With the newly launched iTunes Match, “Apple has finally made it so that all your music can truly be synced on all your devices (well, up to ten of them), whether the music was bought on iTunes or not,” Michael Muchmore reports for PC Magazine.
“From the early days of just being able to sync a device to one computer, we’ve progressed to a much happier situation in which we can get all our music from multiple devices and computers,” Muchmore reports. “And the absolutely unique capability of not requiring you to upload all your music has Google and Amazon beat on at least this one measure, not to mention that you may get higher sound quality than your original copies.”
Muchmore reports, “If having high-quality versions of your all music available to you on multiple iTunes-capable devices is important to you, as it is to me, iTunes Match is one of the best 25 bucks a year you’ve ever spent. It’s the final, and critical piece of iCloud’s music services.”
Read more in the full article here.
Anybody know how to access your music on another computer? I figured out how to do it on my iDevices, but not my work Mac.
Anybody?
As long as your logged in the same account on both computers and updated to 10.5.1 with iTunes match turned on it should show up. Mine does.
Does your work Internet proxy block iCloud?
my work blocks “stores” so I can’t validate my me.com account.
Make sure your work itunes is up to date and you are signed in with the same itunes name/password.
Have you logged into your iCloud account on your work computer?
It is not the final piece to iCloud, but it is crucial.
So when will iTunes Match be available outside in Canada?
“Muchmore reports, “If having high-quality versions of your all music available to you on multiple iTunes-capable devices is important to you, as it is to me, iTunes Match is one of the best 25 bucks a year you’ve ever spent.”
But it’s NOT high-quality is it, it’s average quality; high-quality is starting at 320Kb and going up to lossless.
I have 9000 tracks in iTunes at the moment, and I’m constantly adding more from ripped CDs, and they’re all 320Kb, aside from a couple of hundred d/loads at 260Kb.
I don’t want a lower quality version on other devises, I want the same quality, so Match isn’t a ‘match’ at all.
I agree. I rip CDs at 320 kbps, so I don’t want worse sound quality with them. Of course I buy from iTunes at 256, so I’m ok with that quality but wouldn’t want to go backwards on the rest of my collection.
iTunes Match does 256kbps tracks. You seem happy with 260kbps tracks (that you downloaded). I’m confused where the problem is? Is it that 4kbps difference that makes all the differene for you?
320 kbps is nothing but overkill, not one person can say they hear a difference between that and 256 kpbs, you’re a liar if you say otherwise. It’s like printing at 600 dpi instead of 300dpi, no visible difference, just a false sense of security masked in an unnecessary larger file.
Just because you and I can’t hear the difference doesn’t mean others can’t. Are you saying that everyone’s hearing is the same? Have you conducted scientific double blind tests on a large enough sample size to prove conclusively that no human can hear the difference between 256 and 320? If not, then you are just speculating.
No what I’m saying is…if you’re going from 96 to 256, there is a clear difference. Going from a high bit rate to begin with to the next highest, there’s no way a hands down difference. I implore you to prove differently.
Well, I have 5300 songs that are getting a nice upgrade. So, I’m loving it.
Do you expect everyone to be as elitist as you? Just because you eat better dog food, you expect others to follow in your footstep? Stop nitpicking over tiny details.
I like it, but how private is this stuff and will Apple block what you upload? Now this is just a theoretical question.
What if you recorded some farts and loaded them in iTunes. Added your custom tags and images. Will this be okay with Apple? Does Apple screen every file you uploaded somehow?
Do you worry that Russian spacecraft are going to crash on your house, too? Sheesh. It’s iTunes MATCH, not iTunes SPY. And I seriously doubt even Apple can find a match for your fart recordings, so they won’t be uploaded.
This is the company that reviewed, approved and allowed the selling of the original fart app that you’re talking about here.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
AWESOME. Got my reel to reel tape ready to go. 🙂
Ha ha
I have iTunes music, imported from CD music (mine & friends) and stuff I downloaded. Looking both ways. How will iTunes match effect me? Am I going to get into trouble? Is there a real or imagined risk?
You and all of your friends will have your hard drives wiped by remote control over iCloud by the iTunes police.
The $24.95 for uploading or matching recognized tracks was AAPL’s way of getting you…er…file sharers amnesty with the labels.
That would be one risk mitigated — they can’t nab you for possession of stolen goods (illegal downloads).
It kinda strikes me like when the mafia started declaring income without saying how they got it — the gov’t couldn’t nail them for tax evasion, and it laundered a portion of their funds for legit use.
Supper snappy. I am excited.
I was so excited by iTunes Match until I discovered that once you implement it, you can’t sync your music the old-fashioned way. I’d love to be able to occasionally download a song or two on the fly from the cloud, but other than that, I want to control what I sync. Like Rorsharch, I have tons of 320Kb music (23,500 songs). This collection takes up more than 170GB, way more than can fit on my 32GB iPhone. I need to have very granular control of what goes on my device, and even though I can control what is on my device in iCloud, I don’t have the same level of control that I have with USB/Wireless sync. I know that you can do an iCloud sync, turn off match and then sync as before, but once you do that, anything you synced manually gets erased when you turn match back on. I was really looking forward to this, but now I don’t think I want to use it.
that’s an impressive collection, does your musical taste actually span that wide or are you just going for the world largest collection of music?
I just buy lots of CD. I have 1337 albums, all ripped from CD. My musical taste is 80% Classic and alt Rock, 10% jazz, 10% classical
Here’s what I did:
Turned on iTunes Match on the computer
Let it do its thing
Turned on iTunes match on my iPhone
Let it do its thing (it erased my library)
Turn OFF Wi-Fi Sync on my iPhone
Tun OFF iTunes Match on my iPhone
Hooked it up to iTunes via USB and synced.
My library was imported back like it was before.
Turned iTunes Match back ON on my iPhone
Turned Show All Music ON on my iPhone
I did this because today while driving through BFE, I decided to listen to Henley’s “I Will Not Go Quietly” via Match.
took forever to download, and then the next song started, but when I tried to play the song BEFORE it on the album (How Bad Do You Want It?), it was not loaded and played the wrong song.
I decided I wanted my old library loaded with the ability to load songs that weren’t on my iPhone on the fly.
This seems to do the trick.
Who can answer this?
Apple wants $132.60 to upgrade all of my previous DRM purchases through the iTunes Plus link on the iTunes home page.
Wouldn’t iTunes Match allow me to do the same thing and replace my purchased tracks with DRM-free versions for only $25?
Hey Scott,
Where exactly is that “iTunes Plus link on the iTunes home page”.
If you launch iTunes, do you go to the iTunes Store? I’m curious!
Peace,
Joe
On the iTunes Store Home Page under Complete my Album on the right hand side.
Wow! I see the “Complete my Album” page, but I don’t see a place where it gives a bottom line price to convert all of my DRM purchases to DRM-free purchaces. Sorry for being blind.
actually, it should be a serrate list showing the count of songs you can upgrade to in iTunes+.
I haven’t seen that on either of my accounts in awhile, so either they quit doing it (I doubt) or mine are all updated as much as record companies will allow and it doesn’t show up unless you have songs to convert.
Maybe…..
Wish I could include a screen shot.
Mine breaks down as 429 songs, 1 album and 3 music videos.
Just a fraction of my 10,627 songs in my iTunes library but I never felt like paying for the songs twice and the DRM never really got in the way. But if I can upgrade those and some of the music ripped from cd for $25, it seems like a deal.
Just wondering why iTunes Plus even exists anymore.
Maybe you don’t have any older DRM songs that require upgrading.
Checked the Complete My Album and it says I have 592 offers. Too bad albums aren’t priced at a point that I would consider. Usually only care for a few singles off any particular album.
I have my iPhone home iMac and office iMac all in sync through iMatch…works great and worth the money for sure! Just make sure you have the new iTunes 10.5.1 version on all iMacs and use the same Apple ID.
I’ve seen MacWorld articles on how to upgrade your lower bitrate tracks to the 256K. Create a smart list for these tracks, delete them, and then reload them from the cloud.
Sounds fine, except I don’t want to lose my history, custom images, etc. Would anyone know if the re-downloads come with the play history metadata, or would I be looking at a virgin history again?
I love it. It’s great to know that my entire music collection is “up there” and that I can download what I just want to listen to at a given time while saving space on my Macs and the iOS devices. Awesome.
Read this article for very THOROUGH details of iTunes Match:
Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes Match
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-itunes-match/