Roger Fingas
Some users are again claiming that Apple has raised the song upload/matching limit for iTunes Match and Apple Music libraries over 25,000, as promised in June by SVP for Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue.
Libraries that were previously held at 25,000 are now having additional songs matched and/or uploaded, according to various accounts recorded by MacRumors and Macworld's Kirk McElhearn.
It's not clear what the new practical limit is, and official iTunes Match documentation still refers to a 25,000-song cap. Apple could conceivably be doing a slow rollout.
In September, though, similar accounts of users topping 25,000 emerged, without the change reaching the general public.
Cue initially stated that Apple was "working to get to 100k for iOS 9," which arrived mid-September. In October, he maintained that Apple was still working on the project, promising the improvement "before the end of the year."
Update: The expansion of services has been confirmed and is rolling out to users now.
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And since the introduction of some new iTunes features, I ask myself what is the difference between iTunes Match (which I have and pay for) and iCloud Music Library. I also have Apple Music, and somehow have the impression iCloud Music Library and iTunes Match should be the same. But so far I don't want to cancel one of the two, as I have the impression, I might loosing something. This is not the 'just works' I know. It's still rather 'just confusing'.
Apple Music includes the whole catalog, not just your stuff, and whatever is downloaded onto devices for offline use is protected by DRM encoding and thus unplayable once you cancel the service.
Apple Music includes the whole catalog, not just your stuff, and whatever is downloaded onto devices for offline use is protected by DRM encoding and thus unplayable once you cancel the service.
Spheric, that is not what is being asked. I'm sorry but I don't know the answer. Can someone help out macapfel?
I’ll be impressed when they offer lossless (ALAC) iCloud Music Libraries and music that doesn’t disappear, become corrupted or overwrites your good copies.