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Steven Wilson Author

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

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Rod_V

Level 1

5 points

Posted on May 3, 2012 11:02 PM

Steven,

I decided to stop using iTunes match also. I couldn't find a way to stop Genius from forcing its way onto my iPhone and iPad. Then I found this in Apple's Terms of Service:

You will not be able to disable Genius while using iTunes Match, so if you prefer that we do not collect and use information from your iTunes library in this manner, you should not use iTunes Match.

They should have also added "and force you to view Genius Mixes above all your playlists and not allow you to delete them" also. Anyway, that did it for me. So here is how I disabled it and what worked for me:

Step 1: Turn off iTunes Match on your computer
(iTunes: store > Turn off iTunes Match).

Step 2: Turn off iTunes Match on all your devices
(iPad: settings > music > iTunes Match [off]).

(iPhone: settings > music > iTunes Match [off])

Step 3: Sign off of your iTunes account
(iTunes: store > sign out)

Step 4: Disconnect your iPhone and/or iPad if they are connected to your computer. Then reconnect.

(Now you see the Sync Music dialog back and you should no longer see the iCloud message).

Sync away and enjoy your new found freedom.

Hope this helps.

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Apr 5, 2013 9:27 AM in response to TaraLeeSav

Have you tried signing out of iTunes?

Jim

Apr 5, 2013 11:09 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

@Jimzgoldfinch Yes I tried signing out of itunes. A couple of times actually.

Jul 12, 2013 9:30 PM in response to Steven Wilson

iTunes Match is a joke. A POS piece of software. Morons wrote it and anyone who uses it is a pretty stupid as well. The programmers should be fired and exiled to TimBukTu. The worst POS SW ever.

Oct 27, 2013 5:15 PM in response to Steven Wilson

thanks Rod. you are a champion. i hated it

Nobilee

Level 1

4 points

Feb 2, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Rod_V

Thank you!

Aug 27, 2014 10:43 AM in response to andrewfromjoplin

Thanks Andrew form Joplin. That worked like a light switch for me. I had used itunes match until it had expired. My problem was a bit different in context.