Hi Dave, Actually, iTunes Match is an excellent service. the complications come about when you use Apple Music. If you have a big library of your own music and that's the music you prefer to listen to, then iTunes Match can be for you. The benefits manifest themselves when you have multiple devices such as iPhones, iPads, Macs, PC's, Apple TV and/or HomePod. iTunes Match allows you to have your library both in the iCloud world and locally. So, any playlist you have or create on one device, is automatically on all other devices. No need to worry about syncing from one to another, or importing/exporting playlists, these are all in an iCloud Library that is automatically synced to all those devices you've got music on. An added benefit with iTunes Match is that Apple will substitute any lower quality mp3 music with their high quality AAC version. The quality is the only thing changed, not the version of the song. You don't need to worry about paying for extra storage either, iTunes Match allows for up to 100,000 titles. This 100,000 only counts the music it couldn't match, so even if you have 120,000 songs in your library, the likelihood of Apple having a considerable number of those titles already in their library is pretty high, so you would not likely be exceeding that limit very easily.
Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 18, 2020, at 19:46, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: Man, this Apple Music and Match sound awful. I think I’ll stick to what I rip and keep on my Mac and in my library, and forget all about this Apple/Match stuff. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F8E6EDC1-4A77-4362-89DD-3A8ECB589593%40sbcglobal.net <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F8E6EDC1-4A77-4362-89DD-3A8ECB589593%40sbcglobal.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/454A33F7-B116-445E-8540-958D041F2D40%40me.com.
