iTunes Match syncing vs Apple Music subscription

About 1/3 of my 37k songs cannot be accessed on my new device using iTunes Match. This is a FAIL.

DRVASS wrote:

Are the main iTunes Match features (syncing music you own and imported to iTunes) included within an Apple Music subscription?

Yes.

I’ve been a long time iTunes Match subscriber and recently started an Apple Music family subscription. I’m wondering if I can now cancel my ITunes Match subscription.

For the most part, yes.

With an Apple Music subscription, is my iTunes Match subscription now redundant?

Except for the ability to download non-protected versions of matched songs provided by iTunes Match and not available through Apple Music, yes, it's mostly redundant.

The main question, is will the music I owned from CDs and imported into iTunes that iTunes Match then synced with and added into my iCloud library still be available in my library to download to other devices (MacBook that won’t always be connected to the internet and used to add music to older iPods)?

Yes. But again, when downloaded through Apple Music, they will be protected if they are matched songs and will not be playable outside of iTunes or Apple Music. Uploaded songs will remain as they are.

We still have iPod minis for our kids when they go to camp and have no internet access and aren’t allowed to have iPhones or iPads that could connect to Apple Music subscriptions to stream or download locally so it still requires us to purchase music either digitally or on CD and import to iTunes to add to the iPods (vs accessing what’s available thru the Apple Music subscription).

You would still sync the unprotected versions found in the iTunes Library as you have done. Neither iTunes Match nor Apple Music have any effect on this process. Protected tracks will not sync to the iPod Minis.

sedgeSlg wrote:

I’m paying for iTunes match, but the stuff on my computer is not coming through onto my phone. What do I do?

Make sure you are using the same Apple ID for iTunes Match on your computer and for iCloud and Media & Purchases on your iPhone.

Then verify you have turned on Sync Music Library in Settings ➜ Music.

If the option to Sync Library does not appear on your iPhone, then the Apple Id being used on it does not hold a subscription to iTunes Match or Apple Music.

click here ➜ Use Sync Library with your Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription - Apple Support

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DRVASS wrote:

Thanks Phil!

So if we had one family Mac that had previously been used to sync the iPod which had the original iTunes library, and now I was letting my son set this up on his MacBook for music not purchased through iTunes (imported from CDs) even for matched versions, I’ll have to move the actual imported files from the Mac over to the MacBook to be able to sync them to the iPod.

They need to exist in whatever Mac is being used to sync to the iPod.

Assuming so, I was looking at the folders inside my sons MacBook, within Music > Media there were 2 folders there each with sub folders of artists/albums/songs. One was labeled, Apple Music and another labeled, Music.

Apple Music should contain any iTunes purchases or downloaded music from the Apple Music subscription and then Music would be where we should drop any previously imported files, correct?

Yes. You can copy the entire Media folder and just point the Music app to the MusicLibrary.musiclibrary file when it starts.

Click here ➡️ Move your iTunes library to another computer - Apple Support

and here ➡️ Make a split library portable - Apple Community

Apple Music includes all the functions of iTunes Match.

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I’m paying for iTunes match, but the stuff on my computer is not coming through onto my phone. What do I do?