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safe to put my IPOD Classic music collection on iTunes Match

  • 22-04-2013 2:15pm
    #1
    banjobongo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭


    hi guys,
    I have a large (98GB) collection of music on my itunes, which I mostly listen on my ipod classic. If anything happened to my music I be heartbroken (I have backed up the itunes on a hard drive but think if iTunes Match worked properly it would be safer).
    Also I could access my music from different computers so its something I would like to do, but Im nervous about doing it for 2 reasons:

    1/with 98GB would the actual process of uploading the music to iTunes Match takes AGES?
    2/I seem to recall that sometimes itunes does not copy all the music to the cloud, only some of it, ie some music it substitutes different versions, so iff I have one version of an opera for example Madame Butterfly, iTunes Match might substitute another version.

    Are either of my concerns valid or should I just go ahead?
    thanks in advance for any feedback/guidance!

    BB


Comments

  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    iTunes Match is what your thinking of I think.


  • #3
    banjobongo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭banjobongo


    guil wrote: »
    iTunes Match is what your thinking of I think.

    thanks, yes you are 100% correct so I have ammended my post accordingly!


  • #4
    TBi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭TBi


    Buy a cheap USB HDD and backup onto that, easiest/simplest/quickest option. Put HDD away in a safe place.


  • #5
    crazyderk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭crazyderk


    iTunes match first of all scans your library and if it finds matches on content that is on apple servers it will not upload the music but allow you to stream the high quality version they have from their server and music it does not know of it will upload to their server to stream.

    How long will it take is a very general questions it depends on your broadband speed, congestion, apples servers and how much music will it actually need to upload.

    Other providers like Google and amazon will upload all 98 gigs of music.


  • #6
    Senecio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 971 ✭✭✭Senecio


    If you really want complete control over your library, keep it local and back it up locally.

    If you want the convenience of access anywhere, use Spotify.

    I think you have to decide which is important to you.


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