Q: Has iTunes match gone haywire?
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Jun 30, 2015 1:53 AMby MaWiFra,I'll wait for today afternoon (CET)... hopefully this mess is only a result of the new streaming service and the adjustments on itunes match. If this problem still exists with 8.4, they have to be very fast with the fix. thinking of the wave of complaints after all had updated.
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Jun 30, 2015 1:54 AMby Brskiz,It seems we are all in agreement; our existing
iTunes Match libraries we have perfected over
years has been compromised as Apple tries to
improve our music experience. Should we not
want the new Apple Service, the integrity of our
Library as ITunes Match subscribers should
be that of what it was prior to this last week. It
might be that most of us will feel that our recent
Problems aren't worth the pudding of Apple Music.
Summarizing, all uploaded material by us loyal
ITunes Match subscribers have best be nice &
organized just as it was.
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Jun 30, 2015 2:04 AMby Mark Lawless,Do yourself a favour my friend - if you haven't checked your Apple TV, then don't - you'll just depress yourself.
I use the iPad for streaming music in the house, and an iPod with just favourites on it for the car. I have my full library of about 14500 songs on iCloud, and all of these are also on my iPod Classic. Occasionally I use Apple TV to listen to music, simply because it's there, and the TV has a Bose speaker attached to it also.
For now, I'm just going to use either my recently purchased 1990s Technics component system, the iPod Classic / Bose speaker combo, or just the MacBook. I'll download and install 8.4 in a few days once initial demand has subsided, and see how things are after that, rather than spending hours in front of a screen trying out fixes, speaking to Apple etc - time I could spend refurbishing another classic bicycle!
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Jun 30, 2015 2:08 AMby Brskiz,After spending the bulk of today on this subject,
I've got a good idea how this all works. Apple
Music will act as a iTunes Match service for
anyone who isn't already subscribed to iTunes
Match. Their existing libraries will be uploaded
just as ours once was. Should anyone opt out
of the new $9.99 service, their only music is
that purchased from Apple. No burned CD's, etc
So I'm curious if it will take many updates to
restore order. After all, it wasn't until the last
8.3 update when I could again add songs to a
Playlist located within a FOLDER. You know.
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Jun 30, 2015 2:21 AMby Brskiz,I'm with ya man. My Artists and Albums are so messed
up, I can only use playlists I've created. As you inferred,
I might as well break out my Technics component I got
at Pacific Stereo. Excessive? Maybe, but at least I would
not have Joan Jett playing with Beethoven. And you gotta
love how so many artists are bunched into the Various
Artists category. ITunes match should not move backward
just so Apple Music can move forward.
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Jun 30, 2015 3:06 AMby Scottyboy99,Sadly, it's got to a point I dread every Apple update they release nowadays. Whether it be an iOS update or an iTunes update I always feel like it's playing Russian roulette as to what they might ruin next. I'm all for new features but not when it breaks functionality. I suspect when iOS 8.4 hits later on it will bring some order to this mess. But I suspect I'm not going to like they layout of the music app and there could be some other nasty side effects. Change for the sake of change but that's just my thoughts.
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Jun 30, 2015 3:23 AMby Scottyboy99,I did start the same thread on Mac Rumours a few days ago. Although I am not sure how to push it further along. The forum over there doesn't seem as active but at least Apple cannot doctor or remove our posts on it. I was hoping it gather some more momentum than it has
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-match-gone-haywire.1894217/page-4
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Jun 30, 2015 3:46 AMby pablooldaq,Just got two subsequent phone calls with apple Support, neither of the employees would acknowledge the problem (and hence wanted to bill me 29€ for support, since I am out of warranty coverage)
i advice EVERYONE on this forum who has the same problem to call apple support if you haven't done it yet and explain the problem. They don't pay attention to forums, so the only way that they will acknowledge this is if enough people call.
I Think you can ask for them to call you back right here : https://getsupport.apple.com/ServiceOptionAction.do
Please do this everyone!
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Jun 30, 2015 4:00 AMby Mark Lawless,I dread every new release now too.
To be honest, if 8.4 doesn't fix this issue, I'm going to consider biting the bullet and looking into a different system for my music. I know it will take a long time to set up, but to be honest, I'm not sure that Apple deserve my perseverance any more. Problem is, if you want something that integrates your music collection on phones, mp3 players, tablets, cloud etc, options to iTunes seem to be a bit limited. As I said, I use an iPod in the car, I have music on my iPhone, I use iCloud / iTunes Match to stream music at home, and then there's Apple TV. My whole library is on the Mac. I don't know of any other system with that kind of integration potential.
If only they'd stop breaking it. I swotched from PC to Mac because I was told - 'It all just works! Emm..... NO....
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Jun 30, 2015 6:28 AMby Haydenism,Just wanted to say I am having the same issue. Just upgraded from 8.1 last week and am SOOOOOOO regretting it! Unfortunately there is no way to go back. My library is fine on my Mac, PC, and iOS8.1 iPad 2. My 8.3 iOS devices are totally messed up to the point I can't even use my music library. I do not want 8.4 either so hopefully they just fix the issue on their end.
