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Q: I don't currently own a computer. How can I upload the stored music on my phone to iTunes Match and have it removed from my phone storage?

I don't own a computer.

At this point, my music is only on my iPhone.

I subscribed to iTunes Match hoping that it could sync with my phone and take all my music and put it on the cloud.

I can't seem to figure out a way to make this happen without a computer.

 

Thanks

iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on Mar 15, 2016 10:34 AM

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  • by Jimzgoldfinch,

    Jimzgoldfinch Jimzgoldfinch Mar 15, 2016 10:39 AM in response to nate.mizelle
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    Mar 15, 2016 10:39 AM in response to nate.mizelle

    Hi,

    You need a computer you use iTunes Match. If you purchased the music from iTunes store, the music will already be in the cloud.

     

    Jim

  • by nate.mizelle,

    nate.mizelle nate.mizelle Mar 15, 2016 10:47 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch
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    Mar 15, 2016 10:47 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

    So if all of the computers/hard drives that this music is on were destroyed - is there any way to get the music from my phone to a computer? Or to the cloud?

  • by Jimzgoldfinch,

    Jimzgoldfinch Jimzgoldfinch Mar 15, 2016 10:52 AM in response to nate.mizelle
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    Mar 15, 2016 10:52 AM in response to nate.mizelle

    ITunes match scans the iTunes library on a computer to determine what tracks can be matched or needs to be uploaded. Once the scan is completed, you are able access music on iOS devices.

     

    Jim

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Mar 15, 2016 10:56 AM in response to nate.mizelle
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    Mar 15, 2016 10:56 AM in response to nate.mizelle

    No. Anything on your device either originates from some Cloud service and it is assumed you can re-download from that source, or if it came from a computer it can be transferred from the same iTunes library.  An iOS device is really secondary.

     

     

    As for computers:

    Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss.  To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.

     

    Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201267 - "This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store." As of iOS9 it no longer does apps which now must be re-downloaded directly from the Store.

     

    For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software.  See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991  Even this method may not fully recover what you had in the library originally. For example if in order to save space when syncing you had converted music files to a lower bitrate, or photos to a lower resolution, it is those lower quality files you will recover.

     

    If you subscribe to Apple Music, tracks which are not part of content you have purchased or uploaded cannot be transferred and have to be downloaded directly from iCloud.