Hi Tim, Thank you so much for your help! I truly appreciate it! I did exactly what you said, I think, but I got in a hurry at the end and turned iTunes Match on again before unplugging my iPod from my computer. So, now I still have all the songs on my iPod I had before. I’m assuming I should have unplugged it before turning iTunes Match back on? In case you couldn’t tell, I’m not technologically inclined! LOL! I do my very best, but get easily overwhelmed, particularly when things don’t turn out the way I think they should! Again, thanks!
Desi On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > This article may be slightly out of date. Yes, in the past, it was necessary > for your music to be downloaded in order for your iDevice to play it. I > don’t believe that this is true anymore. I just tested it with an obscure > Canadian song I had that is not available on iTunes for sure. I played it on > my iPhone and it streamed the entire song and did not download it in order to > play it. In fact, the Download button still appears after the song title > telling me that it is still available to download to my iPhone if I wish. > > Now, regarding the original question, if you turn off iTunes Match on your > iDevice, connect your device to your Mac with the USB cable, go into iTunes > and into the pane for your iDevice, you should be able to tell it not to sync > music at all. Once you apply your changes, all music that is currently on > the device should be removed. After the sync is complete, turn iTunes Match > back on through your iDevice and you should regain access to all your > purchased and matched music for streaming purposes. The other method would > be much too tedious as you would need to delete each song individually. > Occasionally, you’ll find that, for some unknown reason, the sync process > leaves a number of songs on your device but, overall, you’ll have a huge > amount of space regained. Again, you could check before turning iTunes Match > back on to see if any songs were missed when deleting, then delete them > individually. > > HTH. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Dec 3, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > >> I don't think that's the way iTunes Match works. It just scans your local >> music collection and generates a list of all the tracks you have there. It >> then will allow any of your other devices, such as your phone, to sync the >> same set of music but the source will all be Apple's original 256kbps AAC >> files. If your library gets corrupted or you have junky mp3s of some tracks >> iTunes Match can make those issues go away. So, yes, you'll still sync and >> download all your tracks to your device. It's not a streaming music locker >> service. Found an article describing what iTunes match does here: >> >> http://lifehacker.com/5859343/what-is-itunes-match-and-should-i-subscribe >> >> CB >> >> On 12/2/13 8:23 PM, Desi Noller wrote: >>> Good Evening! >>> >>> A couple of months back, I subscribed to iTunes Match. I currently have >>> 4,012 songs there. Previously I had stored all of my music in my iTunes >>> Library on my iMac, and all songs were also stored on my iPod Touch 4th Gen >>> 64 gig. Once I had all of my music in iTunes Match I thought the space >>> taken up on my iPod would be freed up. I discovered however, that I >>> actually still have 3,427 songs physically stored on my iPod. How can I >>> get them off my iPod so that I can just stream them using iTunes Match? I >>> tried turning iTunes Match off on my iPod and then turning it back on a >>> little while later. I was asked if I wanted the library replaced to which >>> I answered yes. When that was done, I went back and checked under >>> Settings/General/About, and discovered that it still says I have 3,427 >>> songs, using 29 plus gigs. Any help with this would be much appreciated! >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Desi >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
