iTunes Match allows music that is not purchased via iTunes to follow along and be included on Apple devices capable of supporting/accessing an iTunes library such as an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Windows PC with iTunes for Windows. When one acquires another Apple device that supports an iTunes library only the music that is purchased directly from iTunes will download to that device.

Of course the music was sourced to iTunes via a Mac or Windows PC with iTunes. The original intent for iTunes Match was to allow your ripped CD’s or music imported from other (legitimate) DRM free sources to be incorporated into your iTunes library. ITunes Match was developed by Apple long before there was Apple Music. My apologies to those who may say “I’m preaching to the choir” 😇. It’s not a perfect solution, though, as unlike on the Mac you can’t select all of your library to download in one go.This may be a bit off topic but I think a little history is needed here to fully understand iTunes Match. IPhone 7, then iTunes Match is again a good choice. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad with enough storage to accommodate your iTunes library, such as the spacious 256GB version of the How to download your iTunes library: Use iTunes Match with your iPhone or iPad How to move your iTunes library to a new Mac or external drive tutorial. While you can use iTunes Match to share your music with different Macs, if you wanted to actually move your iTunes library to external storage or another machine then you can follow our How to download your iTunes library: Move your library to another Mac

If your collection is vast then it might be best to start this process just before you go to bed, then hopefully you’ll awake to a locally stored library. Depending on the size of your library this could either take a few minutes or many hours. Now iTunes will start downloading all of your tracks.

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