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Apple Releases iTunes 12.2 With Apple Music and Beats 1 Support
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Probably the leap second that happened an hour ago. Apple should have known better than to do a major release today.
Thank you for this info. My iTunes kept crashing and I was wondering what was causing the issue.
I can't get music to add to playlist's from listening to Beats 1 or any radio station. The option screen is just blank.
So finally I know the difference between iTunes Match and Apple Music's own "matching system", if you have, let's say, crappy mp3, it matches them and let's you download a .m4p files, which is essentially the same exact copy iTunes has in the store, but with DRM, it also uploads music your music to the cloud if it isn't on Apple Music already...
The benefits of iTunes Match is that apart from uploading the stuff and matching, it actually lets you keep your copy, forever, even if you stop paying for iTunes Match, you can't have in on the cloud anymore, but the matched copy is yours forever. So if you want to keep your music, iTunes Match still is the way to go, plus if you don't care about Apple Music you can also just subscribe to iTunes Match all by itself.
Not a bad deal.
The benefits of iTunes Match is that apart from uploading the stuff and matching, it actually lets you keep your copy, forever, even if you stop paying for iTunes Match, you can't have in on the cloud anymore, but the matched copy is yours forever. So if you want to keep your music, iTunes Match still is the way to go, plus if you don't care about Apple Music you can also just subscribe to iTunes Match all by itself.
Not a bad deal.
Does anyone know if my music from iTunes Match will automatically be added to Apple Music? And if so, is it safe for me to cancel iTunes Match?
Apparently its only gone when you're listening to Beats 1, still working for any other music and radio station. Must be a bug then.
Well, according to everything and anything I can find on Apple's site, my Mac is supported for this. Running 10.8.5. The specs for Beats 1 say nothing about this, nor does the iTunes 12.2 specs.
iTunes 12.2 download page:
Mac System Requirements
Hardware:
- Mac computer with an Intel processor
- To play 720p HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras, a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required
- To play 1080p HD video, a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor and 2GB of RAM is required
- Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater; 1280x800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras
- Broadband Internet connection to use Apple Music, the iTunes Store, and iTunes Extras
- Apple combo drive or SuperDrive to create audio, MP3, or back-up CDs; some non-Apple CD-RW recorders may also work. Songs from the Apple Music catalog cannot be burned to a CD.
Karaoke on playlists... Just had the "redneck woman" playlist created for me. Fun. So I play it and I notice there is something odd about the Taylor Swift song. It's Karaoke. Taylor swift has been removed. Of course I have this song in My Music but I can change it or fix it, Just a bad playlist. Karaoke should NEVER be selected for a playlist.
Well, you can upgrade to 10.9.5. It's really not a big deal. Why you have gotten the most recent security and bug fixes on Mavericks and yet want new feature in iTunes is very questionable.
When Spotify first came to the U.S., it was by invitation only. I can imagine the articles by the media if Apple went that route.
Is Beats 1 supposed to be available in all the countries Apple Music is (http://www.apple.com/music/country-availability/)? I can't find an official list for that station, just says 'in over 100 countries', which is what it says for Apple Music. However I get a 403 error on the stream which rather makes it look like the two sets of 100 countries are not the same.
