Can anyone please tell me what this symbol means?
Match has been working for me for over a year, but recently both the macs that I use have this lighning symbol in the cloud next to the Music playlist in my Library.
I am using iTunes 11.0.5 on OS X 10.8.4
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, 13" Late 2011 8GB RAM
That means there is no connection to iCloud.
That means there is no connection to iCloud.
That's strange, because I do seem to be connected. (I am certainly connected to the Intenet, and I have tried rebooting my cable modem and AirPort in anticipation of this answer.)
If I click on the symbol, it briefly goes stripey and I can see a blip of communications with one of the iTunes/Store servers. It just as quickly goes back.
If I select Update iTunes Match, all appears to complete normally.
(I have also tried resetting the iTunes Store cache and restarting the Mac, but nothing changes...)
I would guess either iTunes in the Cloud is down for you or you are having an internet connection problem.
I think it must be an account problem of some kind as there's no obvious issue with any other app. Time to speak to Apple.
That is strange. Stranger still, I have seen a few similar posts today. Apple recently updated iTunes to address issues with iTunes in the Cloud. Have you updated yet?
I'm using iTunes 11.0.5 and just started seeing this issue.... Last night I updated another machine to iTunes 11.0.5 and Match was working fine.
Hoping it's server side and will come back online soon.
It was the same before and after the upgrade to the latest version.
According to the release notes for the update it seemed to be fixing some problem with wrong tracks when getting them from the cloud. I'm pleased to say that I didn't experience anything like that.
iTunes match is down for me as well. I am getting the same issue as OP. Using iTunes 11.1 Beta 2 (I am a registered developer).
Edit: Only on iTunes it seems. Streaming from my iPhone works perfectly.
Maybe a regional issue????
Perhaps. I am am currently located in Arizona. Are others having issues in this region?
There's a continent and an ocean between the two of us - so I would say that rules out regional 🙂
EDIT: I forgot to say iPhone and iPod are fine for me too.
Message was edited by: Bernard Harte
Does it work on any of your other devices? (if you have any)
I'm in Colorado and it's working on my iPhone running iOS 7 b6
I am in Pittsburgh and seeing the same thing. iTunes match won't work on my iMac or my MBA, but works fine on my iPhone.
Mine was working on my iPhone (but not on my laptop or my work iMac), and then I needed to do an update under another AppleID. So I signed out of my AppleID and into the other and then back. And now...iTunes match is broken on my phone. This is pretty frustrating!
iTunes Match Cloud with Lightning
