Hi, The short version is as follows:
1. Go to your Music Library within your Sources Table. 2. Select the song or songs you wish to get the iTunes upgraded version of. 3. Press your Delete key. 4. There should be a checkbox within the "Are You Sure" dialog that asks you whether you want to delete it from iCloud as well. Your answer is "No" so that the checkbox should not be checked. This will leave a reference to the song within the iCloud Library. Now, if you've deleted multiple songs, you may find it difficult to locate all the songs and have them in one place. In this case, I sort the Music according to the iCloud column then begin the download process. 5. Interact with the Music Table. 6. Navigate to to the iCloud status column. 7. Press VO-shift-back slash to sort according to that column. You can either sort it up or down, whatever you prefer. Then if you VO-up or VO-down from the top or bottom, depending on which way you sorted, you will see whether the songs are "Local", "Ineligible", "Download" and/or "Error". In this case, you're looking for the ones that read "Download". 8. Press the Download button in the iCloud status column to begin the download. Now iTunes will download the song from Apple's library of music if they have the specific song. If there was a match within Apple's iTunes library, it will be downloaded and it will now say "Matched AAC Audio File" for the type of media. If Apple cannot find a match, it will simply download the same file that you used to have as the iTunes Match service just keeps a copy of your unmatched media on its servers. That should do it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-06-26, at 5:29 AM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Esther and others, > > Jonathan Mosen's excellent podcast on iTunes Match very helpful and it was > after listening to it that I subscribed. I solved my first problem of not > being able to see the status of my music on my mac by double checking the > view menu and finding I had not checked all the iCloud options Jonathan > recommended. this was operator error on my part as I thought I had checked > them. > > My current question is how to get the old mp3 files replaced. I'm confident > once I read the links in Esther's post I'll find answers. > > Thanks to Jonathan, and Esther, and others for helping me work out the kinks > in iTunes Match. I'm all ready noticing improvement in my listening > experience. > > Keep the tips coming! Off to work now and I'll check back in this evening. > > It is amazing how helpful this list is! > > eRic Caron > > On Jun 25, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> Have you already listened to the podcast that Jonathan Mosen did about using >> iTunes match for this? He posted to the viphone list, and this podcast is >> also up at the AppleVis site under the "Podcasts" listings, but I don't know >> whether you're starting from his information or mean your question to go >> from the points that he covered. >> <begin quote> >> Hi everyone, I've been tweeting a bit about iTunes Match this week, and a >> few people have asked if I could do an Audioboo on my experiences. So here >> it is. I hope people considering it will find it of use. >> http://audioboo.fm/boos/859517 >> <end quote> >> >> There are also some guides that you can find on the web about proceeding, >> such as the CNET article on >> • "How to use iTunes Match to upgrade audio quality" by Matt Elliott >> November 17, 2011: >> http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57326759-285/how-to-use-itunes-match-to-upgrade-audio-quality/ >> You have to actually delete files to have them replaced with the better >> quality ones -- you might check this by trying it on a just a few files, >> first. >> >> The other issue is what to do if iTunes match doesn't match your files -- >> which can occur if the initial encoding is ripped at less than 96 kbps. TUAW >> had a solution for that, which was to basically use iTunes to create an aac >> copy at 128 kbps from the ripped mp3 file. As long as some version of the >> file is shown with an encoding quality of better than 96 kbps, it will try >> to match the content based on your labels (even if you got this by >> resampling your lower bit rate rip). Here's the link to the TUAW article if >> you want to read the details: >> * "One trick for getting iTunes Match to recognize older tracks" by Michael >> Rose Nov 20th 2011: >> http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/20/one-trick-for-getting-itunes-match-to-recognize-older-tracks/ >> >> HTH. Or maybe someone else who has done this can chime in with suggestions. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Eric Caron wrote: >> >>> Hi listers, >>> >>> I recently subscribed to iTunes match. I'm hoping to improve the >>> quality of some of my music. Many of my rips have some sound issues so >>> updating to the Apple version would be nice. >>> >>> My understanding is that you can download the Apple version once your song >>> is matched. I don't know how to do that. Can someone offer tips how to >>> know if you have downloaded a better quality version of the song? Many of >>> my low quality Mp3 rips could use help and I can't take the time to dig out >>> hundreds of CD's to do them again. >>> So far I seemed to have completed the first steps and iTunes thinks it is >>> done. In the view menu I turned on the iCloud options and now hear the >>> message" iCloud download needs "upload or the message "iCloud download >>> "local. >>> >>> I would be grateful if someone could explain these messages . And if I can >>> have directions on how to use iCloud match to improve the quality of my >>> rips so my listening is improved. >>> >>> Gratefully, >>> >>> Eric Caron >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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