iTunes Match just does not get it right

[Harbir]

so I actually have got it and that i do not imagine it's prepared. I would like I did not do it. I even have a iPhone 4S that is sixty four GB, therefore i actually did not have to be compelled to worry concerning area. it's its and unhealthy

GOOD

1. it will sync playlists across all of your devices
2. it most of time works
3. it's easy to delete and re-download songs

BAD

1. it solely matched concerning ninetieth of my library, and in weird ways in which, like 9/10 of an album's songs match, however one song doesn't.
2. it does not fix unhealthy metadata/tags (for some reason I assumed this might happen), and if you update a song's metadata, it will not sync automatically, you have got to try to to a take away and re-add.
3. a large share of songs that are downloaded do not get album art. (very annoying)
4. some songs can simply be in "FAILED" state with no rationalization for the error, and not uploaded or matched
5. apparently, some artists have opted-out of it and you can't sync their songs in the slightest degree. Not simply no match, it refuses to permit you to upload/download their music.

Does anyone else has identical downside

[Grama]

I keep thinking to test this application before using it . As in, let it scan your library and see what's going to happen. after that if I wish then , pay the $25. Instead i only reasonably got to hope for the most effective.

[Bala Murugan S]

I use it and that i assume for the needs of upgrading low nitrate music to high nitrate it works all right. it's not intuitive, it will need some work, however it will work. As for creating your playlists out there on different devices . Not as a result of it does not stream appropriately however as a result of once you turn to iTunes match you'll now not sync playlists manually to your iPhone from your pc. If you wish to download a playlist you need to download it from the cloud though your pc has already done therefore. that is simply plain stupid, time consuming and a waste of bandwidth.

[Ry]

My iTunes Match had been operating nice...until these days. Last night, I started experiencing problems with my iTunes App store account. Told me to reset my password, still would not work, etc. I assumed the problem was with Apple therefore I visited bed and hoped it might be resolved by this morning. No such luck. i have been on the handset with Apple for close to two hours and my problem is simply bad. Have made reset settings, turned off iTunes match, reloaded songs, etc. though issue continues. I cannot download any apps from the app store on my handset. My iTunes match has completely stopped in service. These items are all nice. at the time it works. Nevertheless it does not work

[Aalap]

So i purchased iTunes match some days ago. As apple doesn't allow merging of apple ids i had to purchase it on my Gmail account in its place of on my me.com account. Since my handset is logged into me account iCloud once i try to make use of iTunes match on it a message pop up saying one thing about only being allowable to connect this device with one apple id for more than ninety days. Therefore i paid $35 for this service that i not able to make use of. What are the method i will get a refund if likely? i'd prefer to buy it on my iCloud account

[TamaraAce]

This is frustrating and it happens to me too. i have been terribly methodical concerning iMatching my library. Here are some things to undertake.. If you haven't already started, move your music files to a different location. begin with an empty itunes library. Add songs one album at a time. Get that album matched, delete the native copy, and then move to successive. It's easier to tackle an album's price of songs at a time than thousands promptly. when adding an album, highlight the songs, right click, and raise iCloud. If any songs don't match (status bars says 'uploading , stop the upload. Right click those unmatched songs and 'create MP3'. Then choose the newly-created MP3s and raise iCloud. for a few reason, this works alot of the time. If a song will not match, check identical song's length within the store. I've had several CD rips where a song was a handful of seconds longer than the shop version and it would not match. Get Info, options, change the tip time to match the store's length, then produce an MP3 version of the adjusted file. raise iCloud. this can solely work for songs that too long, not too short. If all else fails, re-rip your CD and check out once more. I still have many random songs, ripped from official CDs and encoded by iTunes, that refuse to match. however I actually have most of my 5K library matched.

[Capulet]

They said it might simply work, however iTunes Match does not. you have got to undertake various things to urge it to figure around problems that arise. i do not love it either, however if I will get it to figure by messing with completely different choices then i am happy as a result of currently it’s doing what I expected it to. it absolutely was frustrating going though the method, however fortunately I’m just about done.