iTunes Match uploads raised to promised 100K song limit, accounts suggest
The upload limit for iTunes Match may have finally been raised to 100,000 songs, as Apple originally promised in June, some users are beginning to report.
Accounts of the change first emerged on Reddit earlier on Monday. Apple has not yet updated its official documentation, which could mean that the new limit is rolling out gradually or prematurely.
Until now the upload limit was 25,000 songs. While enough for many iTunes users, people with larger collections were previously forced to avoid Match or find workarounds, like using multiple libraries.
In late June Apple's SVP for Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, said on Twitter that that the company was "working to get to 100k for iOS 9." When iOS 9 shipped on Sept. 16 however, people discovered that the 25,000-song cap was still in place.
iTunes Match exists in a unique space in Apple's online services, since some of the same functions have been duplicated in Apple Music, including uploads for remote play. With Apple Music, though, matched tracks can only be played while a subscription is active, and will disappear from secondary devices afterward.
Accounts of the change first emerged on Reddit earlier on Monday. Apple has not yet updated its official documentation, which could mean that the new limit is rolling out gradually or prematurely.
Until now the upload limit was 25,000 songs. While enough for many iTunes users, people with larger collections were previously forced to avoid Match or find workarounds, like using multiple libraries.
In late June Apple's SVP for Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, said on Twitter that that the company was "working to get to 100k for iOS 9." When iOS 9 shipped on Sept. 16 however, people discovered that the 25,000-song cap was still in place.
iTunes Match exists in a unique space in Apple's online services, since some of the same functions have been duplicated in Apple Music, including uploads for remote play. With Apple Music, though, matched tracks can only be played while a subscription is active, and will disappear from secondary devices afterward.
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Now comes the question, iTunes Match or Apple Music if both expand the limit to 100k?
Really? I suppose your library might be super messy or you tried using Apple Music or you have tracks which aren't what you think they are.
Shrug
I must be one of the lucky (or crazy) ones. My iTunes Match has worked fine and dandy since joining 2 months ago. (Now watch, I bet I just jinxed myself!)
Mine has worked great too. It so nice streaming the music directly from my AppleTV instead of having to load my local library. Well worth $27 for free back up, some track quality upgrades, and the ability to stream my music wherever.
Does anyone know if there is a way to force an upload for an improperly matched song?
This times 10^9
For me, this Apple Music is a flop. This is what happens when you put a designer in charge of functionality!
I have updated to the new itunes and iOS9. I'm also running the latest beta of El Capitan.
And Apple claims this works as advertised! While I was under the impression this bug was fixed in version 12.2.1
Never having had any issues with iTunes Match I have to suspect either issues with your wifi or simply bandwidth issues.
In fact the genius of iTunes match is how it works. The whole 'matching' with what is already 'up there' and very little uploading is brilliant. My 60+ GB library only takes a few minutes to be 'matched' and I have wiped and re started it several times so I know this for a fact.
Sadly, this is something Apple hasn't duplicated with Photos. With Photos Apple seem to have gone the opposite direction. Obviously the initial images need to be uploaded but when one 'shares' an album with a family member they have to be physically copied it seems, even the 1000 per hour limit gets imposed on this sharing process. WTF ...?? Why not use symbolic links and share in a nano seconds? They are already 'up there' Hello ... Apple anyone in there?
That said I read on AI Apple are rethinking the entire cloud so hopefully this will all get sorted soon. As a user of dot Mac, then dot Me and now iCloud, maybe forth time will be the charm for handling images?
That's interesting, so all the Napster songs so many folks still have get screwed with, is that what this does? Have you tried converting the MP3 to other formats prior to putting into iTunes (i.e. convert externally)?
Fun project to test ... I know all of my old LP's that I recorded and converted from analog to digital were uploaded and treated the same way as my Logic Pro original material, i.e. not matched. I was fascinated when this happened as they were pristine quality and now digital but no match ever happens.
So I suspect if you go that route , i.e. record them back in as if they were analog it should prevent matching. There is probably a quick way to do that with file conversion but I have a suspicion it might require going via analog to work.
Can you tell me how you were able to turn off iCloud music library?
"I've just managed to upload a whole bunch of songs that were previously over the limit, so it looks like the limit increase (to 100,000 songs) Eddie Cue promised earlier this year may have taken place. Can anyone else confirm?
Edit: Doesn't look like it's increased, I'm receiving the limit error again with new music. I'm not sure what happened to let me upload the excess music. If I were a certain Apple news site, I'd hold off on reporting this until there's more than one report of it happening."
please be advised that as of today 10.21.15....itunes match HAS NOT increased to 100k limit...apple phone reps comfirm this and have no idea when the increase will occur..
I cannot join as my library is too large. My dilemma is I have a number of protected AAC files purchased years ago from the lovely people at Apple via ITunes. These specific DRM ( digital rights management) cannot be converted.
Most fundamentally they are not recognised by my Sonos wireless music system. This is illustrated by gaps in my allegedly well crafted playlists.
I know my iTuny world has got messy ... With duplicate songs etc and I know I may have to partition a library to get access to the iTunes Match ....
So Q 1 - will the ITunes Match song limit increase ? And if so when ?
Q 2 - what else if anything can I do ?
Thanks in advance ! New to the group ! Do judge , but kindly !