Anyone else either doesn't have iTunes Match, or is under NDA. Just like you are. So are you in breach of an NDA or are you just trying to stir things up?
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'iTunes Match' Allows Both Streaming and Downloading of Music
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Anyone else either doesn't have iTunes Match, or is under NDA. Just like you are. So are you in breach of an NDA or are you just trying to stir things up?
Come down from ur high horse, like anyone actually follows those "rules"
And to answer the question. Depends on how large ur collection and how fast ur connection is. Friend said it took him an hour for 23 GB
I think its awesome for me in UK.
I have over 50 gigs of music so Ill be able to stream everything to iPhone. I am on Three and I use more than 2 gigs of internet a day (over 70 gigs a month- this is what I call truly unlimited). I pay 25 a month.
I just hope that iPhone 5 will have HSPA+ because I want to use max speed of my network.
I have over 50 gigs of music so Ill be able to stream everything to iPhone. I am on Three and I use more than 2 gigs of internet a day (over 70 gigs a month- this is what I call truly unlimited). I pay 25 a month.
I just hope that iPhone 5 will have HSPA+ because I want to use max speed of my network.
The CRTC and Canadian producers are so ass backwards that you will probably never see a service like this. They don't even allow streaming radio like Pandora.
Even if they did allow it they would probably force apple to automatically replace 30% of your library with Celine dion and Nickelback
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Originally Posted by lukecro
What if you have over 25,000 tracks in iTunes - can you pay extra to "iTunes match" the extra tracks?
Yes, Apple has different plans available.
What are they ?
Plans for 50'000 ? more ? any idea of the price yet ?
Do you really have more than 25000 tracks or are you just curious if Apple really have a plan for music freaks?
Whats the OP and what is it saying about more expensive iTunes Match plans for huger libraries (like mine 30'000) .. I would pay more without a problem to be able to use iTUnes Match for my entire library..
so thats why i'm that interessed in what you say here
Freaks ?
Well iPod Classic are made for 40'000 songs just in case ..
Call me freak if you want.. I'm old enough to have more than 29'000 songs in my iTunes .. and i like the idea to have them all safe somewhere !!!
So yeah, i really hope Apple comes with other plans for freak like us !!!
But it doesnt. I have an us account but its asking me for an US credit card + now i get a new window saying the dev beta is full for now and they'll roll out more over the next few days
I don't mean that in a bad way
I am just afraid that "average" approach to iCloud might be insufficient for people who stretch the boundaries of what we think is a soundtrack of our lives.----------
Seems to work for this guy:
This is what I was waiting to hear. If I can stream music to my device, I'll gladly pay the premium. iOS devices don't nearly have enough space for all the content in most people's libraries.
Glad to say I've successfully managed to register for the iTunes Match service even being out of the US (I'm in Singapore!) I can confirm that it asks for a US credit card but it will charge your account balance (as it did with mine) if you have sufficient to cover the costs of the service. I am neither a Mac or iOS developer and obtained the beta software through a alternative source. Also, it seems registration has been closed as I got the same message you did when I turned off and on the iTunes Match service (just exploring
)Can't say it's been very impressive though, it managed to 'match' a amazing *gasp* 280 songs out of 1188 songs from my VERY mainstream library. (Coldplay, Leona Lewis, U2, Lady Gaga etc.)
Attached is a screenshot
I do hope this is a 'beta' thing because the service needs alot of polishing before it can be released to the public.
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I still would like to have a question answered that several people posted already:
Say you have 20,000 songs of varying quality. You get iTunes Match. You delete your hardcopies, maybe download some, but mostly stream. Then your iTunes Match subscription runs out. Does anything happen to the files you saved to your hard drive? Do you still have access to the ones from the store you did not download again?
I still would like to have a question answered that several people posted already:
Say you have 20,000 songs of varying quality. You get iTunes Match. You delete your hardcopies, maybe download some, but mostly stream. Then your iTunes Match subscription runs out. Does anything happen to the files you saved to your hard drive? Do you still have access to the ones from the store you did not download again?
For what it's worth, Nickelback hates CanCon rules... or at least the main guy does.
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Any surprise that even when not first apple does it much better than the competition
Any surprise that even when not first apple does it much better than the competition
The files you can physically keep. (I downloaded a song from Coldplay and obtained a real 256kbps AAC .m4a file in my Finder which I could send to anyone and otherwise use in any way I liked with no difference at all from a regular mp3 file)
If your subscription ended and you still had songs in iCloud (i.e. you did not download them), you will lose all access to them and not be able to download or stream it.
And that's why I'll be in line (metaphorically speaking) when this comes out. I've used a few streaming apps, have no problems setting up VPNs, forwarding ports, etc etc to get them working but will glady pay for the (apparent) seamless integration with my iTunes library and the iPod app on my iOS devices. I'm perfectly capable of coming up with a free solution (or at least cheaper) but it appears as if this will be considerably better.
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That Is why you can download or stream.
Apple - Best of All Worlds
Apple - We Think So You Don't Have To
Frankied22 said:
That Is why you can download or stream.
Apple - Best of All Worlds
Apple - We Think So You Don't Have To
So just so I read that correctly. You had your original Coldplay file (what was it originally, mp3?). You set up iTunes Match. You deleted the file from your computer (did it show up with the cloud icon in itunes then?). Then you downloaded the file and you found an AAC file in finder?
