices to avoid this? All we want is information. I'm not bothered either way, but knowing in advance and not finding out when it's too late would be helpful. But, maybe I'm expecting too much from them.
I've read that the Apple Music subscription includes the iTunes Match functionality (http://www.imore.com/apple-music-faq). I don't know how Apple is going to show that. Will we automatically get charged for iTunes Match when ours expires? Will it automatically know not to charge? I'll have to investigate once it goes live, but it seems like you will not need both.
Yeah, that makes no sense at all. I use iTunes on a number of computers, my iPhone, and iPad, so Apple Music HAS to work on more than one device at a time or else it's a complete failure.
Sorry for the stupid question, but is the iTunes update supposed to also happen at 8am PT or is it just the iOS 8.4?
I don't think that is how it works.
You don't technically have iTunes Match, just the same functionality.
I'm curious to see how it behaves in iTunes. Can you still clean your 128k tracks to new updated versions.
I hope not. I like to buy (and own) my content. I don't want to simply stream it and be at the mercy of having a wi-fi or cellular connection to listen to my music.
But that's sort of the point. Apple haven't put out any coherent information on it. I currently have iTunes Match that's due to renew in December. iTunes Match scans my library and either matches or uploads all my songs to the cloud so I can stream them anywhere. Music scans my library and either matches or uploads all my music to the cloud where I can stream it anywhere. Yes, there's DRM issues etc, but essentially it appears the two service do the same things. Now, if I sign up for Music today, will it go through the process of scanning my library and doing what it needs to but leaving me with duplicates of everything in the Music app, or will signing up for Music automatically remove iTunes Match from my devices to avoid this? All we want is information. I'm not bothered either way, but knowing in advance and not finding out when it's too late would be helpful. But, maybe I'm expecting too much from them.
Match may override AM if both active.
Let me clarify, SIMULTANEOUS streaming, ala Airplay; 1 at a time.
Home Sharing could be a workaround for that.
"But it’s also uncharacteristically complicated by Apple standards"
The New Apple™, I rest my case.
The New Apple™, I rest my case.