Jonathan, I'm feeling keen to do the same, but my knowledge of ITunes (well, actually getting things to work) is not that good, as probably is the same for a lot of people on this list.
I know how to create a new (empty, presumably) library but then ... Could you give us a quick specific tour of how we select the songs we really want there - and not others - and how we work out just how much storage space we're taking up in the library? If you do not feel able to do this, because of time constraints, perhaps someone else would kindly bite the bullet! Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: Jonathan Mosen To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 3:14 AM 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.
