The iCloud ate all my iTunes and won't give them back. Yes, I can download once song at a time but why should even music I loaded from my css be hijacked by iCloud? Any solution for this? APPLE please find a way out of this dilemma.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Do you know how to copy that music to your iPhone, the way things used to work, with the music actually residing on the iPHone and not requiring Internet (e.g. music not in the cloud)?
Yes, I canceled iTunes Match. I did so because I was tired of not being able to play music while on flights (no Internet is available on flights!). So, I just assumed that if I canceled iTunes Match, I would then be able to copy my music directly to my iPhone like things were before. BUT NO SUCH LUCK.
iTunes on my iPhone will only tell me that I canceled my subscription to Match and that I can sign up for it again in iTunes. When I connect my iPhone to iTunes on my MacBook, there is no option available that allows me to copy the music (which is still on my hard drive on my MacBook Pro, as far as I can tell) to my iPhone. So, now I can't play ANY music on my iPhone. I can't because I canceled Match and because stupid iTunes no longer copies music from the hard drive to the iPhone. (If this is possible, I have not figured it out yet.)
We have all been completely abused by Apple. They have taken OUR MUSIC that we paid for and manipulated things so that the only way we can access it on a device such as iPhone is if we pay for a Match subscription. Or, now, if we pay for a subscription to Apple music. I don't want to pay for any more subscriptions. I don't want to use Apple's cloud. I want my music back and I want it living on my hard drive and on my iPhone so I can listen to it without Internet access.
Apple! Are you listening?!
Are you using Apple Music? Do you have iCloud Music Library turned on on your device? If so, that is your problem - it is not related to iTunes Match:
Best of luck,
GB
The iTunes > Songs > Sort by the Cloud symbol > Control/click > Download suggestion works. YEAH APPLE. This is a major bug or I'll euphemistically call it a feature for you to be polite, is a big problem and it should be clearly said why this nonsense is going on - and HOW TO FIX IT. We (collectively on this forum) bought the music rights to use that music whenever we want to. American Law states (not to mention Australian Law - where I am from) that once you have purchased the rights, you have the RIGHT to use it whenever and wherever it is legal to use it. So by doing this "lets send it to the Cloud and give the 'user monkeys' some grief" you are breaking the Law. So in America, you could be sued by the users you stuffed with. Meanwhile in Australia, we have the ACCC, and they love going after "code monkeys" like you... Just fix it.
Sorry, but not understanding what you mean by "let's send it to the Cloud". If you are not using iTunes Match or Apple Music, then any music downloaded on your computer to your iTunes Library stays in your iTunes library until you "send it to the Cloud" (at which point, you risk losing the rights to the song because if it is yanked from the iTunes Store, you will not be able to download it again). However, as long as you have a copy of it physically in your iTunes Library on your computer, you own the music.
So, can you explain what you mean by it getting "sent" to the Cloud?
Cheers,
GB
On your iphone, go to settings, Music: Turn off everything! Turn off "show apple music" and iCloud Music library for sure. Go back to iTunes and App Store: turn off all automatic downloads. I'm not sure if all of this is necessary, but this is what I did. I think turning off Show Apple Music is the key.
Once I did this, I was able to sync my music to my phone the old iPod way in iTunes. I checked my phone by turning on Airplane mode and turning off wifi...I was able to play my own music without having to stream it!
That is correct. If you subscribe to Apple Music and have iCloud Music Library turned on, then you have to stream your music and create Offline Playlists in order to play music without a Wifi connection. That's how Apple Music works.
If you don't want to stream, then you should be using Apple Music. Simple as that:
Apple Music - Official Apple Support
Add music from the Apple Music catalog to your library - Apple Support
Add music from your own collection to your Apple Music library - Apple Support
Cheers,
GB
I have the exact same experience as timmccar - I had a vast library and at some point all my music that I had ripped from CDs, or purchased, appeared to have a cloud icon. I have everything backed up to an external HD and on a file server, however I really just want it on my computer. I don't want to have to download a song just to play it. *** apple?!?!?!
- judy
Are you using Apple Music?
GB
I have this same exact issue. I consolidated all of my songs into iTunes from several other sources for a reason. I wanted one access point for all of my songs. I regret ever using iTunes Match. The way that feature was sold to me was that it would make sure I was getting the highest quality version of each song in my library. I want immediate access to all of my songs from iTunes regardless if I'm connected to the internet or not. ...like it was before iTunes Match.
Please help understand how I can batch download every song in my library so I can continue to use iTunes for my music.
Thank you.
I have the same problem, I never had this on the PC never had music disappear or hard to find, I paid for it, I want to play it, and I spend 30min trying to get it back, not happy Apple . I called tech support, waist of time, could not tell me how to get the songs back, gave them 10 min of my time to fix this rubbish trick they install on the latest update, HOW ABOUT A STRAIGHT ANSWER APPLE, push this button or do this, not to mention the data I will use to get my paid songs back. Why did I not get the option to put on cloud, why did they choose for me ? Which oxygen thief created this stupid automatic cloud system without asking me "the user" Why do I see hundreds of people having to Google this , and still no simple answer, no easy way to fix, no easy way to remove, trying to push us in the the cloud to increase your profits and reducing the functionality of a simple thing like iTunes, You just made iTunes the worst media player I owen, and the most frustrating media player known to man, a big thumbs down to the special tech heads with their pants down for creating this one to increase profits, we all hate you. Turn a media player into a difficulty event, If I ever find you in a parking lot, I will park you in, see how you like it when simple things become complicated, when you are rushed for time ðŸ˜
I'm turning off Itunes and just using youtube, Im not going to buy the new Iphone, as I had the same problem on that too, im going back to the dark side - android - so ****** I spent over $5k on apple
Are you subscribed to Apple Music? Because if you are not, your music is not "in the cloud". Music that you purchase is downloaded to your computer. If you decide to remove that music but want it back at a later time, iTunes has created a "link" to that particular song or album in the iTunes Store. That way, iTunes knows that you have already purchased it, so you can then redownload it at no further expense. Any song or album that you have removed from your local iTunes library will display with a cloud next to it, indicating that it is linked to iTunes in the Cloud, and that the song or album can be redownloaded:
If you are using Apple Music, then by subscribing to it, you signed up for a streaming service, that also matches and upgrades any music in your iTunes library, then stores it all in the iCloud Music Library so that you can stream it to any device that is signed in to that iTunes account. You have to create offline playlists to be able to play the music without Wifi:
Add music from your own collection to your Apple Music library - Apple Support
If you are not using Apple Music, then you need to explain exactly what your specific issue is. This is a user to user technical support forum, and we can't help if you don't tell us what the problem is.
GB
To the original question posed in this thread the usual explanation and remedy can be found here:
Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash..
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How do I get MY iTunes back from the cloud
