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iTunes Match book delivers useful guidance in minutes

by Michael Rose (Apr 4th, 2012)

Writer Lex Friedman has covered Apple's iTunes Match cloud music service for Macworld, his home base, but if you want all your Match instruction in one convenient ebook, you're in luck. Friedman has written Sams Teach Yourself iTunes Match in 10 Minutes, a full guide that provides all the ...

Apple reportedly working on "adaptive streaming" for iCloud music

by Steven Sande (Feb 28th, 2012)

The Guardian is reporting that Apple is working on a new method of "adaptive streaming" for music stored in iCloud that will "adjust itself to the bandwidth and storage available on the receiving device." The UK paper is less clear on exactly how that new format will be implemented, saying that it ...

Daily Update for February 22, 2012

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 22nd, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Apple reportedly readying iTunes Match for Japan

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Japanese Mac site Macotakara notes that the Japanese version of iTunes has been updated with a "Purchased" tab via iTunes in the Cloud, which also suggests that Apple is about to launch an official version of iTunes Match in Japan. iCloud has been up and running in Japan for some time, but only ...

iTunes Match to open to more Latin American countries, Europe

by Dave Caolo (Jan 17th, 2012)

A check of the iTunes Match availability page shows that Apple has launched the service in 19 new countries, with focus on Latin America and Europe. As of today, Apple has enabled iTunes Match for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, ...

iTunes Match (actually) going live internationally

by Chris Rawson (Dec 15th, 2011)

iTunes Match went partially live internationally in several markets on December 15, with iTunes accounts in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada, and other countries offering iTunes Match signups in users' account preferences. However, that launch appeared to be premature, since iTunes Match ...

Apple refunds iTunes Match purchases for international users after premature 'launch'

by Chris Rawson (Dec 15th, 2011)

Although options to sign up for iTunes Match started appearing in several international markets yesterday, many suspected that the launch was premature since iTunes Match wasn't showing up on the main page of respective countries' iTunes Stores. It turns out the "launch" was indeed premature, ...

iTunes Match international rollout begins (updated)

by Chris Rawson (Dec 14th, 2011)

Update: GigaOM reported that the rollout was premature. Those outside of the US and Brazil who successfully signed up for the program will have their money refunded, and Apple has told these customers that Match will not function outside of those countries. iTunes Match has started rolling ...

iTunes Music, Movies stores arrive in Latin America

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 13th, 2011)

The iOS App Store and the Mac App Store have been getting a lot of press lately. Now it's time to for the iTunes music store to share the spotlight. Starting this week, iTunes music and movies are available in Brazil and 15 other Latin American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, ...

Piper Jaffray: iTunes Match likely breaking even for Apple

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2011)

Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray believes that for all of Apple's success with iTunes Match so far, the company is probably still only breaking even on the service. Sure, $24.99 a year from all of the service's users is a lot of money flowing in, but there's a lot going the other way as well, from ...

Talkcast tonight: One week of iTunes Match

by Michael Rose (Nov 20th, 2011)

Yes, it's time again for the TUAW Talkcast! We'll be live on our usual TalkShoe meeting place, podcast gods permitting, starting in just a couple of hours at 10 pm Eastern time. It's been a modest week for news, so we'll be diving into the biggest shift in digital music since the Moog ...

One trick for getting iTunes Match to recognize older tracks

by Michael Rose (Nov 20th, 2011)

Welcome, iTunes Match users. After you've coughed over your 25 bucks and waited all night for your music library to reconcile with the great iCloud in the sky, you may have noticed those mysterious cloud status icons scattered through your tracks. Apple's tech note summarizes the icons; ...

iTunes 10.5.1 available, iTunes Match opens up

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 14th, 2011)

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.1 for immediate download through Apple's site with iTunes Match available. It's not available via Software Update yet, and we will have the full changelog up shortly. iTunes Match is now available as a feature in iTunes and users can subscribe for US$24.99. It's ...

iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3 released with more fixes for iTunes Match

by Chris Rawson (Nov 13th, 2011)

Apple has released a third beta of iTunes 10.5.1 to members of its developer program. According to Apple, "iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3 includes a number of important stability and performance improvements for iTunes Match, and is a required update for all subscribers to iTunes Match beta." This beta ...

Apple email suggests iTunes Match launch soon

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 11th, 2011)

Apple sent out the following emails to developers this afternoon: iTunes Match Update As we prepare for the launch of iTunes Match, we will be deleting all current iCloud libraries on Saturday, November 12th at 10 AM PST. Please turn off iTunes Match on all of your computers and ...