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iTunes Match: $24.99/Year, Matches Ripped Tunes, Offers Them In The Cloud

Most of my iTunes library are game soundtracks or obscure stuff that isn't on iTunes. I guess I won't be using this service, but it sounds quite spiffy.
 
I don't really see this as all that great of deal. I mean for a little more money you can subscribe to Napster and get 6 MILLION songs and you don't have to match anything. I guess if the only music you like is the stuff you already got then it is alright.
 
Don't panic said:
if both me and you have legally purchased/matched 'let it be', apple doesn't store it for us twice, it just gives us both access to the stored one.

which is also why they upgrade it to whatever their database quality is.
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So is the reverse true then? That if Apple matches a lossless file, then I can only download a lossy iTunes version to my other iOS devices?

If that's the case, then for me iCloud is neither a library backup nor a library streamer, and its utility is unclear so far.
 
baleensavage said:
iTunes match has nothing to do with your MobileMe subscription. This is a new feature/product that they are offering. Your MobileMe subscription is being replaced by iCloud and Apple did not address how that will be transitioned or what will happen to iDisk and the e-mail addresses.
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MobileMe accounts are extended through June 2012, free of charge. Read about it at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4597
 
MarsDude said:
My wife and I now share an apple-id on our iPhones (and on our family-iPad). Good thing about it is: 1-time purchase of apps.

Now if we want to use the iCloud, we have to buy our apps 3 times probably, as every device needs his own apple-id account. This because my wife and I don't want to sync everything with eachother, and the iPad is for family use.
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iCloud lets you use 10 devices. So you actually are better off with iCloud than you were before when you were limited to 5 devices.
 
One vary positive thing I'm taking away is that Apple appears to be recognizing the value of higher quality files for music. And I only noticed one weiner saying he couldn't tell the difference in recording over 128 - 160 kpbs.

:D
 
scott911 said:
One vary positive thing I'm taking away is that Apple appears to be recognizing the value of higher quality files for music. And I only noticed one weiner saying he couldn't tell the difference in recording over 128 - 160 kpbs.

:D
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He probably listens exclusively on his apple earbuds so he can't tell the difference. :p
 
baleensavage said:
iCloud lets you use 10 devices. So you actually are better off with iCloud than you were before when you were limited to 5 devices.
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But it syncs between all those 10 devices right? So the picture I took of a gift for my wifes birthday gets synced with her iPhone and she knows what she'll get. She needs a separate account then. So we have to buy our apps twice... Or am I missing something?
 
scott911 said:
One vary positive thing I'm taking away is that Apple appears to be recognizing the value of higher quality files for music. And I only noticed one weiner saying he couldn't tell the difference in recording over 128 - 160 kpbs.

:D
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Definitely this. 256kbps AAC is a very stable quality. Sure, it's not FLAC (which would be a horrifically bad idea for a cloud service), but it will definitely suit the needs of most users.
 
oclor said:
This is absolutely WORTHLESS!

I was so excited for this because I ran out of space on both my iPad and iPhone but now they are telling me all this does is store it in the cloud so i can DOWNLOAD it on different devices??? So it's just a backup???

I though I was going to be able to STREAM my music and photos so that they don't take so much space on my iPad/iPhone

Oh and I paid $99 to extend my mobileme subscription last month, thinking that when this came out I would just be compensated with extra storage, but they don't even seem to offer extra storage (not that storage is useful for anything anyways with this model)

I'm a die hard apple fan and this is the first time I have been very disappointed with them. This just doesn't make any sense, I don't see the point in it at all!
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As a die hard Apple fan, you knew MobileMe was on its way out. You only have yourself to blame for that. But since Apple is always cool on stuff that's purchased less than a month before an overhaul, I'd bet you can get a refund.
 
oclor said:
There is no streaming. Lets say I download a song on my iPad, it goes to the cloud right? Well when I grab my phone, I will see it in iTunes, but if I want to listen to it I will have to download it from the cloud. Now it is taking up space on my iPhone.

I could have done the same thing if I synced my devices and just added the songs onto each.

All this service is, is a backup. There is NO streaming (except for photos, and even that has limitations)

Listen Im not expecting the streaming feature of music and photos for free or $25/year, but it should be an option. I was ready to pay $99/year for this, and I"m extremely dissapointed that this isn't even an option.

What about my iDisk now? I have 20gigs from mobile me, what happens to that?
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NO those files don't live on your devise they live on the cloud. You "play" from the cloud.
 
essinger said:
I don't really see this as all that great of deal. I mean for a little more money you can subscribe to Napster and get 6 MILLION songs and you don't have to match anything. I guess if the only music you like is the stuff you already got then it is alright.
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Because at the end of the day, I don't own my music with Napster. With this system, I do. If I decide to tell Apple "******* you" and cancel my subscription, I still have my music.
 
nemaslov said:
NO those files don't live on your devise they live on the cloud. You "play" from the cloud.
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I'm confused. Where on Apple's website does it say you can stream your music from the cloud? It sounds like you can sync (a.k.a. download) your songs from the cloud but you can't simply stream songs. There's a big difference.
 
HEY!

You are NOT downloading the song files on your other devises so you don't need a lot of storage space- [robaly just the song names. . You are just playing those songs you already own at home on your computer. The cloud stores the music. That same friggin one copy of Free Bird is for all those millions of people who want to play it.
 
baleensavage said:
iCloud lets you use 10 devices. So you actually are better off with iCloud than you were before when you were limited to 5 devices.
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Or maybe you can get a separate iCloud id but can still use the same id for the app-store purchases...
 
cav23j said:
if you seen the keynote
it says nothing about giving the option to stream songs
only to download them onto another device
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Thanks...well then I am laughing very hard now!!!

Jobs says that the Cloud is not a big hard drive and that it's so much more. Really Jobs?

If I can't stream off the Cloud, then what's the point?!...it IS just a big hard drive if all it's gonna do is "sync" (another word for download/upload/transfer).

Sheeeez. This is pretty lame if I can't stream. My local iTunes manages my 3 iOS devices just fine via "sync" thanks.
 
nemaslov said:
HEY!

You are NOT downloading the song files on your other devises so you don't need a lot of storage space- [robaly just the song names. . You are just playing those songs you already own at home on your computer. The cloud stores the music. That same friggin one copy of Free Bird is for all those millions of people who want to play it.
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So if I don't have access to wifi or 3g on my iphone then I essentially have no music on my phone?

If I have some songs synced on my iphone but play the rest from the cloud do I know where the song is being played from?
 
nemaslov said:
NO those files don't live on your devise they live on the cloud. You "play" from the cloud.
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You are wrong. Where are you getting this information from? There is no streaming, no "playing" from the cloud. iCloud is simply storage, so it's music that you have access to and by "access" they mean you can download them.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
Cap.

I honestly call this DOA because we have to pay a $25 a year label tax. Compared to Google Music same 20k worth of songs is 100% free. Apple we have to pay $25 a year to have access to the same songs we already paid for.
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Boy are you going to be surprised when Google Music goes out of beta.
 
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