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Q: I need a short version explanation of ITunes Match. I've had it then discontinued it and I don't have a reason for either.have

I need a short explanation of ITunes Match. I've had it, then discontinued it, and I don't have a reason for either. I have an IPhone (2) MacBook Pro's and an IPod.

I am a music lover with a about 1500 song library. I don't know if it necessary for me. I need examples.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), early 2011- 4GB DDR - 2.3 GHz I5

Posted on Feb 13, 2015 10:09 AM

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Q: I need a short version explanation of ITunes Match. I've had it then discontinued it and I don't have a reason for either.have

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Feb 13, 2015 10:13 AM in response to gf raines
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    Feb 13, 2015 10:13 AM in response to gf raines

    It's simply a cloud based version of your music library from which you can play your music without having to store it on your iDevice. Should you lose your disk-based music files, then you have a cloud backup. If you don't have a reason to have it, then don't bother with it. You'll save $25 per year by not using it.

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Feb 13, 2015 10:17 AM in response to gf raines
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    Feb 13, 2015 10:17 AM in response to gf raines
  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Feb 13, 2015 10:24 AM in response to gf raines
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    Feb 13, 2015 10:24 AM in response to gf raines

    iTunes Match is a way for you to store Music online so that its available to all devices as long as they have internet access.

     

    More about iTunes Match

    https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/itunes-match/

     

    How iTunes Match works.

    iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 43 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud.3 And for the few songs that aren’t, iTunes uploads what it can’t match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library). Even better, all the music iTunes matches plays back from iCloud at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality — even if your original copy was of lower quality.

    Once your music is in iCloud, you can play it from any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud and tap to play to it. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you play or download is stored on your device. Tap the iCloud download button to download music from an artist, album, or playlist. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without having to worry about the storage space on your device.

     

    https://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/