Absolutely right, well spotted! I can't believe I forgot about that one. It is true though that there isn't a way to really monitor download progress or view whether or not a playlist is completely downloaded.
Grant On 6/21/12, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Songs that are stored locally on the device won't have the download button > next to them. That's the only way you can see how a song is stored, from > what I've seen. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Accessibility of iTunes Match in iOS > > > > Hi all, well I bit the bullet this week and created a library in iTunes > that > was under 25000 of my own ripped tracks, so I could take advantage of > iTunes > Match. I've been ripping my music for 15 years now, so the idea of getting > nice fresh rips in 256K AAC really appeals to me, and I created a smart > playlist to replace all my rips with the AAC versions. I was super > impressed > that tracks I had digitised long ago from my vinyl collection were matched > with a nice clean digital copy in the cloud. Sweet. > > > > However, I hope I'm missing something, because otherwise, iTunes Match is > the first thing built into iOS that I don't think is particularly > accessible. > > > > Since I have a few 12/13 hour flights coming up, I've set up a couple of > playlists whose contents I want to download to my iPhone so I can hear them > when I don't have an Internet connection. I go into the Music app, locate > the playlist, and choose the Download All button at the bottom of the > screen. The phone gets really sluggish, but also, I find that there appears > to be no verbal indication about what songs are in the cloud, and what > songs > are stored on the phone. If you look in iTunes, you can go into the view > options and check the boxes so you are told very clearly what songs are > local, and what songs are not. And I believe that visually, a sighted > person > can see in iOS where a particular song is stored. > > > > I've sort of worked around this by starting the download, going into the > Settings for the Music App, and disabling show all music, so I only see > what > songs are on the phone, but that's not a perfect solution. Has anyone else > seen this and even better, found a work-around? > > > > Jonathan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
