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So how do you get started with this whole iTunes Match service? First start by installing iTunes 10.5.1 on the computer from which you will be uploading your library. It is important to keep in mind that you can only associate a device to an Apple ID once every 90 days so do not think can have your friends log into their iTunes Match account on your phone just to listen to a song - it will be a long 3 months until you can listen to your own music again. You can also use iTunes Match simultaneously on 2 Apple TVs. Apple specifically states that iTunes Match will work with up to 10 devices which include the aforementioned authorized computers, leaving at least 5 slots for iOS devices. iTunes Match only deals with songs and excludes audiobooks, ringtones, iTunes LPs and iTunes Extras.Īs expected, iTunes Match works with all 5 computers authorized to your iTunes account through the Home Sharing feature. The songs matched by iTunes will not need to be uploaded from your computer and will be accessible to you in 256 kbps AAC file format regardless of your songs’ previous formats. Your music library is accessible from an iOS 5 device, Apple TV, or any computer running the latest version of iTunes 10.5.1. On top of that, songs purchased from iTunes do not even count against your 25,000 song limitation. ITunes Match is available as an automatically renewing subscription of $24.99 per year and allows you to store up to 25,000 songs on Apple’s iCloud servers. If your music is not matched then iTunes will automatically upload the music to your online music storage. If a match is found, you will be able to listen to the iTunes version. Apple then checks each one of your songs to see if it can find a match between your song and one that is already on the iTunes store. The basic premise of iTunes Match is that iTunes will collect information about each song on your computer and send the data back to Apple through iTunes. Think of it as an optional extension to your iCloud storage. ITunes Match is just one feature of the new iCloud services currently rolling out. This is an exciting time for Apple fans and music lovers alike as iTunes Match aims to make it as simplistic as possible to move your music into the cloud with native applications you are already accustomed to using, all for a price that rivals every other music storage service currently available.

iTunes Match is the future for your iTunes Library. Since then there has been no shortage of rumors for how Lala would be utilized until Apple officially announced iTunes Match at this year’s WWDC Keynote.

It hardly seems like it has been almost 2 years since Apple acquired back in 2009.