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RTW's Author

Level 1

45 points

iTunes Match horribly slow lately?

I have been an avid user of Match since its rollout.

Usually, when I add an album to the cloud, it takes all of 1 minute to do.

But this week (though possibly longer, as I haven't been adding much lately) it can take up to 20 minutes to match an album.

It gets through the "gathering info' stage fairly quickly but when it gets to matching the progress bar stalls.

I find it unbearable. Is this a problem with Apple's servers? In other words, is this a widespread problem, or is it just me?

At this rate I'm ready to unsubscribe.

RTW

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jan 30, 2014 6:18 AM

64 replies

Nov 14, 2014 5:26 AM in response to Yver22

Updating iTunes Match on iTunes is very slow, but there's also a syncing issue with the Music app on iOS 8. My iPhone 4S shows new albums I added right away. My iPhone 5 with iOS 8 still doesn't show them 12 hours later. My usual solution is restarting the iPhone 5 or checking/unchecking iTunes Match in the Settings app.

JoeS77

Level 1

10 points

Mar 5, 2015 1:22 PM in response to RTW's

I am having the same issue for about a month now. I have also noticed that there is a noticeable gap between some songs. It's very irritating with albums with songs that intentionally are suppose to have zero gap and run one after one.

Jun 18, 2015 5:09 PM in response to RTW's

So I've read several replies to this discussion but where is there if any tech response to this?😠

Jul 16, 2015 6:46 PM in response to RTW's

Quit sticking your head in the sand, Apple. Itunes match is HORRIBLE!!!! In fact, let me offer you a remedy: look at your watch and realize that it is time to fix this horrible program.

iTunes Match horribly slow lately?