Nice. I don't use iTunes Match so I was going on what the article said.
Going back to the article I found that it was published back in November
2011 so I guess it went stale quick. Nice to know that, given a good
internet connection, music files need not be duplicated to every device
just to be played.
CB
On 12/3/13 3:53 PM, Tim Kilburn 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This article may be slightly out of date.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
<mailto: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
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