Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Kimberly]

Thanks for this explanation. I have a similar problem even without iTunes 
Match. I am subscribed to Apple Music, however there are songs which I own and 
were formerly present in my library which I can no longer see unless I turn off 
Apple Music.

This service has so many things I like, it's a shame it is so buggy and full of 
odd quirks.



Sent from Kimber's iPhone

> On Mar 29, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> After talking with several Apple tech support people, both at an Apple
> Store and through Apple Care, I think I have finally solved my issue.
> I talked with a tech support representative last night who said that
> in the current setup, one is unable to have both Apple Music and
> iTunes Match turned on at the same time. Apparently it is either one
> or the other. Once I turned Apple Music off from settings and then
> synced my phone, I was able to see all of my music once again. I don't
> know why this is just now happening to me, since I have somehow
> managed to make both services work up until now, perhaps it was
> something on Apple's end which allowed them to coexist. Whatever the
> case, the tech support person said that this was a known issue and
> there were other people who experienced the same sort of issue of
> their music disappearing from their devices after Apple Music started.
> 
> With that in mind, I am going to look into keeping my music on my
> phone and keeping Apple Music. I do have a few albums which are not on
> Apple Music, but by and large, I can likely find a majority of the
> songs and albums from my collection on Apple Music. Given that I can
> add songs through Apple Music to My Music and add them to playlists,
> that should work for me. Plus, I'm not thrilled about turning Apple
> Music off in order to see my own songs.
> 
> Thanks to everyone that offered help with this issue. Hopefully my
> experience will help someone else at some point.
> 
> Wayne
> 
>> On 3/23/16, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> Hi Brett,
>> 
>> I have Apple Music (not iTunes Match) and I am able to stream my own
>> collection of music from the cloud, even tracks which are not available in
>> Apple Music. I truly believe Apple Music includes all the features of iTunes
>> Match.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Grant
>> 
>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:57 AM, Brett <brettst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, its pretty much duplication these days. The only reason you would
>>> want it these days is if you have music that cannot be found on Apple
>>> music, if you iTumes match it you can stream it on any of your iDevices.
>>> It is also a good way to ucgrade dodgy music to better quality, but that's
>>> less necessary these days with streaming services offering simelar
>>> quality.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Brett.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from Brett's iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On 23 Mar 2016, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to
>>>> Apple Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
>>>> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>>> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>>>> 
>>>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I
>>>> had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital
>>>> locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several
>>>> iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter
>>>> shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the
>>>> around 800 songs that I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had
>>>> disappeared. Over the last few months, I have setup several playlists for
>>>> different things, like love songs, worship music, Christmas music, and
>>>> "all songs" which has everything in my collection. It was quite a shock
>>>> to see the All Songs playlist go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or
>>>> the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got
>>>> the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've
>>>> saved. I've spent a long time tediousl

Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Wayne Merritt]

All,
After talking with several Apple tech support people, both at an Apple
Store and through Apple Care, I think I have finally solved my issue.
I talked with a tech support representative last night who said that
in the current setup, one is unable to have both Apple Music and
iTunes Match turned on at the same time. Apparently it is either one
or the other. Once I turned Apple Music off from settings and then
synced my phone, I was able to see all of my music once again. I don't
know why this is just now happening to me, since I have somehow
managed to make both services work up until now, perhaps it was
something on Apple's end which allowed them to coexist. Whatever the
case, the tech support person said that this was a known issue and
there were other people who experienced the same sort of issue of
their music disappearing from their devices after Apple Music started.

With that in mind, I am going to look into keeping my music on my
phone and keeping Apple Music. I do have a few albums which are not on
Apple Music, but by and large, I can likely find a majority of the
songs and albums from my collection on Apple Music. Given that I can
add songs through Apple Music to My Music and add them to playlists,
that should work for me. Plus, I'm not thrilled about turning Apple
Music off in order to see my own songs.

Thanks to everyone that offered help with this issue. Hopefully my
experience will help someone else at some point.

Wayne

On 3/23/16, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Hi Brett,
>
> I have Apple Music (not iTunes Match) and I am able to stream my own
> collection of music from the cloud, even tracks which are not available in
> Apple Music. I truly believe Apple Music includes all the features of iTunes
> Match.
>
> Best,
>
> Grant
>
>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:57 AM, Brett <brettst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Yes, its pretty much duplication these days. The only reason you would
>> want it these days is if you have music that cannot be found on Apple
>> music, if you iTumes match it you can stream it on any of your iDevices.
>> It is also a good way to ucgrade dodgy music to better quality, but that's
>> less necessary these days with streaming services offering simelar
>> quality.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Brett.
>>
>>
>> Sent from Brett's iPhone
>>
>>> On 23 Mar 2016, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to
>>> Apple Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-----
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
>>> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>>>
>>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I
>>> had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital
>>> locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several
>>> iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter
>>> shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the
>>> around 800 songs that I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had
>>> disappeared. Over the last few months, I have setup several playlists for
>>> different things, like love songs, worship music, Christmas music, and
>>> "all songs" which has everything in my collection. It was quite a shock
>>> to see the All Songs playlist go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or
>>> the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got
>>> the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've
>>> saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from
>>> my collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
>>> doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
>>> music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to iTunes
>>> Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, it is
>>> extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the
>>> time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or
>>> 6 months.
>>>
>>> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you
>>> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar
>>> to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up

Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Grant]

Hi Brett,

I have Apple Music (not iTunes Match) and I am able to stream my own collection 
of music from the cloud, even tracks which are not available in Apple Music. I 
truly believe Apple Music includes all the features of iTunes Match.

Best,

Grant

> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:57 AM, Brett <brettst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes, its pretty much duplication these days. The only reason you would want 
> it these days is if you have music that cannot be found on Apple music, if 
> you iTumes match it you can stream it on any of your iDevices. It is also a 
> good way to ucgrade dodgy music to better quality, but that's less necessary 
> these days with streaming services offering simelar quality. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Brett. 
> 
> 
> Sent from Brett's iPhone
> 
>> On 23 Mar 2016, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
>> Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Wayne Merritt
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
>> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>> 
>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
>> signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker 
>> in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS 
>> updates since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, 
>> nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 
>> songs that I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over 
>> the last few months, I have setup several playlists for different things, 
>> like love songs, worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has 
>> everything in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs 
>> playlist go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy 
>> playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an 
>> external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've spent a long 
>> time tediously deleting what I don't want from my collection and don't look 
>> forward to doing it all over again. Short of doing a complete restore, does 
>> anyone have any ideas how I can get my music back from iTunes Match? I'm not 
>> sure if this is specific to iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to 
>> both. Whatever the case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if 
>> iTunes Match is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to 
>> suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 months.
>> 
>> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you 
>> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to 
>> the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 
>> songs for free. That alone is tempting.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Wayne
>> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Wayne Merritt]

Thanks all for the input. An update on my situation. Someone at work
told me to sign out and then back in to my account, which I did. I
have also turned off iCloud Library in Settings, and for covering
bases, also turned off Apple Music and then back on. No change. Grant,
thanks for your ideas and suggestions. I haven't really used Time
Machine on my Mac yet but this situation gives me a good reason too. I
have made a Genius Bar appointment at my local Apple Store this
Saturday to try and sort everything out. Since I did not find my music
on the Mac, which was very disappointing, I'm beginning to think that
I will have to establish my library and collection all over again. A
tedius process to be sure. I have wondered during this process if one
of the changes in iOS 9.3 might have caused part of the issue. I
recall reading an article in January, which was widely circulated by
the way, about the 9.3 beta. It said that Apple would be giving people
more control over their music so that they did not have to use iTunes
to manage music as much. I'm wondering if in the process of enabling
this control, my entire library was mistakenly zapped. Anyway, that
will be one of many questions that I ask the Apple Genius, along with
what the point is of having iTunes Match if my music disappeared or
will disappear after 6 months. I do have a few albums which I cannot
find on Apple Music, but if I can keep a copy of the music on my Mac
and carry that with me from phone to phone, then that might serve my
purposes. With Apple Music turned back on, I can at least stream
albums and currated playlists from Apple, which is tiding me over for
now. Though I miss the vast collection. I have started to look into
Google Play Music as an alternative, but the one big thing that Google
doesn't have which Apple Music excells in are the curated playlists,
such as "intro to," "deep cuts from," and so forth.

Sincerely,
Wayne

On 3/23/16, Brett <brettst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, its pretty much duplication these days. The only reason you would want
> it these days is if you have music that cannot be found on Apple music, if
> you iTumes match it you can stream it on any of your iDevices. It is also a
> good way to ucgrade dodgy music to better quality, but that's less necessary
> these days with streaming services offering simelar quality.
>
> Cheers,
> Brett.
>
>
> Sent from Brett's iPhone
>
>> On 23 Mar 2016, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to
>> Apple Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Wayne Merritt
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
>> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>>
>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I
>> had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital
>> locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several
>> iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter
>> shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the
>> around 800 songs that I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had
>> disappeared. Over the last few months, I have setup several playlists for
>> different things, like love songs, worship music, Christmas music, and
>> "all songs" which has everything in my collection. It was quite a shock to
>> see the All Songs playlist go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the
>> Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the
>> 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved.
>> I've spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from my
>> collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
>> doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
>> music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to iTunes
>> Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, it is
>> extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the
>> time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6
>> months.
>>
>> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you
>> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar
>> to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to
>> 50,000 songs for free. That alone is tempting.
>>
>> Best,
>> Wayne
>>
>> --

Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Brett]

Yes, its pretty much duplication these days. The only reason you would want it 
these days is if you have music that cannot be found on Apple music, if you 
iTumes match it you can stream it on any of your iDevices. It is also a good 
way to ucgrade dodgy music to better quality, but that's less necessary these 
days with streaming services offering simelar quality. 

Cheers, 
Brett. 


Sent from Brett's iPhone

> On 23 Mar 2016, at 2:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
> Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
> signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker 
> in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
> since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly 
> all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that 
> I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last 
> few months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love 
> songs, worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything 
> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from 
> around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 
> songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not 
> the Apple Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting 
> what I don't want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all 
> over again. Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how 
> I can get my music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific 
> to iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, 
> it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the 
> time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 
> months.
> 
> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you 
> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to 
> the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 
> songs for free. That alone is tempting.
> 
> Best,
> Wayne
> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Grant]

Hi Daniel,

I’m subscribed to Apple Music but not iTunes Match. When I download my own 
music that has been matched, the files do not have DRM. I believe that Apple 
Music includes all the features of iTunes Match.

Cheers,

Grant

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It is, but with Apple Music you get DRM copies, as opposed to iTunes match 
> which isn't DRM.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought this was also included for Apple Music subscribers.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Larry Lumpkin
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:13 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>> 
>> With itunes match, any music you have ripped or acquired is matched with the 
>> apple server library and, if a better copy is found, you are linked to it.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:59 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>> 
>> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
>> Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Wayne Merritt
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
>> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
>> 
>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
>> signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker 
>> in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS 
>> updates since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, 
>> nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 
>> songs that I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over 
>> the last few months, I have setup several playlists for different things, 
>> like love songs, worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has 
>> everything in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs 
>> playlist go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy 
>> playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an 
>> external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've spent a long 
>> time tediously deleting what I don't want from my collection and don't look 
>> forward to doing it all over again. Short of doing a complete restore, does 
>> anyone have any ideas how I can get my music back from iTunes Match? I'm not 
>> sure if this is specific to iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to 
>> both. Whatever the case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if 
>> iTunes Match is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to 
>> suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 months.
>> 
>> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you 
>> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to 
>> the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 
>> songs for free. That alone is tempting.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Wayne
>> 
>> --
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>> www.twitter.com/wcmerritt
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>> www.wayneism.com
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Grant]

Hello Wayne,

Do you know if the songs are actually gone from your music library, or is it 
just your playlists that are messed up? I’ve used iTunes Match, and now Apple 
Music, since they first became available. I’ve seen lots of issues with the 
contents of playlists suddenly being lost and unfortunately the damaged 
playlists quickly propagate to iTunes for Windows and Mac.

If you have a copy of iTunes that has a correct copy of your playlists, then 
you can use that machine to recover them. Disable the internet connection, fire 
up iTunes, and export all of your playlists which you can do by going into the 
file menu while focussed on a playlist, choosing the library submenu, then 
choosing the “export playlist” option. This will be a backup, and I’d recommend 
doing this every now and then. Then, duplicate all your playlists, which can be 
done from the context menu while focussed on a playlist. Give them slightly 
different names. Then, you can re-establish the internet connection and let 
your new playlists sync up to the cloud and this should happen correctly. If it 
does, you can eventually delete the old playlists. If it doesn’t, you have the 
exported playlists as a backup.

If the playlists are already corrupt on all your machines, there’s one more 
thing to look at. iTunes regularly creates a file called iTunes Music 
Library.xml which is located in your iTunes directory. It contains the contents 
of your playlists along with other info about your iTunes library. If you 
happen to have an old version of this file from a backup (e.g. if you use Time 
Machine on a Mac), you can re-import it into iTunes which will recreate all 
your playlists. I believe you do this from the “import playlist” item in the 
library submenu under the file menu.

If the songs are completely gone from your library, then I’m not sure what to 
say. Either way, be sure to let Apple know that these issues are happening!

This Email is very brief so please let me know if you want clarification on 
anything. It is based only on my personal experience of dealing with these 
issues every now and then, so if you try to follow these instructions and you 
lose music or data, I very much apologize.

Cheers,

Grant

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:16 AM, Wayne Merritt  wrote:
> 
> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall
> I had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a
> digital locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've
> done several iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night
> though, to my utter shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my
> collection, along with the around 800 songs that I have added to
> playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few months,
> I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs,
> worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything
> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist
> go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy
> playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs
> on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've
> spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from my
> collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
> doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
> music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to
> iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the
> case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match
> is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly
> disappear after 5 or 6 months.
> 
> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do
> you like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks
> similar to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can
> store up to 50,000 songs for free. That alone is tempting.
> 
> Best,
> Wayne
> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Sharonda Greenlaw]

This is true. Whatever you rip in iTunes should be available through Apple 
Music. 

Sharonda
Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes 

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 9:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> I thought this was also included for Apple Music subscribers.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Larry Lumpkin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:13 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> With itunes match, any music you have ripped or acquired is matched with the 
> apple server library and, if a better copy is found, you are linked to it.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:59 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
> Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
> signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker 
> in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
> since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly 
> all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that 
> I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last 
> few months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love 
> songs, worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything 
> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from 
> around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 
> songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not 
> the Apple Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting 
> what I don't want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all 
> over again. Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how 
> I can get my music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific 
> to iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, 
> it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the 
> time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 
> months.
> 
> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you 
> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to 
> the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 
> songs for free. That alone is tempting.
> 
> Best,
> Wayne
> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Christina C.]

This may be a dumb idea but have you gone into the settings of your phone to 
see if the settings changed for match or apple music? Maybe something got 
turned off? If you can’t get it resolved, I’d definitely consider calling apple 
support.

Good Luck,
Christina
> On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> A few months ago, iTunes match raised  its limit to 50,000 as well. So no 
> difference there. I haven't checked since upgrading to 9.3. I also haven't 
> specifically added any Apple Music to my library. And I did that because of 
> all that mess with iTunes match last year. Good luck getting your stuff back. 
> Do you have it all on your Mac. Maybe you could re-sync with your Mac or your 
> Windows PC and that would get it back for you.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:16 AM, Wayne Merritt  wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall
>> I had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a
>> digital locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've
>> done several iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night
>> though, to my utter shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my
>> collection, along with the around 800 songs that I have added to
>> playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few months,
>> I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs,
>> worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything
>> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist
>> go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy
>> playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs
>> on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've
>> spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from my
>> collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
>> doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
>> music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to
>> iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the
>> case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match
>> is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly
>> disappear after 5 or 6 months.
>> 
>> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do
>> you like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks
>> similar to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can
>> store up to 50,000 songs for free. That alone is tempting.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Wayne
>> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Daniel Miller]

It is, but with Apple Music you get DRM copies, as opposed to iTunes match 
which isn't DRM.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> I thought this was also included for Apple Music subscribers.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Larry Lumpkin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:13 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> With itunes match, any music you have ripped or acquired is matched with the 
> apple server library and, if a better copy is found, you are linked to it.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:59 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
> Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Wayne Merritt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match
> 
> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
> signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker 
> in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
> since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly 
> all of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that 
> I have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last 
> few months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love 
> songs, worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything 
> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from 
> around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 
> songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not 
> the Apple Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting 
> what I don't want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all 
> over again. Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how 
> I can get my music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific 
> to iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, 
> it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the 
> time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 
> months.
> 
> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you 
> like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to 
> the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 
> songs for free. That alone is tempting.
> 
> Best,
> Wayne
> 
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Re: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Mary Otten]

A few months ago, iTunes match raised  its limit to 50,000 as well. So no 
difference there. I haven't checked since upgrading to 9.3. I also haven't 
specifically added any Apple Music to my library. And I did that because of all 
that mess with iTunes match last year. Good luck getting your stuff back. Do 
you have it all on your Mac. Maybe you could re-sync with your Mac or your 
Windows PC and that would get it back for you.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:16 AM, Wayne Merritt  wrote:
> 
> Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall
> I had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a
> digital locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've
> done several iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night
> though, to my utter shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my
> collection, along with the around 800 songs that I have added to
> playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few months,
> I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs,
> worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything
> in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist
> go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy
> playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs
> on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've
> spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from my
> collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
> doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
> music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to
> iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the
> case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match
> is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly
> disappear after 5 or 6 months.
> 
> On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do
> you like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks
> similar to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can
> store up to 50,000 songs for free. That alone is tempting.
> 
> Best,
> Wayne
> 
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RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I thought this was also included for Apple Music subscribers.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

With itunes match, any music you have ripped or acquired is matched with the 
apple server library and, if a better copy is found, you are linked to it.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:59 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Wayne Merritt
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker in 
the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly all 
of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that I 
have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few 
months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs, 
worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything in my 
collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from around 
4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to 
just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple 
Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't 
want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. 
Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my 
music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to iTunes Match 
or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, it is extremely 
frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the time, especially 
if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 months.

On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you like 
it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to the 
Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 songs 
for free. That alone is tempting.

Best,
Wayne

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RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Larry Lumpkin]

With itunes match, any music you have ripped or acquired is matched with the 
apple server library and, if a better copy is found, you are linked to it.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:59 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Wayne Merritt
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker in 
the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly all 
of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that I 
have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few 
months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs, 
worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything in my 
collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from around 
4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to 
just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple 
Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't 
want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. 
Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my 
music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to iTunes Match 
or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, it is extremely 
frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the time, especially 
if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 months.

On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you like 
it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to the 
Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 songs 
for free. That alone is tempting.

Best,
Wayne

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RE: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I don't have an answer, but just out of curiocity, if you subscribe to Apple 
Music isn't subscribing to iTunes Match duplication?


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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Wayne Merritt
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:16 AM
To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall I had 
signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a digital locker in 
the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've done several iOS updates 
since then without a problem. Last night though, to my utter shock, nearly all 
of the 4,200 songs in my collection, along with the around 800 songs that I 
have added to playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few 
months, I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs, 
worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything in my 
collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist go from around 
4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy playlist go from 330 songs to 
just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs on an external drive, but not the Apple 
Music that I've saved. I've spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't 
want from my collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. 
Short of doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my 
music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to iTunes Match 
or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the case, it is extremely 
frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match is worth the time, especially 
if the songs are going to suddenly disappear after 5 or 6 months.

On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do you like 
it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks similar to the 
Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can store up to 50,000 songs 
for free. That alone is tempting.

Best,
Wayne

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iOS 9.3, Apple Music and iTunes Match

[Wayne Merritt]

Greetings all. I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 9.3 last night. Last fall
I had signed up for iTunes Match in order to keep all my songs in a
digital locker in the cloud and take with me to future phones. I've
done several iOS updates since then without a problem. Last night
though, to my utter shock, nearly all of the 4,200 songs in my
collection, along with the around 800 songs that I have added to
playlists from Apple Music, had disappeared. Over the last few months,
I have setup several playlists for different things, like love songs,
worship music, Christmas music, and "all songs" which has everything
in my collection. It was quite a shock to see the All Songs playlist
go from around 4,200 songs to 139 songs, or the Hard and Heavy
playlist go from 330 songs to just 2 songs. I've got the 4,200 songs
on an external drive, but not the Apple Music that I've saved. I've
spent a long time tediously deleting what I don't want from my
collection and don't look forward to doing it all over again. Short of
doing a complete restore, does anyone have any ideas how I can get my
music back from iTunes Match? I'm not sure if this is specific to
iTunes Match or Apple Music since I subscribe to both. Whatever the
case, it is extremely frustrating and makes me wonder if iTunes Match
is worth the time, especially if the songs are going to suddenly
disappear after 5 or 6 months.

On a related note, does anyone use Google Play Music and if so how do
you like it? What do you like and not like about Play Music? It looks
similar to the Apple offerings, except that with Play Music, you can
store up to 50,000 songs for free. That alone is tempting.

Best,
Wayne

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