I have a little more than 10,000 songs on my iMac and am considering getting iTunes Match because I only have a 16GB iPhone. The problem is that the iMac is a family computer and I would not really want all of the songs to show up in my iPhone. Is there a way to choose which songs show? I still am not sure how exactly iTunes Match works so a brief explanation would be helpful too. Thanks!
Here is what Apple says about How iTunes Match Works:
How iTunes Match works.
iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 43 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud.3 And for the few songs that aren’t, iTunes uploads what it can’t match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library). Even better, all the music iTunes matches plays back from iCloud at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality — even if your original copy was of lower quality.
Once your music is in iCloud, you can play it from any of your devices. Just browse the complete list of all your music stored in the cloud and tap to play to it. You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you play or download is stored on your device. Tap the iCloud download button to download music from an artist, album, or playlist. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without having to worry about the storage space on your device.
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GB
Can I pick and choose what songs show on my iPhone when using iTunes Match?
