Is iTunes Match right for you?<article>
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Apple’s iTunes Match has been around for more than two years and, other than the addition of the ad-free version of the Pandora-like iTunes Radio, has changed very little. But there are many who remain on the fence. Is access to an online music storage locker worth $25 a year? Does iTunes Radio make it more so? Let’s examine some use cases where iTunes Match will work for you, and others where it won’t.</p><h2>How iTunes Match matches</h2>
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As Apple says, “iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device.” And, “since there are more than 26 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud.” For songs not in your music library, iTunes uploads them to Apple’s servers. I won’t go into the problems here about matches—see
this article for more on iTunes Match issues—but, for the most part, iTunes Match does work; it can just be annoying.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2099340/is-itunes-match-right-for-you.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Is iTunes Match right for you?
