I tried testing out the new iCloud today. Purchased an item on the iPhone in iTunes. No automatic appearance on my MacBook Pro. Conversely, did the same by downloading a song on the MacBook, but no automatic appearance on the iPhone. All software is up to date, am I missing some kind of activation on my macbook?
Macbook 2GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Check your iTunes preferences and make sure you have Music, Apps, Books (if desired) checked. You should be signed in with the same accounts on all devices.
Check your iPhone settings and make sure you have the identical things checked in the "Store" settings.
If you are outside of the US, then you currently will not have access to automatic music sync, as it is only available for the US iTunes Store.
Are your specs accurate? Mac OS X 10.4.9?
You need Mac OS X 10.5 at a minimum to install the iTunes 10.3 beta.
Sorry, no. I am running 10.6.7 and just updated iTune today to 10.3. iPhone is also up to date. Using the same iTunes account on both. I just checked my phone again and the item I purchased on my mac is now appearing, however the two pieces of music I purchased on the iPhone are not appearing on the MacBook Pro in iTunes. I tried purchasing it again on the MacBook and it does recognize that I already purchased it, but it is not showing up in itunes anywhere (not in purchased items, not in the library). Another interesting development is that the pdfs and books in iBooks has appeared from the iPhone to my Macbook perfectly fine.
I am wondering if this is a beta glitch. If it is users should have a place to quickly voice problems other than the slow support routes.
Thanks for your replies!
Lisa, When you click on purchased, look at the bottom right of the window for a link to "Download previous purchases". You can also get to the same place by clicking "Purchased" under the Quick Links at the top right of the iTunes Store home page.
Yes I have looked at this and the two purchases in question do not show up in previously purchased on either the iPhone or the MacBook. They are in the music library of the iPhone. This seems to be definitely a problem of it syncing to the cloud from the iPhone to the Macbook. I have even tried apps now as well and they sync via the cloud from the Macbook to the iPhone but not from the iPhone to the Mac.
I am also wondering now if it has something to do with the iPhone setup. I have it set to manually manage music and apps and am wondering if I will need to change this the next time I plug in my iPhone?
Lisa Douthit wrote:
...I have it set to manually manage music and apps and am wondering if I will need to change this the next time I plug in my iPhone?
Worth a try.
Not working for me, either. And plus, the song I bought and downloaded on my iMac is distorted! UGH.
Well...maybe it just needed to sit a while. I plugged the iPhone in to sync then went away from both he computer and the phone. Came back later and tried downloading a few more items to the iPhone and they all appeared on the mac instantly. The two original songs I downloaded are still on the phone but not the computer, but they were free test items anyway and not crucial to have. I can always download them again.
Thanks for everyone's thoughts!
Do we know when this will be available outside the US?
I am in Canada
Thanks
I updated iTunes and after doing so if imported someone else's library under "shared" to my macbook pro.
I have no idea who this person is.
Unable to delete it.
Any suggestions?
I'm assuming compatibility on iPhone 4 is only for GSM models? I do not see the options under 'Store' settings on my VZW iPh4.
thanks
Jim
I can see my purchases, as well as the link to "purchased" in tunes, but when going there it only shows items WERE downloaded, there isn't an icloud link at the bottom of the page as the instructions state there are. I recently had a lot of music disappear, and went to redownload, but can't. I've got 10.7 and am current on my itunes as well. Any ideas? There isn't any sort of download to get icloud is there? Thanks
Are you looking for these pruchases on a mac or a mobile device? These will look different on each.
I am not 100 percent sure this is true, but I did hear Apple reset iCloud services on the 22nd in preparation for iOS5. This is understandable given that they are getting ready to launch this and new products hopefully very soon.
As far as I can tell currently iCloud beta is working properly when I purchase things, they are syncing to my other devices. However, I have not recently tried re-downloading previously bought materials.
iCloud Beta not working
