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wcjulyan
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Q: I can't get iTunes match to work on my Apple TV (3rd gen).

I signed up for iTunes Match after iOS 7 and iTunes Radio came out.  It says it should work on Apple TV by selecting Music->iTunes Match but when I try that it shows nothing available in the library.  I have over 3000 songs in my iTune Match and can play them back on my other Apple devices.  I have a 3rd generation AppleTV with the latest software update. What am I missing?

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Posted on Sep 28, 2013 10:12 AM

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Q: I can't get iTunes match to work on my Apple TV (3rd gen).

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  • by wcjulyan,Helpful

    wcjulyan wcjulyan Sep 28, 2013 10:31 AM in response to wcjulyan
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    Sep 28, 2013 10:31 AM in response to wcjulyan

    Got it to work!  I signed out of iTunes store and then signed back in again and then turned iTunes match on in settings.  Now my iTunes Match songs show up under Music in my Apple TV.

  • by RolloTomasi,

    RolloTomasi RolloTomasi Nov 27, 2013 9:51 AM in response to wcjulyan
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    Nov 27, 2013 9:51 AM in response to wcjulyan

    Thanks, after spending hours trying to find a solution, this simple fix worked (I think I had a similar issue before).  Just log out of the iTune account on computer and then log back in.  I did the same on my AppleTV.  Presto!  My iTunes library in the Cloud showed up under Music.  Looking forward to enjoying the music.

  • by larsodin,

    larsodin larsodin Dec 10, 2013 6:47 AM in response to wcjulyan
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    Dec 10, 2013 6:47 AM in response to wcjulyan

    Thank you * 10.

    Was driving me crazy before I found your solution.

    Signed out from iTunes on ATV and back in. Works perfectly.

  • by als92,

    als92 als92 Dec 28, 2013 4:46 AM in response to wcjulyan
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    Dec 28, 2013 4:46 AM in response to wcjulyan

    Just got an apple tv and was really struggling, something simple worked a treat!!

  • by RogierJ,

    RogierJ RogierJ Jan 2, 2014 1:52 PM in response to wcjulyan
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    Jan 2, 2014 1:52 PM in response to wcjulyan

    Same problem (only purchased music shows up under ATV3 music) but unfortunately the mentioned solution isnot working for me. Logged off and on a number of times, but still no matched/uploaded music available...

     

    Anyone else an idea? Thanks!

  • by als92,

    als92 als92 Jan 2, 2014 2:03 PM in response to RogierJ
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    Jan 2, 2014 2:03 PM in response to RogierJ

    You need to have signed up to iTunes Match, £21.99 for a year and it's the only way to upload your own music to the Apple TV as I found (well the most simple way anyway!!), make sure you upload all the music from iTunes to the cloud. When going on the Apple TV sign out then in again and your music should be there :)

  • by RogierJ,

    RogierJ RogierJ Jan 3, 2014 7:37 AM in response to als92
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    Jan 3, 2014 7:37 AM in response to als92

    Apologies, I probably should have mentioned this to start with but I have a subscription to iTunes Match. And actually on my Apple notebook it works all fine in iTunes (including all artwork and what have you) but it just does not feed through to my ATV3, which I do not understand. In that context I have already tried logging in/out a number of times, and that unfortunately did not work. But thanks for trying to help me, really much appreciated!

  • by catmankee,

    catmankee catmankee Feb 5, 2014 6:41 AM in response to wcjulyan
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    Feb 5, 2014 6:41 AM in response to wcjulyan

    Thanks a lot! It worked for me.

    But, to be exact, I didn't logged out and back in on my ATV. I selected my Id under "settings -> iTunes Store -> ID Apple" and deleted it, then I added it again. It then asked me to save my password, I choosed to activate iTunes Match and, then, in "Music" it took a couple of minutes, in "My Music" to recreate library.

    And voilà! Now I have my 8000 songs on ATV just like on iPhone, iMac and MacBook Pro.

    Thanks a lot for the hint.

    Have a nice day, you all!

  • by Italian Dave,

    Italian Dave Italian Dave Apr 2, 2014 3:29 PM in response to catmankee
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    Apr 2, 2014 3:29 PM in response to catmankee

    Thank you catmankee - after a frustrating half hour, that worked for me too!

  • by catmankee,

    catmankee catmankee Apr 2, 2014 4:56 PM in response to Italian Dave
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    Apr 2, 2014 4:56 PM in response to Italian Dave

    You're welcome, Italian Dave .

    Prego, di nulla

  • by Apple a day,

    Apple a day Apple a day Aug 27, 2014 7:27 PM in response to wcjulyan
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    Aug 27, 2014 7:27 PM in response to wcjulyan

    I got it to show after going into settings and then selecting restart (which restarts the tv), then it showed up right for me (no log out and back in) in the music it had a iTunes Match option

  • by Drew Cottrell,

    Drew Cottrell Drew Cottrell Feb 26, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Apple a day
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    Feb 26, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Apple a day

    I got this to work by selecting "check for rentals" in iTunes settings, no need to sign in and out or restart.

  • by Apple a day,

    Apple a day Apple a day Mar 26, 2015 8:12 PM in response to Drew Cottrell
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    Mar 26, 2015 8:12 PM in response to Drew Cottrell

    I tried that again today and that did not work, what did was daron_ post onDec 28, 2014 12:17 PM iTunes Match won't stop loading on Apple T.V. iTunes Match had been stuck for the last few months even through the recent iOS updates