Itunes Match/Apple Music where is my music?

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Itunes Match/Apple Music where is my music?

Hello everyone,

I recently got a 6s + and decided instead of restoring my old phone from backup I just download my contacts back up and started fresh on my new phone. I'm running into a bit of misunderstand with the music app...

The simple

1) Is iTunes match still a service? If so how does it coincide with apple music? I can no longer find my music that isn't a purchase from itunes in my library on my phone.

More detailed

The only thing I haven't quite figured out yet is how to get my music to my phone from the cloud I guess... Previously I would go on my phone and with itunes match for the most part all my music is there for me to look at and stream or download. Now, with the apple music the only music I'm seeing is stuff I purchased from itunes not any of the music ripped cd's I've collected over the years. Previously I was able to see most of this in what I would assume is the itunes match cloud. Is there a new different step that I don't know about for accessing non itunes purchased music? I looked at my offline library and did confirm the only stuff there is purchased music from itunes.

Thank you

Ashley B

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 9.2

Posted on Jan 25, 2016 6:55 AM

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chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Jan 26, 2016 1:02 PM in response to bessera

Howdy Ashley,

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

I see you'd like to learn about iTunes Match and how it works with the new Music app. Please take a look at the information outlined below to learn more.

Using iTunes Match

Your iTunes Match subscription also includes an iCloud Music Library, which allows you to enjoy your entire music library from all of your devices.

Songs that we find that are available in our catalog are instantly accessible on all of your other devices, and you can save them for offline listening on your devices indefinitely. When iTunes Match adds these songs to your iCloud Music Library, iTunes Match doesn’t change or alter your original music files that reside on iTunes for Mac or PC or on your iOS devices from which they were added. These songs are made available to your other computers or devices in high quality 256 Kbps DRM-free AAC, and any of these songs that you save offline can continue to play, even after your iTunes Match subscription ends.

In addition, iTunes will upload to your iCloud Music Library those songs that we can’t find in our catalog, to make them available to you on all of your other devices.

With iTunes Match, all of the songs that we matched or uploaded using iTunes on your Mac or PC during your iTunes Match subscription can be downloaded DRM-free (if matched) or in their uploaded form and are yours to keep. These songs can continue to play after your iTunes Match subscription ends.

Learn more about iTunes Match.

iCloud Music Library: Understanding differences between Apple Music and iTunes Match

As far as syncing, you will want to be following the steps below for the iCloud Music Library.

Add music from your own collection to your Apple Music library

Take care.

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