If I subscribe to Apple One will the Music that I have in iTunes Match disappear when I am enrolled in Apple Music? When I search or make playlists on my phone which library is it drawn from? What if my playlists include songs that are in my iTunes Match but not in Apple Music? This seems anything but "one".
Mac mini, macOS 12.1
Hi,
If you subscribe to Apple one, the features of iTunes Match are included in Apple Music. Both use iCloud music library. The change should be seamless. After you subscribe to Apple one, you should turn off iTunes auto renew and allow it to expire in due course.
Jim
Hi,
If you subscribe to Apple one, the features of iTunes Match are included in Apple Music. Both use iCloud music library. The change should be seamless. After you subscribe to Apple one, you should turn off iTunes auto renew and allow it to expire in due course.
Jim
Well, you say "seamless" but the last time I bought a new iPhone 11, I was automatically enrolled in a free trial of Apple Music and all of my playlists and iTunes match songs were not available on the phone. I only got them back by cancelling the membership and waiting for the free period to expire. So, I would say not "seamless". Maybe this has been fixed, but I am hesitant to lose my music that I have been paying $26 annually to preserve. And why has iTunes not run and been replaced with Music on my new mac mini if I am still paying for iTunes Match? I am so confused.
Hi,
If you already have iTunes Match, your music on your computer will already be in your iCloud music library. Changing to Apple one should not have any impact on your existing library. I can’t comment on your sync to your iPhone but as it use iCloud music library, this should match what is on your computer.
Jim
Thanks Jim,
I also found that I needed to Authorize my new mac. That's a whole other story, apparently I had 5 previous macs already authorized and had to actually unpack them from storage to deauthorize.. Digital life can be frustrating at times. I still have not seen proof that my music won't go "poof" if I start Apple Music. Is there any way to archive it all to a backup disk like I could in iTunes? I just can't take the risk.
Hi,
Apple music or iTunes Match does not use iCloud. It uses iCloud music library.
Turn on Sync Library with Apple Music – Apple Support (UK)
Jim
hmmm, when I sign into iCloud, I don't see a music library. Or anything like iTunes or Music. when I click on the bar showing storage, there is no mention of music files.
Does iTunes Match go away if I subscribe to Apple One?
