Questions tagged [itunes-match]
A multi-faceted music subscription service offered by Apple.
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Apple Music "share song" not showing up when I have the same song on my local library on macOS Big Sur
How can I share the link of a song to a friend when I have the exact same music (matched) in my library?
The "share to" button simple does not show up.
As an example:
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Does Apple Music include FULL iTunes Match functionality, or not?
I've been unable to get a simple, clear conclusive/official answer to this question:
Does Apple Music truly include all of the feature set of iTunes Match?
Bonus question below.
My situation:
I am a ...
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iTunes Match and Apple Music interfering with eachother
I have iTunes Match and I have got 6 months of Apple Music for free. But now when I try to play a song on an album that is also on Apple Music it will fail after 15seconds. I tried everything from ...
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How to update Tag Data using itunes match?
I have a lot of music files, and the tag information of some music files is wrong or missing.
I tried to use itunes match to match these music files, the effect is good, they are displayed as "...
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Playing iTunes library songs on HomePod with Siri
We've had a lot of problems over the years trying to play music via Siri on our HomePods. I have iTunes Match, and virtually all of the music is in my account. It used to be that saying "Hey Siri,...
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Music app is stuck forever on Loading Cloud Music Library
I subscribed to iTunes Match, but either Music or iTunes got stuck forever on loading.
If I remember correctly, in this Apple/iCloud account, I had a lot of music on Match (around ~2000).
What can I ...
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How to stop iTunes on my PC to upload random picture on my iTunes iPhone?
I download a lot of music from my PC iTunes to my iPhone iTunes. On the PC you have the option to choose the "Artwork" of each song you have on there, which I always personally choose, to ...
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Actual requirements for iTunes Match?
I decided that I want to sign up for iTunes Match. But I'm not sure how I can, or even if I can.
I visited the "Subscribe to iTunes Match" page on the Apple Support site and it says, "...
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Since the Apple Music and iTunes Store catalogs differ at times, do I need both services in order to more completely match my music?
I just noticed that some of my songs that Apple Music is marking as Uploaded rather than Matched, are actually greyed out on the album page within Apple Music. If I try to add these streaming versions ...
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How do I force iTunes Match to re-evaluate certain tracks
I have a little over 9000 songs. Between yesterday and this morning, iTunes Match is finally done evaluating and uploading songs, and it seems to have made a few mistakes.
If I show the iCloud Status ...
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How do I download songs in a playlist in Music?
I used to be able to download all of the songs in a playlist from iCloud at once in Music, but the download button is no longer showing in the playlist title area it used to. It does show next to ...
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Apple ID: how best to move iTunes match and Apple Music to a different Apple ID
I have two Apple IDs - from 2 different countries (one in EU, the other non-EU). Through a quirk of history one has iCloud 1(EU) and the other one 2(non-EU) has iTunes match and Apple Music, which I ...
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How do I "authorize this computer" with the latest version of Music (which doesn't have an Account menu anymore)?
When I try to download a file from the cloud (I'm using Apple's match/subscription thing) it just says
This computer is not authorized.
You must authorize this computer before you can use Apple Music ...
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Uploading from iPhone to iTunes Match Library
I have used iTunes Match for years to upload MP3s from my Mac to the cloud library. I then listen to them on my iPhone using the Music app.
But I want to know if there is a way to upload items using ...
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Mechanism to force iTunes Match to not match/upload tracks
I've been using Apple Music for almost ten years now, and for the most part, I have no complaints.
One issue I've run into though is iTunes Match will match a track, and because of the ever shifting ...
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Understanding the point of iTunes Match: Is it only a storage overflow concept?
I am only now switching to using Apple's Ecosystem for my music, and don't completely seem to understand some concepts.
I have played around with using iTunes to bringing an existing CD collection ...
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Music on iPhone not showing up in iTunes on macOS
If I connect my iPhone to my Mac via USB cable, iTunes launches and shows the iPhone icon in the toolbar. But if I click that, no content whatsoever is displayed under the "On My Device" header (...
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Can iTunes change metadata on the actual CD?
I used iTunes to rip a CD of a homemade audio recording of a friend. iTunes thought it recognized the CD but was way off (it guessed a lecture series about ancient history).
However, when I looked at ...
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Is it Possible to Delete Songs from iCloud without iTunes Match? [duplicate]
Edit in response to this question being a duplicate. This is not a duplicate as I am asking how to delete any song from any artist off of cloud storage, not just U2's Songs of Innocence. The link ...
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I need help signing up for iTunes Match
I have an older Apple laptop and want to load iTunes match. When following the directions the "Match" tab, trying to "Enable iCloud Music Library" or any other reference to the path that I can sign up ...
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How do you cancel 1000's of iTunes Match downloads on the iPad without swiping each one?
I accidentally asked iTunes to download all my music from match to the iPad. There are 2500+ songs in the queue now and they won't download before my flight tomorrow. The music downloads are blocking ...
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Is it possible to share files between iCloud Music Libraries?
Previously, my wife and I shared a single iTunes store account and had iTunes match. If I added music to my library from outside iTunes, she could see it in her library and download it to her phone.
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What's the difference between iTunes Match and Apple Music?
I currently pay for iTunes Match which gets me advertisement free streaming as well as a unified, cloud backed iTunes Library.
I don't understand how those existing features work with or against the ...
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iTunes 12.7 how to download all music from iTunes Match
Mac OS 10.13.4, iTunes 12.7.4
Somehow my music library has become screwed up, and almost all of my 28,000-odd tracks aren't where they should be (according to iTunes). I can create a playlist of all ...
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How to sync audiobooks using iTunes Match/iCloud from macOS to iOS 11?
I have a couple of audio books on my MacBook which I want to listen to on a Road Trip. I imported the files in iTunes and then changed the media type to "Audiobook".
Now they show up as an audiobook, ...
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Does iTunes Match just 'match' your library with songs in the iTunes Store?
I subscribed to iTunes Match a few days ago and it is obvious to me that it will not upload my entire library i.e. it only seems to be matching my library with songs only available in the iTunes store....
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iTunes Store Doesn't Recognize iTunes Library
About two weeks ago, iTunes stopped recognizing my iTunes library. I get this message when I go to either File → Library → Update iCloud Music Library or Update Genius:
There is no such option under ...
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Unable to download or stream purchased song from iCloud Library
I noticed an issue a few months ago that songs that had been uploaded to my iCloud Library (a feature of Apple Music) were occasionally not playing on my iPhone. Trying to download or stream the song ...
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Re-upload song to iCloud Music Library
There's a few songs that I've added to iCloud Music Library using iTunes on my PC but it seems that some of them didn't upload correctly because (1) they never play past a certain point on my iPhone ...
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Share only iTunes Match between two devices
My wife and I have separate Apple IDs, but all of our music is in my iTunes Match "account". Can I share just that between our phones, keeping everything else separate? We both have IOS 7 installed.
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Music missing from storage management
I am trying to purge the stored music on my iPhone 5s after canceling my Match subscription.
I've gone to "Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage > Music" to do so and I simply cannot find Music....
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iTunes Match Alternative ... or some way of implementing this
We’ve been using iTunes Match pretty much since the beginning, but recently my wife has turned it off and refused to re-subscribe. I’m fast getting to the same place. It just seems so unstable, ...
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Create a Smart Playlist for iCloud Songs that have been downloaded Locally
Is there a way to create a Smart Playlist in iTunes that will contain the songs in my library that have been downloaded locally? I have to reduce the bandwidth used at my job but I can download files ...
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Why is my iTunes Music app suddenly skipping every track?
I was listening to music on the way home today, and all of a sudden it wouldn't play the next track. On closer inspection it was skipping through every track, regardless of whether I had pressed play ...
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How do I put music not eligible for iCloud on my iPhone without turning off iTunes Match?
In short, I have an audio file that is too large for iTunes Match (This item is not eligible for iCloud), but I'd still like to listen to it on my phone. In days past I was still able to drag the ...
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iPhone Music app: music with an iCloud status of Uploaded can't be played?
I have a PC (running Windows) with a collection of MP3 files I ripped from CD. I installed iTunes (12.7.0.166) and setup iCloud Music Library, and it went through the uploading/matching process on my ...
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I cannot play music in the status "uploaded" in iTunes through iCloud (via Apple TV, iPhone, iPad)
I have a subscription to iTunes Match.
Recently, I think in the last week, I am not able to listen to the music that result in the status "Uploaded" , therefore is not matched.
Normally if I load a ...
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iTunes Match Songs Don't Appear on iPhone
My iPhone 5S says it has synced with iTunes Match but some music is missing from the iPhone. I have Show All Music turned on. Is there some way to debug what is happening?
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Remove all downloads from iTunes? (But keep them in iCloud)
I have a mixture of local music that I added myself to iTunes, along with albums added through Apple Music. Fortunately, iTunes recognizes this and allows me to “Remove Download” for the songs I added ...
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iTunes iCloud status: Uploaded
I subscribe to Apple Music (streaming) but not iTunes Match. I ripped a (somewhat rare?) CD, and was surprised to see its status as "Uploaded". Sure enough it plays on my other iTunes-enabled devices.
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How do I troubleshoot iTunes failing to add songs to my iCloud Music Library?
I want to add a couple songs to an iCloud Music Library playlist (in iTunes 12.6.1.25 on OS X 10.10.5), but the songs aren't in my iCloud Music Library:
If I right-click on the songs and select "Add ...
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What happens if you stop iTunes Match subscription?
If you cancel your iTunes match subscription, what exactly does happen?
Can you still download the songs you matched already, but cannot match any new ones? Or can't you download any song anymore? ...
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How to download iTunes song (via iTunes Match) using AppleScript
I'm trying to figure how to download the file for iTunes songs which are are not yet downloaded to my local machine (and reside in the iTunes Match Cloud) using AppleScript or any other library.
My ...
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How do I delete a song from iCloud?
I updated to iTunes 11.0.2 very recently, and I'm fairly certain this version specifically brought a change of wording regarding deleting songs from iCloud, and I'm curious if there's changed ...
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How do I mark songs as Explicit in iTunes to make them match correctly in iTunes Match
I have a few CD's that I ripped a while ago that are in my iTunes library, that have an explicit label. They play fine on my local computer.
The problem is, these ripped CDs are not marked as ...
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iTunes does not recognize folder structure when importing music
I have imported a lot of Music into iTunes in a folder structure:
<Artist>/<Album>/<Song>. Unfortunately iTunes has not recognized these information, so that now I just have a lot of ...
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iTunes Match music gone missing
I have been an iTunes Match for several years, since shortly after they introduced the service. Recently I noticed that entire albums were missing off my phone, or weirder still, that some albums ...
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Purchased Songs are not showing in iTunes, AppleTV or iPhone [duplicate]
Why are some of my purchased song not showing in iTunes, AppleTV or available to play or download to iPhone.
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Recently added songs do not finish playing on my iPhone 6 Plus
I just recently added several songs to my iPhone 6 Plus. Here is what I did:
Add songs to my playlist in iTunes in my MacBook Air.
Sync music to my iPhone 6 Plus
Problem:
When my phone is playing ...
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Some songs don't play in iTunes on macOS
Some of the songs in my iTunes library refuse to play. When I double click on them, nothing happens. When I play the song before it and then skip over to the next song, it actually skips the song and ...
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