A multi-faceted music subscription service offered by Apple.
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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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Songs available in iTunes match is different to Mac
When I update iTunes match on my Mac it tells me 8,257 songs are available in iCloud. My Mac's and iOS devices all have 8,238 songs.
• A smart playlist of "matched" plus another one of "unmatched" ...
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Why is “recently added” playlist under iCloud control empty on iPhone?
The playlist "recently added" is a smart playlist (created by iTunes) and lists quite some songs in iTunes on the Mac. The library is kept in the iCloud by iTunes match, so the songs and the playlists ...
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How to replace mp3 files with m4a versions in itunes?
A few points before I get into my question/issue:
I am not looking for a way to convert file formats.
The library and all music is located on another Mac on the local network (so it is not indexed ...
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If I authenticate a second iTunes can they browse and watch movies I've bought?
I would like to authenticate my sibling's iTunes on his mac so he can watch movies I've bought. I know if I authenticate his iTunes I can copy a file over that I've bought and he'll be able to watch ...
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Spotlight search iTunes Match
Back before I used iTunes Match, I enjoyed being able to search my library via spotlight. Now it seems that this doesn't work anymore. I guess this is because the music is not stored locally, but ...
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Why does iTunes Match hang on Step 3 on files it has already processed?
I recently loaded a few hundred files into iTunes, and it's going through the paces of matching and/or uploading those files. But I've run into a problem, the process becomes stuck on Step 3 and never ...
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Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length
Using iTunes match, my collection seems peppered with songs that cut out before their full length.
An example: A song would be 5 minutes long, the song timer would show it as being 5 minutes long, ...
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Can I limit the amount of space itunes match uses on my iphone?
I have an iPhone running ios 6.1.2. I use match frequently, and I notice that from time to time it will completely fill up the space on my iphone. This tends to cause the phone to run very slowly ...
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iTunes App Doesn't go to Previous Track
I have a 64GB iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.3. I'm using the iTunes app to listen to music and have iTunes Match set up. I've downloaded about 2GB of music onto the device.
My problem is that when I ...
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How to prevent songs from getting uploaded with iTunes match?
Is there a way to manually exclude songs from getting uploaded to iTunes match?
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Make iTunes Match “recognize” that I have restored music files that had been deleted?
When I first matched my library with iTunes Match, I wanted the extra space on my SSD, so made a duplicate of my C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\ folder and backed it up to an external ...
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How to sync Itunes podcast subscriptions between macs?
I've just got a new MBP.
I've set up iTunes Match and all my music is magically available.
But what about podcast subscriptions?
Is there a way to sync podcast subscriptions between iTunes on ...
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Is there a way to get Smart Playlists to work with iOS and iTunes Match?
I'm an iTunes Match subscriber, and since I signed up, Smart Playlists haven't been working in conjunction with my iPhone.
I have several Smart Playlists and each one has a song limit.
On my iPhone, ...
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How can I backup my entire iTunes Match library to an external disk?
My built-in SSD is relatively limited when it comes to storing all my media files, which is why most of my iTunes library lives in the cloud via iTunes Match, for streaming on demand.
In the near ...
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Reduce iTunes match bitrate
I have iTunes match with a decent library (12k+ songs) on my Macbook Air.
I'm running out of free space on my SSD and noticed that the size of my library has doubled since I signed up for iTunes ...
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How can I get my entire iTunes Match-based music library to appear on my iPhone?
I have about 12,500 tracks uploaded to iTunes Match. From my desktop and laptop, everything works great. I can see the cloud-based tracks and play them. I can download them to my machines.
When I ...
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iTunes Match restarts on step 3 when trying to upload files
When I add new songs to iTunes and Match needs to upload them (on step 3), it restarts back to step 1. So it gets stuck in an infinite loop by reaching step 3, trying to upload but failing, then ...
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If you temporarily unsubscribe from iTunes Match, will your track list be deleted?
What happens if you (temporarily) unsubscribe from iTunes Match? Will your library (i.e. the list of all your tracks that Apple stores on their servers) be deleted, or will it only be disabled until ...
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Is there a way to force iTunes to reset volume levels for audio tracks?
I have around 17000 tracks and I think quite a few of them are leveled improperly, is there a way to have iTunes do it again?
I have iTunes Match, is this going to cause problems?
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iTunes Match uploading slowness with eventual error -9810
After several weeks now and still in dialogue with Apple third tier support still haven't resolved an upload problem, can anyone help?
I have around 12,500 tracks out of which iTunes Match found ...
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Unknown Error Occurred (-54) Enabling iTunes Match
I just added my Apple ID to a new MacBook Pro and tried to turn on iTunes Match. This is the error I get:
The only info I can find indicates this is a connection error, but I can connect to other ...
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On iTunes for Mac, download all music from iTunes Match
Is there any way to download all of my iTunes Match music in one go on iTunes OS X?
I've tried selecting all then clicking the little iCloud Button.
I've also tried generating an Automator 'Watch me ...
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iTunes Match: What do these symbols mean in iTunes?
I've noticed that on some compilations I own, the following can be seen:
According to this question the two symbols mean "Duplicate" and "Available for Download".
Why would iTunes do this? It ...
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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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iTunes Match: download on mobile device
I am considering buying and using iTunes Match. Is it possible to configure which songs will be available as a cached download on my mobile devices? It so, how? As a smart playlist or via "download ...
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iOS music replacement apps for iTunes match and dock connector for car radio
My holy grail right now is an iOS music app that meets these two criteria
Supports iTunes Match
Works with my car's Made for iPod radio
Currently, I am using "Track 8", which supports iTunes Match ...
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Can I delete my audio collection after syncing it with iTunes Match?
About a year ago I switched over from using iTunes to Rdio. It's been fantastic. Since everything is in the cloud, I can simply "add" albums to my collection rather than having to go through the ...
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iTunes media quality and DRM? [closed]
Finally iTunes Store has come to Russia so I have multiple questions that I can't find the answers actual in Q4 2012 and I pretty new to some special Apple services.
Which quality have media ...
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iTunes Match looping step 1 (Mountain Lion)
I upgraded my MacBook (mid 2010, 13.3in) to Mountain Lion, and ever since then iTunes Match has been stuck on Step 1: Gathering information about your iTunes library. It will fill up about 60% of the ...
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Fails to upload song and starts back at Step 1
I just added two songs to iTunes. They are long songs (60 minutes long) and are about 150 MB each. (The iTunes Match limit per song is 200 MB.) I added them to iTunes, and when Match tried to upload ...
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How to make sure album art shows up everywhere (Mac & iPhone) while using iTunes Match?
What's the correct way to manage album art while using iTunes Match and have it show up everywhere?
I've noticed that, typically:
When iTunes Match correctly applies album art in iTunes, it only ...
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Will using iTunes Match with a large music library use up all the storage space on my iPhone?
I have 100 GB of music on my MacBook Pro and I have an iPhone 4. If I sign up to iTunes Match will all this music flood my phone?
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What is the process when you listen to a song with iTunes Match?
yesterday there was a problem with Itunes Match. I wanted to listen to songs from my iTunes Match with my iPhone and nothing was happening.
Nothing was happening either when i wanted to listen to ...
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Does iTunes in the Cloud/iTunes Match have any effect on syncing ratings between devices?
With iTunes Match, I tend to pull songs down to either my phone or my Mac whenever I feel like listening to them, and delete them from the device afterwards at will. What's the story, then, with play ...
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Purchase iTunes Match in countries that do not have it?
Can I change to the US store in iTunes and purchase iTunes Match and then after the sync switch back to Swedish store in iTunes and still have access to iTunes Match?
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Using Itunes Match as backup
I have a dilemma, I have over 80GB of music on my computer and I want to free up some space. I am looking at using iTunes Match as storage for my music instead of having it on the laptop but I have a ...
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ITunes Match: syncing smart playlists that reference other playlists
ITunes tells me I cannot sync a smart playlist that references another playlist, but combining playlists is how I like to shuffle my music. I especially like creating individual playlists with "last ...
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Signing up to iTunes Match in a country that doesn't have it
I am really digging Apple's iTunes Match and would love to get it. However, I am living in Sweden where you can´t subscribe to it at the moment. I have found that there is a workaround for it, by ...
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accidentally deleted entire iTunes Match music library - is there a way to recover?
I'm slightly panicking here.
I don't keep local copies of songs in my iTunes library, instead streaming them on demand via iTunes Match, to save space on the SSD drive.
In certain situations such as ...
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iTunes Match “upgraded” one of my songs with a glitchy version. Now what?
I signed up for iTunes Match. It matched most of my songs and uploaded the rest. I was playing one of my favorite songs and discovered it has a glitch at 21 seconds in. It is consistently there, even ...
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How do I use Automator to add files download via Transmission to iTunes?
Here's the setup…
Computer A
- Running Transmission
- placing files in a Dropbox folder
- Uses iTunes Match to load music from Computer B's iTunes library
- Is always running
Computer B
- Shares ...
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iCloud Why Are Some Album Tracks Uploaded Instead of Matched
I know that iTunes Match is still in its infancy, but I'm having a weird occurrence. Most of my tracks are ripped from my CD collection.
Albums that were all ripped in one batch, some of the tracks ...
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High quality music in iTunes Match
I have some very large, high quality music files that I have downloaded from other services (e.g. Beatport) and these files are 1411 kbps, or about 10 MB per minute of music.
I have been considering ...
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How can I get explicit versions of songs from iCloud?
I use iCloud / iTunes Match and have just discovered that all my lovely songs with explicit lyrics have been replaced by versions with clean ones. In some instances it's fine, and it doesn't bother ...
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iTunes Match turning off occassionally
I am experiencing weird problem with my iTunes Match subscription. Ever since upgrading to iOS 6 my devices spontaneously turn off iTunes Match this happened twice so far:
First shortly after ...
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Why is my iOS 6 device missing all iTunes Match playlists?
After upgrading to iOS I don't see any iCloud playing list in my iPhone.
The lists are OK in iTunes on my two OS X devices but not on the iPhone.
In the Music settings:
iTunes Match is switched on
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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 fix songs still waiting in iTunes Match?
I've recently refreshed my iTunes library and, as a result, decided to delete everything in iTunes Match and re-upload just to make sure it's all current and correct. It's a large library (nearly ...
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Is iTunes Match supposed to slow my phone down so much?
Ever since I enabled iTunes Match, I feel like Music.app on my phone has become somewhat unreliable, and cumbersome at best.
When polling for the full list of artists or albums (much less songs), it ...
