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Q: Now that Apple Music is going to launch and offers pretty much the same service as iTunes Match. Whats the benefit of keeping an iTunes Match subscription?

What's the point of iTunes Match?

Posted on Jun 8, 2015 3:34 PM

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  • by W8less,

    W8less W8less Jul 3, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Keviloo
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    Jul 3, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Keviloo

    Q: "What's the point of iTunes Match?"

     

    A: it's cheaper ($25/y)*

     

    *it stores all your music, bought on iTunes or not, in the cloud (the "not" limited to 25k songs), plus synched to all your devices, plus ad-free radio stations - all these features are redundant with Apple Music.

    What you get for the extra $10/month is unlimited streaming of the entire Apple music collection, which you can also download to your own personal library.

    I really don't need that. But what I REALLY LIKE about iTunes Match is the back-up to my music collection. Last year my MacBook died, and I had to get a new one, and since at that time I DIDN'T have Match, I had to re-load the music from ALL MY CD's to get my old music library back. Very painful. But with Match it's stored in the cloud so that should never be an issue again.

  • by Brskiz,

    Brskiz Brskiz Jul 3, 2015 2:06 PM in response to W8less
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    Jul 3, 2015 2:06 PM in response to W8less

    It seems this is confusing people. Apple Music is a streaming

    Service. It's primary function is NOT storing your music since

    it's already part of the 30 millions songs. If you have a large

    music library and decide to ever cancel Apple Music, you will

    have no music library in the cloud. But iTunes match stores your

    music in the cloud irrespective of what you do with Apple Music.

    Two separate services that operate independently.

  • by RBed,

    RBed RBed Jul 21, 2015 2:48 PM in response to Keviloo
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    Jul 21, 2015 2:48 PM in response to Keviloo

    Main point for maybe continuing ITunes Match at least for now is that it holds YOUR music. This provides easy access to your music library from up to 10 devices (and acts as a sort of backup as well). Also Apple Music currently has huge holes is music missing. Try searching Apple Music  for The Beatles for example. You can have this music in iTunes Mtatch though if, for example, you transferred it from a CD.

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