Level 2

188 points

Turn off iTunes Match Permanently, and....

I do not like the way iTunes match works, so i am discontinuing service. I went into my account and turned it off, downloaded all 15,000 songs and thought I was done. But the iTunes match seems to want to keep doing something.....it still periodically goes through it's whole sync process (where the icon spins next to iTunes match, it goes through the three steps. It is not uploading or anything (to the best of my knowledge)...how to i get rid of it. And the cloud is still next to my music category...HELP!!!! I'll pay another $25 to get rid of it!

Steve

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 12 GB ram, iPad, iPhone 4s and etc.

Posted on Apr 27, 2012 7:46 AM

90 replies

Aucaman

Level 1

9 points

Jul 24, 2012 10:39 AM in response to attheEndsofPuto

I did the same thing (turned it off) quite sometime ago. ITunes match is for the birds!

Cali41

Level 1

4 points

Sep 8, 2012 7:42 AM in response to Rod_V

Bless you, Rod...been having so many issues and you fixed it. I owe you

Oct 15, 2012 7:38 PM in response to Wallter Wait

Nicely said. I'm so SO happy to get rid of it.......... sort like a bad relationship.

mracole

Level 4

1,102 points

Oct 25, 2012 4:19 PM in response to musiclover408

In the main library view, show the Artist and Album fields - sort by Album. This will keep compilations together as they were on the CD.

Oct 26, 2012 12:08 AM in response to mracole

AHHH... Thank you so much for that tip!! Worked perfectly.

I hope it has helped out others too who were very frustrated by that!!

Nov 4, 2012 2:22 PM in response to Rod_V

🙂------> and Thanks! Now that was super helpful to me as I didn't know about that feature. You are a great help.

Nov 30, 2012 8:20 AM in response to Michael Allbritton

I checked my store settings and iTunes Match is not on. But I have these iCloud icons beside some of my libraries. Does this mean anything?

narkurs

Level 1

10 points

Jan 11, 2013 12:52 PM in response to Rod_V

Great advice. I want to do it but 'turn off itunes match' is not active in the store drop down.

any ideas?

SBTJ13

Level 1

6 points

Jan 28, 2013 2:45 PM in response to Rod_V

You rule! After 1.5 hours of looking on every blog and google result, you provided me with the simplest and best of answers. Top stuff!

narkurs

Level 1

10 points

Feb 20, 2013 7:10 AM in response to Rod_V

Thanks Rod, have done that. Will see what happens next time i make an iTunes purchase...

ldm1473

Level 1

0 points

Mar 5, 2013 3:47 AM in response to Steven Wilson

Every time I try to turn off iTunes Match, iTunes crashes. Can anyone at iTunes turn it off for me?

ldm1473

Level 1

0 points

Mar 5, 2013 3:47 AM in response to Rod_V

Every time I try to turn off iTunes Match, iTunes crashes. Can anyone at iTunes turn it off for me?

Mar 5, 2013 4:04 AM in response to ldm1473

This is a user-to-user forum. No one from Apple participates. However, turning it off on the server side wouldn't help you. Try holding down the Shift key while clicking it off.

ldm1473

Level 1

0 points

Mar 5, 2013 4:09 AM in response to Michael Allbritton

Thanks!

Mar 9, 2013 8:54 PM in response to Michael Allbritton

Won't let me :turn off" only gives me the option to "turn on" Match even though it is already on --HELP- Message to Apple/Cloud -- it doesn't work so please turn it off!!

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