iTunes Match Reverted ENTIRE Library Back Four Months!
I purchased iTunes Match when it first came out. I tried it and did not like it. I turned it off after a few weeks. Today I turned it back on to give it another shot after being talked into it by a friend... and it completely reverted my playlists back to the way they were months and months ago, when I turned Match off. I have done massive library work since then and I am looking now at either restoring my library from Time Machine, or re-doing the work I've done.
WHY would turning iTunes Match on not UPDATE iTunes Match with my current iTunes status instead of restoring my iTunes to some previous point??? Suddenly I have 40 playlists back which were deleted long ago, and lots of new playlists are missing. Playlist names have been changed. Songs I've placed into a handful of playlists now appear in none of them.
In addition, my iPhone 4S, despite still showing 'iTunes Match' as set to OFF, has been completely rewritten with my iTunes Match library, meaning all the playlist changes I've made (synced with iTunes) over recent months are gone there as well. What is the purpose of the "ON/OFF" switch for iTunes Match on this device if it pays no attention?????