Apple deleting beta iTunes Match libraries today
Make of this what you will, either the impending public launch of iTunes Match or just another step along the beta test path, but Apple has informed developers they'll be deleting all current iTunes Match libraries today.
Apple previously said they'd be launching iTunes Match, their paid iCloud music locker service, in October, which has since come and gone decidedly launch-less. Under the theory of better done right than done right now, let's just hope if it's arriving soon, it's arriving in good working order.
Anyone already have their $24.99 set aside for it?
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I've been testing ITunes match beta all last week. Was never able to fully match all my songs. The service would freeze up while matching songs in iTunes. Also the streaming my songs that did match would take a few seconds to buffer where spotify streams almost instantly.
I hope these issues have been resolved and we see a relase this
I agree with @Guest. I only have like 3500-4000 songs in my library and it would always freeze up while matching in iTunes and cause my to have to abort my iTunes program. And also like they said it would take a few seconds to buffer and spotify plays instantly.
And? It's a beta, what did you guys expect?
You ONLY have 3500-4500 songs? That is insane. I have 400 songs in my computer library, and I think that I have too many songs.
I was having the troubles that you described with the first beta, but this most recent one was working great for me. I have about 3500 songs if that means anything. As for the taking a few seconds to stream, that was happening for me as well.
for anyone losing all of their playlists using iTunes match, there is the fix. It worked for me. Follow the instructions and you will be very happy. It will refresh your iTunes playlist accounts to the way is was before letting iTunes match messing everything up.
ran into a similar problem. Playlists weren't deleted but they were emptied. Essentially the same effect. Years of playlists gone!
This method, with a bit of effort, recovered all my playlists and their content.
Restore Old iTunes Library
Close iTunes
Navigate to %User%/Music/iTunes/
Rename iTunes Library.itl to iTunes LibraryOLD.itl
Navigate to %User%/Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries/
Copy newest iTunes Library file (e.g. iTunes Library 2011-11-01.itl)
Paste copied file into %User%/Music/iTunes/ (where you renamed file in step 3)
Rename file you just copied (e.g. iTunes Library 2011-11-01.itl) to iTunes Library.itl
Restart iTunes
Export Playlists
Select Playlist
Click File > Library > Export Playlist
Save file (I created a folder called Playlist Backup here: %User%/Music/iTunes/ )
Repeat for every Playlist you want.
** If the Previous iTunes Library you selected is recent enough and contains everything you want, you do not have to do the following. However, if you have added any new media to iTunes, you will want to continue on because the Library does not know they exist.
Restore Newest iTunes Library
Close iTunes
Navigate to %User%/Music/iTunes/
Delete iTunes Library.itl (this was a copy of a file that still exists so it's okay to just delete it)
Rename iTunes LibraryOLD.itl to iTunes Library.itl
Restart iTunes
Import Playlists & Backup iTunes Library
Click File > Library > Import Playlist
Select Playlist to import
Repeat for each playlist.
Click File > Library > Export Library
Save somewhere so if this happens again you can simply restore this one file.
Done! I really hope this helps solve your problem!!
Cheers,
Ryan
I have $24.95 set aside for one main reason which is the fact that I have about 1000 songs that were ripped from vinyl with a USB turntable. Unfortunately at the time the software could only do 128 kbps mp3's. Having all of those converted to 256 kbps AAC files will be more than worth $24.95 a year to me. I can hardly wait!!
I paid for it back in July, being told I'd get an extra three months. Well, I've been billed, I still can't use the service, and apparently my time started during the beta, so my subscription will expire in September of next year.
I got ripped off.
Paid for my music once not paying for apple to let me use it in the cloud
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