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In iOS 6, iTunes Match Actually Supports Both Streaming and Downloading of Music

camsoft said:
Don't think the article is accurate. It seems to be working the same way it has always worked. It just seems they have removed the download and cloud icons which were confusing at best.

You can swipe to delete tracks you've just played so clearly are downloaded to phone. After deleting they taking longer to start playing while they download again.

All that seems to have changed is that switching on/off iTunes Match deletes all offline locally stored music.

I have lots of music on the phone that I synced using iTunes before enabling iTunes Match. Prior to iOS6 turning on iTunes Match kept the local music, it's seems now in iOS6 it deletes it all.

Which is why the author may think its not being stored when turning off iTunes Match.
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Well said. I was really excited when I read this article, but when I actually tried it, it does the same thing as in iOS 5. As soon as you tap on a song that resides in iCloud, it streams and downloads at the same time. One you switch to a different song, or the song finishes playing, it's stored locally on your device. You can then swipe to delete the song which will remove it from your device and essentially send it back to iCloud.
 
For those debating whether it streams or it streams and downloads, why dont you just check your free storage before, press play on about 5 or 10 songs, and then check your free storage after.


That will end the debate..........
 
One thing I don't like about iTunes match is that the songs don't show up on a playlist in my car when i have my iPhone connected, only songs I have downloaded can be played, that sucks.
 
Dionte said:
One thing I don't like about iTunes match is that the songs don't show up on a playlist in my car when i have my iPhone connected, only songs I have downloaded can be played, that sucks.
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not anymore...with ios 6, they are all now available in your car.
I now have 18,000 songs on my BMW connected drive. With iOS 5, none of the Match music was available.
 
My two cents

I have iOS 6 on my iPhone, and I do agree that it is streaming. If it's worth anything to anyone else, I have a super-fast internet connection. Most songs that download will be done in under 30 seconds. Most songs, however, play for much longer than that. The reason I think it is streaming versus downloading is because every once in awhile the swirly thing (can't believe I actually don't know the name of that) goes on and off for a couple seconds, it's not continuos. I feel like if the song was being downloaded it would just go on until the song finished downloading. But that's not the case. It comes in spurts, as if it were being streamed. This can also be detected if you watch the lights on my modem. They occasionally show download activity, not constant when I turn a new song on.

I hope it stays until the release!
 
MacTumors said:
In iOS 6, iTunes Match Actually Supports Both Streaming and Downloading of Music
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Yeah, really useful without the support for SD-cards in iDevices. You can see in Apples current iDevices generation, that Apple thinks ahead, because you need a new device, if you want to download large amounts of music (lossless compressed for example). And the best thing (for Apple) is: You pay for the music AND for the new hardware, because you cannot use a SD-card in your iDevices. And why do they support ExFAT in iOS, if they do not support SD-cards?

:rolleyes:
 
iTunes Match sucks. I say that because Apple still hasn't fix the explicit/clean problem. I listen to rap and I'd say about 25% of my music is the clean version.
 
You can't compare Itunes Match to Spotify without clarifying the intended purpose of each respective service. Itunes Match is a music locker, whereas Spotify is an unlimited streaming music service. Personally I prefer to buy Music, thus I prefer Itunes Match. I only have a 32GB iPhone and my music library is 65GB. Obviously I'll never listen to all that music, but it's nice to know I have the option, and it will only cost me $25. Spotify doesn't make sense for me because it will cost me 9.99/Month=$119, and I will probably use it to listen to music I already own. I don't listen to Popular Music or most any new music so being able to listen to stuff I don't already own doesn't matter to me. Spotify is nice for music discovery but I can just use the free Spotify App on my MBA if I need to. I also prefer going to websites like pitchfork to find new music, then I just buy the CD's. I find I don't have to worry about my hard drive getting wiped out and losing all my music (another problem Itunes match solves). I like owning stuff, and services like Rdio and Spotify feel like I'm renting what could be ultimately mine If I just payed a few more bucks. It's worse than the rent to own furniture stores here in the US. Also, from my point of view, we only have a limited amount of time to spend on recreational activities. That means that even with the option to listen to anything we want, we probably won't take advantage of the service, thus the idea that services like Spotify offer more value is purely an artificial benefit that that most of us will never see. So why pay?
 
lsvtecjohn3 said:
iTunes Match sucks. I say that because Apple still hasn't fix the explicit/clean problem. I listen to rap and I'd say about 25% of my music is the clean version.
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I hate that, I put my explicit version on and when I DL/stream I get a clean version from match. Wtf, a few times I put a clean version in and get an explicit version. Not a Major deal but my wife and kids do clean, I like it dirty and original.
 
I prefer spotify and having access to not only music i own (even if it's not on my iTunes library, but anything else out there.

If Apple had a similar service, pay to listen to anything on iTunes, i'd sign up.
 
This is perfect. I download as usual for the car but at home/or where there is wifi i'll just stream it.

Cool beans
 
Radio said:
$25 to stream your own music?

we can stream for free using audiogalaxy :hmm: why pay?:confused:
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As much as I love Apple, I agree with you.

For me, amazon MP3 wins fair and square, the value is just unbeatable! Over thanksgiving and the holidays you get recent albums for $2, and albums are almost always cheaper than iTunes, plus a lot of occasional free MP3 $$$

Amazon just released cloud player for iOS, so you can stream your music for free on your iPhone.
 
larrylaffer said:
>complain about compressed audio source
>uses spotify

cool story bro.
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Maybe I didn't explain myself. I am willing to pay £10/month to Spotify for unlimited streaming of compressed music - but I'm not willing to purchase compressed music through iTunes or anywhere else.

Hopefully you can see the difference. To me Spotify is like listening to music on the radio - I'm willing to put up with the lower quality coz I'm usually listening to it through my computer or a portable radio.

However if it's an album I want to keep, I'll go out and buy the CD so I can listen to it on my hifi. My point was that in order to compete with the likes of Spotify I think iTunes either has to stick with compressed music and offer a subscription service or preferably they would start selling tracks in lossless format. That way I could discover new music on Spotify and if I like the album I would purchase a lossless copy from iTunes rather than buying the CD.
 
afurry13 said:
There is no reason you should have any lower than an iPhone 4 once the new iPhone comes out. You will be able to sell your iPhone 4 for the cost of a new one under contract on ebay or craigslist.
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When you sell it someone else has the problem. I dont get your logic. :confused:
 
bboucher790 said:
On the surface, this looks great. The big issue? I can't enable iTunes match without it killing my battery. And by killing my battery, I mean MURDERING it. I enable almost every major battery draining setting on my iPhone, but nothing comes close to what iTunes Match, in terms of drainage.

I thought I'd be able to turn on iTunes Match for times I had USB enabled in my car.....but can't do it. Once you enable iTunes match on your iPhone, it screws up your manual syncing with iTunes. It's not like you can turn it on / off at will. It's either always on, or always off :(. Shame really. Maybe in a few years it will be worthwhile, but right now, I use it to backup my music / create 256kb iTunes quality for lower quality songs.
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I still find it's worth the $25/year for the security of having an online backup as well as effortlessly keeping an additional backup of my music on a second computer/server in the house. But totally agree that the implementation on iDevices is clunky and headachy, the all or nothing approach is not convenient and toggling it leaves a lot of messiness on the device, with syncing, and screws up the album art every time.

Wondering why "iTunes Match" isn't just an icon under "More" in the Music Player, same as "Shared" libraries under Home Sharing. The iTunes Match library is just sitting there in the iCloud, seems you should be able to choose that as your music source without disabling local syncing/storage. The AppleTV treats the iTunes Match library this way, why not an iPhone? Have shut it off on my iDevices until the next iteration and will give it another try.
 
Tinmania said:
It's great that you want that. I, and I am sure others, do not. I do not want to "rent" music when I already have a collection large enough for my needs (and free regular or streaming radio to discover new stuff).

You don't seem to get the point of Match, however. You see my collection is too large to store on my portable devices. My solution before Match was to sync a playlist that was much smaller than my music collection. That was not a very good solution compared to Match: now I have access to all my music. Plus, it syncs playlists--and any changes made to them--across all devices.

iTunes Match really does compare to Spotify, in my opinion. But if you want to compare on price, since you brought it up, over a year Match is a fraction of what Spotify costs. Seems silly to even compare that. It's like saying my water bill is a fraction of what my car payment is.

EDIT: I didn't touch on the two other aspects of Match, which can be huge. One, the fact that you don't have to upload most of your library. Two, no matter what quality the tracks you have are, you can download 256kbps AAC versions from the cloud. You can keep them even if you do not re-subscribe to Match. For someone who has been ripping CDs since 1998, and was not looking forward to doing the old stuff over again, this was a godsend.


Michael
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I can see the advantages of iTunes Match as you say, what I was really saying was that I want Apple to start selling iTunes lossless tracks.

I think it makes sense to stream compressed songs but I simply refuse to buy compressed music. Not now not ever.

My point was that lots of people are moving from iTunes to Spotify because Spotify is cheaper in the long run if you purchase a lot of music and Spotify offers the same audio quality as iTunes then I think iTunes need to offer something better than Spotify - namely lossless tracks.
 
Thank god, the days of needing the largest size iPhone/iPad are over. Access to all 40GB of music, without downloading a single file. Now if we can just get TV & Movies, we'll be on the right track.
 
But do people really want to own their music anymore these day?

I do understand the many benefits of owning music such as offline playback and the ability to share easily, but now that Apple is pushing for a streaming model, I don't think people want to own their music anymore. If you are streaming music, you loose the ability of listen to music offline, so why bother owning it? Yes, I know you do have the option, but come on, they are pushing for a streaming model.

In conclusion, the streaming music model does not go well with owning music model.

I would be curious to see how services like Spotify are doing, I bet great.
 
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