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Ipadsoil
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Q: If I turn off auto renew on iTunes Match, will I lose the songs in my music library that I have copied from cd's (not downloaded from iTunes)?

If I turn off auto renew on iTunes Match and do not re-subscribe after a year, will I lose the songs in my music library that I have copied from CD's (not purchased from iTunes0?

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 7

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 9:39 AM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Jan 19, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Ipadsoil
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    Jan 19, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Ipadsoil

    You shouldn't lose anything unless you have music stored in the Cloud that you did not purchase from Apple and you have deleted from your computer because you were relying upon Match to have it.

     

    Just to be sure, always make sure you have a complete backup of your iTunes folder at all times just in case something surprising happens (like your hard drive crashing).

  • by Ipadsoil,

    Ipadsoil Ipadsoil Jan 19, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Limnos
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    Jan 19, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Limnos

    Thanks for the response.  I'm in the process of rebuilding my music library on a new desktop after my old computer crashed and unfortunately, I did not have it backed up.  I did have iTunes on my ipad so I was able to sync/transfer to my new desktop, but only the songs I had purchased from iTunes transferred over, not the songs I had copied from CD's, etc.

     

    I've been trying to find out how to sync my ipad completely (purchased and copied music) with the desktop and have read several help topics on syncing to no avail.  Seems like you can only sync completely when you are going from desktop to iPad and not reverse.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jan 19, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Ipadsoil
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    Jan 19, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Ipadsoil

    Ipadsoil wrote:

     

    Thanks for the response.  I'm in the process of rebuilding my music library on a new desktop after my old computer crashed and unfortunately, I did not have it backed up.  I did have iTunes on my ipad so I was able to sync/transfer to my new desktop, but only the songs I had purchased from iTunes transferred over, not the songs I had copied from CD's, etc.

     

    Don't you have iTunes Match?

    Just redownload everything, including RIP'd CDs.

     

    You can get everything off your iPad.

    -> Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device

  • by Ipadsoil,

    Ipadsoil Ipadsoil Jan 19, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Jan 19, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Chris CA

    I didn't have iTunes Match when my computer crashed, purchased since.  Thanks for the article reference.  Am hesitant to turn on Match on the iPad as it warns you that your library will be replaced and I do not want to lose what is currently on my iPad (all those songs copied from CDs).  I've slowly been trying to replace and recopy cd music now that I have Match on my desktop.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jan 19, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Ipadsoil
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    Jan 19, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Ipadsoil

    Turn off iTunes Match on yoru computer, import the music from your iPad (using the link above) then turn on iTunes Match on your computer to get everything into the cloud.