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Uploaded iTunes Match Songs Inaccessible for Some Users

Oh good, so it wasn't just me having the issues. Just got a new Mac Mini for work on Thursday and I noticed any uploaded songs that I tried playing through iTunes Match wasn't working. Everything still works on my iPhone though. Tried everything and it still wasn't working, so at least it's now a common issue.

More than likely it's whatever the connection between our computers and the servers that hold the uploaded files is causing the issue. Since it works fine with the iOS devices, it's more than likely that connection between iTunes and the hosting server.

Just hoping it gets fixed soon so I can have access of my entire music library at work without having to bring my MacBook that has all of my music on it to work. That was the point of me getting the Mini, so that I didn't have to bring my MacBook into work.
 
My wife had this problem on her phone today.
The workaround I found to work was, on your phone, to go to

Settings->Music and turn off iTunes Match then
Settings->General->Usage and delete the Music app storage. Then back to
Settings->Music and turn iTunes match back on

this made it pull all of the music back and it has been working flawlessly so far.

I did not have a problem on my phone. Just hers. Both 4S's, but I am on the latest 5.1 dev build.
 
Same here; playback on iTunes on my Mac just skips the Uploaded songs whereas my iPhone/iPad play them back no problem...

Peace said:
Having the same problem.

This combined with the whacky genius on the Apple TV tells me the engineers are making some changes to iCloud.

Kinda weird because it works fine on my IOS devices.
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The picture for this story made me sad in remembering there won't be another Apple event with Jobs and that his last keynote was for something that is somewhat forgettable in Apple's history. :(
 
Ya know, iTunes Match would be SO much better if it offered the functionality of Amazon's Cloud Player -- you pick your songs and upload them and then they're available.

Apple has been far too "fancy" with this product and as a result, it just doesn't work as it should. If Steve were still alive, he'd be walking the halls of Apple with a katana right now slicing and dicing everyone responsible for iTunes Match.
 
Currently cannot play any music videos from iTunes Match on my iPhone 4S, iPad2 or Apple TV. Have just messaged Apple through the Express Lane Service. (iTunes UK)
 
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My expierence with iTunes match is this. Creat a playlist on my pro. It'll sync between iPad and iPhone beautifully tap the little cloud next to download all. Get in my car start to play the playlist and find out half the list has been censored. A couple emails to apple. And I get 5 free song tokens and a we are working on a fix.
 
Glad I am not alone

Of my 9,750 iTunes matched songs, over 450 are affected by this. I have tried deleting some of these songs from iCloud, but they don't go away.

Strange thing is: I can download some of these affected songs on my iOS devices, but cannot download them on my MacPro in iTunes. Also, some songs I can play (being streamed) in iTunes, but downloading fails.

Fortunately for me.. I have backups of ALL my songs.
 
Swift said:
My iMac is 3 years old, and it loves Lion. You mean older.

Five year-old machines were made in 2007. My old Macmini is that old. All the machines weren't 64 bit then. A 32-bit machine can't fully use Lion, and that's the truth.

On the other hand, Windows will run on anything, but who cares?
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Yeah, but both my 5 year old macs run Lion with no issues.
 
I'm hoping this "cloud" stuff blows away in the next few years as memory becomes cheaper to put into devices so we can store whatever we need. Cloud has two main purposes: help limited-memory devices be able to have greater function and to keep control of copyrighted property. The control of copyrighted property can become overbearing if they wish it.
 
Lesser Evets said:
I'm hoping this "cloud" stuff blows away in the next few years as memory becomes cheaper to put into devices so we can store whatever we need. Cloud has two main purposes: help limited-memory devices be able to have greater function and to keep control of copyrighted property. The control of copyrighted property can become overbearing if they wish it.
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I agree. Cloud is important, but not for this.
 
Lesser Evets said:
I'm hoping this "cloud" stuff blows away in the next few years as memory becomes cheaper to put into devices so we can store whatever we need. Cloud has two main purposes: help limited-memory devices be able to have greater function and to keep control of copyrighted property. The control of copyrighted property can become overbearing if they wish it.
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How about things like conveniently accessing all my music from anywhere with an internet connection (or heck, simply if I have my phone with me - which is nearly 100% of the time)? Or manufacturers utilizing a cloud-based ERP solution that frees them from requiring a dedicated on-site IT staff or particularly modern hardware and developers able to push out multiple updates everyday that take immediate affect with no local installation necessary and bears no disruption to their workflow, or saving progress/character customization in a game at home, going to a friends house, bringing absolutely no equipment with me, and retrieving everything as it was as if I'd never left my house, or being able to play any modern high-end PC game on my laptop at home, or on my tablet or phone while on vacation half-way across the country, maintaining the same progress no matter where I am, or accidentally leaving my phone somewhere I can't remember and remotely tracking its location and locking it down until I get there, or telling Siri to remind me I'm supposed to stop by a neighbor's house, then grabbing my iPod Touch, go out for a jog with my dog, and having it alert me so that I remember to stop by while on my route, or editing any part of a reminder/event/appointing and having it sync to all my device with no extra effort on my part?

Cloud computing bears a lot of potential, IMO, and I don't agree to view it with such a limited perspective.
 
Why iCloud?

I am not new to computers or Apple products (I have used and owned them for twenty years). At home, I have an extensive network for Apple, TiVo, and FiOS equipment. Not meant as any kind of a boast, just part of the geek in me as well as I enjoy the conveniences and benefits a "wired home" provides. Having said that, why would I ever want to participate in Apple's iCloud? Maybe the difference is that only about .05% of my music was purchased from iTunes. As desired, I can put my music on my i "pods", "pad", and "phone" as needed. The shuffle holds 700 songs, more than I can care about when going out for some exercise. Along comes the iCloud, placing Apple, as a single point failure, in the middle of all participants' use of their music, sucking up bandwidth to stream and re-stream that music over and over again. So, you buy the music, you pay to host it on the iCloud, and you pay for the use of bandwidth for them to stream it back to you. I wrestle now with controlling my sarcasm. Sorry. But, I did an internet search on "cloud" computing and the iCloud and I could not find a convincing reason to participate and thus be engaged in issues as this message thread demonstrates.
 
toddybody said:
Does Apple allow folks to see WHAT will be matched before purchase?
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To put shortly, no, but anything that's sold in the iTunes Music store in your country will pretty much be matched. The only times I've ran into issues was when the time of the song in my library didn't match the time of the song in the store. That was usually solved by going under "Get Info" and adjusting the time to what the store has.

But other than that, if you have it and the store has it, there's a pretty high chance it'll be matched.
 
i have this exact same problem, but only with the iPhone 4s. i have a couple albums that it won't download to the i4. but it does on the mac and on the iPad 2. only won't download on the i4. strange right?

how you guys have fixed this? or its an iTunes bug or something?

but if it is an iTunes match bug, why i can download to the mac and iPad some albums but some on the i4 say error downloading ? it doesn't make sense
 
I had problems downloading a few songs on my iPhone and iPad. I thought it was just me, but looks like it is more widespread than I initially imagined.
 
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