There is no size limit with iTunes Match, just a limit to the number of songs not purchased from the iTunes Store that you're allowed, and that's 25000 songs. If iTunes Match finds a match for your music, it will make it available to you without uploading the song. This is a big plus, because if you've ripped your music in lower bit rate and/or inferior file formats to the 256 KBPS AAC format Apple uses, then you end up with much better quality versions of your music. In fact, I have even ended up with really good quality copies of songs that I have originally ripped from vinyl, so I've downloaded those copies from Match to replace my vinyl rips. Really sweet! However, the 25000 song limit applies to all music not purchased from the iTunes Store. So even if it finds a match and doesn't upload it, and that music was not purchased from iTunes, it counts against your 25000 song limit, which is a very small limit really. I like having music in the Cloud for Apple TV though, so I got around the issue by setting up a smaller library for iTunes Match, featuring music we listen to a lot. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 11/05/2014, at 5:03 am, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I was under the impression iTunes Match matched your music with what is in > iTunes and that this makes no difference as to space since only those songs > which it can't find in iTunes are actually uploaded. I would assume this > would not be that much for most people unless it was some locally produced CD > which is not sold commercially. > > Wow, 1.5 Tb, I have about 4,000 songs which take up 25 or 26 Gb in 256 Kbps > quality. This would mean your library is well over 200,000 songs. > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kliphton ------- > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How satisfied with iMatch are those who use it? > > Its only worth it if you have a library under 25GB. My library is 1.5TB and > iTunes match will never cover that. I guess its worth it if you don't want > any adds within iTunes radio, but I could care less, cause they aren't that > long any way. JMO > > Kliphton > > ~iMessage,Email&FaceTime-Audio~ [email protected] > > ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > > ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 > > "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > > On May 10, 2014, at 12:21 PM, matthew dyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Keeth, > > I have been using itunes match for almost 2 years and love. Once your music > is uploaded to the cloud your m\usic is accessible from your I devices as > long as you have itunes match inabled on any devices that you want. > > It is only $25 a year so it is worth it. 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