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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

90 replies

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.

ray0603

Level 1

0 points

Feb 16, 2015 5:11 AM in response to Rod_V

Thanks.

This fixed the problem.

Mar 23, 2015 4:34 PM in response to JaBourg65

Thanks Ja that FINALLY did it for me...WOW that was a lot harder than it should have been.

Apr 26, 2015 8:48 AM in response to Rod_V

Thanks Rod_V... even after all these years Apple still hasn't improved the 'leaving iTunes Match' experience... 😠

Jun 21, 2015 5:36 PM in response to iHATEiTunesMatch

THANKS! This totally worked for me.

ghozali

Level 1

4 points

Jun 30, 2015 2:53 PM in response to Rod_V

Unbelievable, a 2012 solution to a problem, still applicable now. I am growing my like into Apple product, but this is making me cringe a bit.

EJALEX

Level 1

0 points

Jul 4, 2015 11:06 PM in response to Rod_V

Thanks Rod, you are the Genius not Apple. Your solution works!! Too bad Apple representatives are pushing product more than solutions. Thanks.

Jul 12, 2015 9:16 PM in response to EJALEX

Hello all,

I am not sure about Rod's solution works with new iTunes.

Yose 10.10.4 has different interface or I am stupid.

Who knows how can remove Match - let me know please.

Thanks

Aug 4, 2015 3:11 AM in response to Aucaman

it worked

thanks dude

Aug 8, 2015 3:52 AM in response to Rod_V

Thank you, this worked well.

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