Hmmm, thanks, but it looked to me as if ITunes 10.3 was being offered as beta so that you could use the service termed "ICloud" on it. I also thought I saw somewhere that the Match service is already available. I will have to keep looking.
Teresa On Jun 7, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Shen wrote: > I want to add to my previous email regarding iCloud in iTunes. > The service for pushing your media content across all your devices > will be available in iOS 5. As far as I can tell, iOS 5 will be > available around September. > As for the cloud, it is not exactly a cloud service like that of > Amazon and Google. You do not have the ability to upload your content > to a cloud, then stream it anywhere with your device. The actual > storage of the content is still in your device, iPod, iPhone, iPad, > etc. > The only part that is considered a cloud is photos. Apple will store > up to 1000 of your photos in a cloud storage. > Is this confusing enough? > Then, on top of this, syncing your content across your devices is only > for iTunes purchases. If you have a CD collection that you ripped into > iTunes, you will have to pay for iTunes Match. This is a service that > will allow iTunes to identify the music you ripped from CDs, and match > them with the iTunes equivalent. iTunes Match will cost you $25 a > year. What I'm not sure is whether $25 is all you have to pay, then > you get your music, or you have to pay separately for each album. This > was not clear to me. > So if you have been holding your breath in anticipation of Lion and > iOS 5, you will have to hold it just a bit longer. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Shen > goalb...@gmail.com > > -- > 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.
