ITunes Match
iTunes Match: Sync Your Music Library
Discover the cloud music storage service by Apple, offering an annual fee for song matching and upload to iCloud for streaming across devices
What is ITunes Match?
iTunes Match is a music service created by Apple Inc. that allows users to store their music library on Apple's servers (iCloud). For an annual subscription fee of $24.99, iTunes Match will scan a user's existing music library and match the songs to songs already available in Apple's iTunes Store catalog.
If a match is found, then iTunes Match will make that high-quality version from the iTunes catalog available to any of the user's devices instead of uploading the user's original copy. This saves on upload time and storage space. Any songs that are not matched are uploaded so the user's full library is still available from the cloud. This allows access to a user's entire music collection from any iOS device, Mac, PC using iTunes, or the Apple TV.
An advantage of iTunes Match over similar services is that is does not count towards a user's iCloud storage limits. It also provides higher quality 256kbps DRM-free songs compared to songs uploaded from a user's library. Overall, it provides seamless access to music across devices with minimal effort since matching is done automatically.
ITunes Match Features
Features
- Matches songs in your iTunes library and uploads them to iCloud
- Makes your matched or uploaded songs available across all your devices
- Uploads up to 100,000 songs
- Provides high-quality 256 kbps DRM-free AAC files
- Lets you stream or download your music on demand
- Syncs iTunes purchases instantly across devices
Pricing
- Subscription-Based
Pros
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