Keep watching, as I think Dane and I are slowly but surely getting to the bottom of it, or, at least I hope. LOL!
Chris. On Dec 15, 2013, at 11:56 PM, Sarah k Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm. since i don't use iTunes match I really don't know. if you are on > twitter and know him liam had or maybe still had iTunes match, or maybe you > can wait for Dane to help you out. I"ll be watching this thread in case so I > can learn stuff as well. Ilove to learn. > On Dec 15, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Christopher gilland <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sarah, >> >> Dane may a actually been on to something here. where is that option on I O >> S to update ITunes Match. I'd like to try that before I go restoring things. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" <[email protected]> >> To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:27 PM >> Subject: Re: ITunes Match Driving me absolute nuts! >> >> >> Restore your phone to factory defaults. This might help, but I would make a >> back up just in case both on the cloud and in iTunes If not call apple >> care.. >> >> Good luck. >> On Dec 15, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Christopher Gilland <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> OK, I am about two drinks away from saying ITunes match is a piece of sh**! >>> I am running the most recent version of IOS 7, and my ITunes running on >>> OSX 10.9 Mavericks is totally 100% up to date as well. I’m using an IPhone >>> 5, not a 5S or 5C, just the original IPhone 5. Anyway, I had somewhere in >>> the neighborhood of about 4000 songs in my ITunes match. I removed every >>> one of them from my local Macintosh HD, as well as then going back and also >>> removing them from my Itunes Match ICloud. Mainly, I have these tracks all >>> on physical CD media, so I am not losing anything. I’m trying to revamp my >>> library for the holidays and basically only have my Christmas music >>> imported. Thing is, it’s going to be easier to do this over ITunes match, >>> being that I have multiple IOS devices plus, I have 3 mac computers: two >>> macbooks, and one mac mini. Yes, they’re all on Mavericks, and yes, they >>> all are running the most recent version of ITunes. Trust me, I’m not >>> stupid, I did verify this very thoroughly. Remember, I’m quite an advanced >>> IOS and OSX user, so believe me, that was one of the very bare first things >>> I checked to be sure of. And yes, I ran software update on all devices >>> both OSX and IOS just to be sure. Trust me, everything’s totally up to >>> date. >>> >>> Well, after deleting all my music both locally, and from the coud, I >>> noticed that though not on any of my mac computers, on both my IOS devices, >>> my IPhone 5, and my IPad 4, I keep seeing this damn Kenny G track popping >>> up which I don’t even remember ever importing. It’s not showing up in my >>> purchase history, so undoubtedly, it’s something that got ripped from one >>> of his CD’s that Mom and I both own. I don’t really even like his stuff, >>> so God knows how it got there! Anyway, I deleted it from my IOS devices >>> with a one finger flick down whilst in the actions rotor. Once gone, I >>> closed the music app from the apps switcher, and then I reopened it and >>> went to the artists tab. Instead of seeing nothing was there, guess what! >>> You guessed it partna. There came that stupid Kenny G track down again! >>> At this point, I’m saying something that totally would get me banned from >>> this list permanently if I said it or even abbrieviated it. Trust me, it >>> wasn’t what the hell! We’ll just say, change the last word to something >>> else. LOL! So, I look on my mac mini, which may I remind you again, I’d >>> deleted all music locally from, and also deleted everything from ICloud >>> originally from that system. I search locally, and also in the cloud for >>> Kenny G. Nothing at all pops up! Zilch! At this time, I’m totally >>> baffled! I look in the store menu of the menu bar under view my account… >>> and sure enough, it’s signed in with the correct apple ID, the same one >>> with the ITunes Match subscription. Just out of a hunch, I sign out, and >>> back in. I even went so far as to deauthorize my computer, then >>> reauthorize it again. I then, after doing so, went to the store menu, and >>> to update ITunes match. Once done, I closed the music app on my IPhone >>> from the app switcher, reopened it, double tapped on artists, and boom! >>> There’s Kenny G again! I think he wants to merry my IPhone! LOL, or stalk >>> it if nothing else. At anyrate, I’m going: I’ll be ** starred. So, I go >>> back to the mac mini, and search for Kenny G. It ain’t there! I look >>> again on my phone, it’s there. I update match again from the mini, then >>> look at my phone. It’s still showing up. OK, you think this is weird, you >>> ain’t heard nothing! yet! Then, I go to my macbook Pro. I pop open >>> ITunes, delete the whole library locally, then turn match on, only after >>> doing so. It analyzes everything, sees nothing is locally available to put >>> in the cloud, then shows nothing in my library locally or remotely. I for >>> good measure go to the store menu then update match. Again, nothing >>> afterward shows up. So now, I’m thinking, good! Maybe that killed that KG >>> track. Nope? I go back to my phone? and, boom! There’s not only! now that >>> Kenny G track, but now it’s showing all 4 freaking thousand! of my tracks I >>> previously deleted from the cloud, yet, my macs show nothing! Not even the >>> Kenny G. So, on my phone, I sign out of Match, I sign out of ITunes >>> sharing, and, even more, I sign out of the ITunes Store. I then turn off >>> ITunes Match, and set show all music under settings, music, to off. I then >>> closed music from the app switcher, closed settings as well, and rebooted >>> my phone. I don’t mean the home/sleep keys, I mean I literally powered it >>> off, waited about 30 seconds, then powered it back on. Oh by the way, no, >>> before you ask, none of my devices are jailbroken, and God kill me dead the >>> day I think about doing so! I’m sorry, but I highly! and I mean highyly! >>> object to doing that, but that’s for another post altogether. Anyway, >>> after rebooting, I signed back into the ITunes store, then I signed back >>> into ITunes sharing, and finally, I then turned on ITunes Match, and >>> finally last but not least, turned show all music back to on. I then >>> opened up the music app. It still shows all 4 something odd thousand >>> tracks! Yet, my computers show nothing! So, just to see if things really >>> were outta whack, I imported the Christmas album by Brad Paisley, (great! >>> great! album by the way if you’ve not heard it, would highly! recommend >>> it!) and I did this by ripping directly from my physical store bought CD. >>> This wasn’t even a burned copy. It was the physical original media. That >>> imported flawlessly on my mac mini. I then went to the store menu, and to >>> update ITunes Match, just in case it didn’t auto refresh. I’ve found that >>> if I don’t do that, it’s not pushing new imported content to the cloud, >>> unless it’s physically bought from the ITunes store directly. So once this >>> was done, I looked on my mini. The only album that showed was the Brad >>> Paisley disc. That’s correct. That’s what it should have done. I then >>> deleted it from my local library, and also killed the files from my trash. >>> I figured, well, it’s in the cloud, so no reason to take hard disk space. I >>> then went to my macbook pro, where the disc wasn’t physically insertted nor >>> imported to start with. I look in my albums view under music, and sure >>> enough. No Kenny G, no other 4 thousand tracks, however, Brad Paisley was >>> sitting there plain as could be, and played perfectly. I then went to my >>> phone and my IPad both. Both of them show all 4 thousand tracks including >>> Kenny G, but guess what? On neither device do I see Brad Paisley. I >>> finally decided to look on my other white 13 inch macbook, which hasn’t >>> been in the equasion until now. So, I sign into my ITunes account, and >>> authorize the machine, as frankly, on that white macbook, I really don’t >>> ever use ITunes. Anyway, I then turned on Match. Boom! Nothing popped up >>> except Brad Paisley. Just like it should do! Needless to say, I’m at a >>> loss! Back about two years ago when Match first was launched to the >>> public, I jumped right on board, and it worked great! Well after about a >>> year, things started screwing up left and right like this, so I didn’t >>> renew my subscription. Well, now, when I did renew it, as I needed to do >>> so due to certain circumstances of making things more convenient, I see not >>> only is it still buggy, but it’s way the heck worse! I’m sorry, but unless >>> we all can try to figure out maybe something I’m missing, which I highly >>> doubt, I’m about ready to throw this subscription away and tell Apple where >>> they frankly can stick that 24 bucks I spent. Sorry to sound so mean and >>> maybe very harsh in this message, but come on! 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