Sams Teach Yourself iTunes Match in 10 Minutes is a quick reference guide to using Apple's iTunes Match service. This book explains all the varied features of the service, including essential details such as signing up, upgrading your entire library, understanding various iTunes Match settings, getting around the 25,000 song limit, using the service with Apple TV, troubleshooting problems, using it with iOS devices, and plenty more. Each topic is covered in short, easy to understand chapters that help you quickly and easily use the service to its full potential, resulting in higher-quality music, endless hours of streaming, and more.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Getting Started with iTunes Match
What Is iTunes Match?
Signing Up for iTunes Match
Purchasing and Setting Up iTunes Match
Other Cloud-Related iTunes Services
Summary
2 Upgrading Your iTunes Library and Fine-Tuning Your Matches
Upgrading Your Matched Tracks
Getting More Tracks to Match
Summary
3 How to Work Around iTunes Match’s 25,000 Song Limit
Limits Were Made to Be Broken
Summary
4 Removing Personalization from Your Upgraded Library
DRM-Free
Removing Personal Data
Other Options
Summary
5 iTunes Match on iOS: The Basics
iOS Integration: An iTunes Match Killer Feature
How iTunes Match Works on iOS
Using iTunes Match on iOS
Everything But the Kitchen Sync
Summary
6 iTunes Match on iOS: Advanced
Pre-Sweetening
Monitoring Usage and Deleting Your Cached Music
The iOS Accessory Catch
Summary
7 Accessing iTunes Match on Your Mac or PC
Why Use iTunes Match on a Second Computer
How to Do It
Summary
8 iTunes Match and the Apple TV
What Is the Apple TV?
How Can Apple TV Access Your Music?
Why Bother with iTunes Match?
How to Use iTunes Match on the Apple TV
Summary
9 iTunes Match Restrictions
You Get What You Pay For
Playlist Limitation
What a Difference Three Months Make
Other Limitations
Summary
10 Dealing with iTunes Match Track Errors
The Problem
The Solution
Summary
11 Dealing with iTunes Match Playback Problems
The Problem
The Solution(s)
Playback Issues on a Mac or PC
Summary
12 Music Linked to Multiple Apple IDs
Authorized Tracks
A Now-Familiar Routine
Summary
13 Audiobooks and iTunes Match
Audiobooks Don't Automatically Match
Force-Matching Audiobooks
Summary
14 Advanced iTunes Match Tips
An Upgraded Downgrade
A Space-Saving Trick
How to Get Genius Playlists with iTunes Match Enabled on iOS
Summary
15 Should You Renew?
The Decision
You Don’t Lose It All If You Don’t Renew
What You Lose If You Don’t Renew
How to Decide If You Should Renew iTunes Match
Summary
16 Helpful Smart Playlists
Recently Added Smart Playlist
Forgotten Favorites Smart Playlist
Least Often Played Smart Playlist
Not Rated Smart Playlist
Creating Smart Playlists for Songs You Don’t Like
Summary
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About the Author :
Lex Friedman started programming on a Commodore 64 and a Kaypro as a kid, and his love affair with technology hasn't waned in the decades since. Lex co-founded the Internet company The Daily Plate, which later became part of livestrong.com. Lex was once a staff writer for TidBITS, and currently holds that same role with Macworld, a publication he's written for since 2009.
Lex lives in New Jersey with his wife Lauren and his three impressively delightful children.
Lex is also the co-author of The Snuggie Sutra (2010, St. Martin's Press). His next humor book is due out in the fall of 2012.
