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I used iTunes Match. What happened to my own music library from my CDs? How do I retrieve them? Apple has pride itself, since its founder's days to be inventor of apps and devices that are really intuitive and easy to use, from the questions and confusion regards this service, obviously it has deviated big time from the design values of the founder, its really a shame :(
iPhone 8, iOS 13
Hi,
This is a link to Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support.
Note Specifically:
"About iTunes Match
iTunes Match uploads your music library from the Apple Music app on your Mac or iTunes for Windows on your PC. Then you can access your music library on all of your devices that have Sync Library turned on.
To subscribe to iTunes Match, update your Mac to the latest version of macOS. On your PC, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows.
iTunes Match isn't a back up service, so make sure to always have a back up of your music collection before you make any changes."
Jim
Hi,
This is a link to Subscribe to iTunes Match - Apple Support.
Note Specifically:
"About iTunes Match
iTunes Match uploads your music library from the Apple Music app on your Mac or iTunes for Windows on your PC. Then you can access your music library on all of your devices that have Sync Library turned on.
To subscribe to iTunes Match, update your Mac to the latest version of macOS. On your PC, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows.
iTunes Match isn't a back up service, so make sure to always have a back up of your music collection before you make any changes."
Jim
Hi,
Your own music should still be on your computer unless you opted to delete the original so that you could stream from iCloud library. Did you make a backup of your music on an external drive?
If you still subscribe to iTunes Match, you should be able to redownload matched or uploaded tracks to your computer if necessary.
Jim
This is the problem, when I subscribed to iTunes Match, the idea was to stream from cloud so I could play from multiple devices, and save storage space, when I stop subscribing to the service, there was no reminder or warning that personal data uploaded on the cloud will be deleted along with stopping the subscription, so now I have to grapple with the fact that my music data is forever gone. Is this intuitive?
If you stop paying for a service you can expect to lose the benefit of it, you shouldn't need an additional warning. If your subscription lapsed within the last 30 days you may be able to retrieve your content by resubscribing to iTunes Match. I would contact Apple Support and check.
tt2
I am not trying to be argumentative, I subscribe iTunes Match many years ago, do you think I will remember this? At the point of cancelling subscription, do you have a similar warning message?
iTunes Match Confusion
