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Steve Schwartz

Q: Does match automatically delete songs from device that are uploaded?

I don't want that!!! I use my iOS devices on planes all the time - i guess I need to keep match off on them? Did I make a mistake here? I have no need ot save space on my devices, I really just wanted to use this as an auto sync/auto backup method for music.

 

Thanks for any advice,

 

Steve

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 7:45 AM

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Q: Does match automatically delete songs from device that are uploaded?

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jun 15, 2012 9:05 AM in response to Steve Schwartz
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    Jun 15, 2012 9:05 AM in response to Steve Schwartz

    When you first turn on iTunes match on your device, it will replace any music that you have synced from your iTunes library on your computer with the iTunes match service. After you have initially set up iTunes match and started to download tunes to your device, iTunes match will not delete them and it will leave them where they are.

  • by Steve Schwartz,

    Steve Schwartz Steve Schwartz Jun 15, 2012 10:13 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jun 15, 2012 10:13 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    So wait - are you saying that when I first turn on match, things that exist in the cloud or are uploaded from my library are deletd from my computer, and the only way to get them back is to redownload them?

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jun 15, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Steve Schwartz
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    Jun 15, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Steve Schwartz

    Sorry, I assumed you were talking about using iTunes Match in conjunction with your iOS device. Once you activate iTunes match on your computer it will try to match as many tunes as it can and then upload the remaining tunes to the cloud, after it is finished, you can then begin to use iTunes match, it will not delete any of the tunes from your computer unless you do that manually.

  • by Steve Schwartz,

    Steve Schwartz Steve Schwartz Jun 15, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jun 15, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    Thanks for the continued help - if I turn on match on the ios devices, will it automatically delete from them - as I say I want everything there to use on planes. Also the download of an opera would chew up data plan ...