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Rfraze
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Q: What if you have more than 25000 songs

What if you have more than 25k songs for iTunes Match? Does it not accept the other songs?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Sep 2, 2013 12:38 AM

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Rfraze

Q: What if you have more than 25000 songs

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  • by itzaferg,

    itzaferg itzaferg Jan 4, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Rfraze
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    Jan 4, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Rfraze

    Here is a really simple solution that I use for my Library of over 25,000.

     

    First of all, iMatch does not count "Voice Memo" media, so I had to make decisions on what songs I want to have available for all of my devices.

     

    What I did was cange the media setting to my least favorite songs in my library to "Voice Memo"

     

    I religiously "Rate" the songs in my Library. 5 are my favorites, then 4, then 3. Everything under 3, I really do not listen to.

     

    So I started with changing my 1 and 2 rated songs to "Voice Memo"

    - Select songs, Right Click and Select Get Info

    - Under Options Tab, go down to Media Kind and change from Music to Voice Memo. Hit Ok.

    The song file will still play in your local Library fine. These file will just not be uploaded to the Cloud.

     

    I also set up a Smart Playlist with the settings:

    • Media Kind / Is Not / Voice Memo +
    • Media Kind / Is / Music

     

    This allowed me to quickly see how many songs i would be uploading to the Cloud.

     

    If this doesn't get your # of songs down, then I started picking off Categories that I didn't want to upload. Like my library of Soundtracks or Jazz.

     

    Best of luck.