iPad no iTunes: will iTunes Match sync iPad <-> iPod music?

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iPad no iTunes: will iTunes Match sync iPad <-> iPod music?

I'm discussing the iPad-only option with a friend whose MacBook has expired. His email, browsing, RSS, reading needs are well-covered by the iPad. His photo management/sharing will probably be covered by Web Albums HD for Picasa.

His iPod music exists on his iPod Nano 3G and on Macbook backup drive. I do not know of a way to manage music/playlists on iPad which can be directly sent to iPod. But iTunes Match looks like it might work to sync iPad and iOS iPod.

Backup? Say both iPad and iPod are stolen. Can user restore his content from iTunes Match?

Posted on Nov 24, 2012 2:12 PM

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Jimzgoldfinch

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Nov 24, 2012 2:48 PM in response to Steve Darden

Hi,

I though you needed to have iTunes on your computer to subscribe to imatch?

See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914

Jim

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Steve Darden Author

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Nov 24, 2012 3:13 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thanks Jim, I agree. To get him started I'll connect his backup drive to one of our Macs, boot from the backup. I just read these two articles - it appears this will work for him, including the backup-in-the-cloud:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1163658/itunes_match_what_you_need_to_know.html

http://tidbits.com/article/12702

Steve

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Nov 25, 2012 12:09 AM in response to Steve Darden

Hi,

Thanks for a couple of great articles which covers most common questions posted on this forum.

Will you friend still will still have iTunes Match on his MacBook? He will need this to manage his iPad and iPod!

Jim

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Steve Darden Author

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Nov 25, 2012 12:52 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

No, his MacBook is dead-dead. The question is can he go iPad-only with no Mac iTunes support.

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Nov 25, 2012 2:17 AM in response to Steve Darden

Hi,

If he wants to keep itunes match, he will still need to connect to itunes and subscribe to imatch on a computer.

Not sure what happens if subscription is still current but I would have thought he would still have access to match until subscription expires.

Otherwise, I understand that he would be able to manage his ipad without a stand alone computer.

jim

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Steve Darden Author

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Dec 1, 2012 8:44 PM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Well, he doesn't have iTunes Match because he will require a Mac to do the the upload. That's his problem - dead Mac. I'm willing to do the upload for him but cannot take on responsibility for making a standalone iPad replace a Mac.

I've decided to recommend that he be conservative - buy a base level Mac Mini.

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