Hi all, well I bit the bullet this week and created a library in iTunes that
was under 25000 of my own ripped tracks, so I could take advantage of iTunes
Match. I've been ripping my music for 15 years now, so the idea of getting
nice fresh rips in 256K AAC really appeals to me, and I created a smart
playlist to replace all my rips with the AAC versions. I was super impressed
that tracks I had digitised long ago from my vinyl collection were matched
with a nice clean digital copy in the cloud. Sweet.
 
However, I hope I'm missing something, because otherwise, iTunes Match is
the first thing built into iOS that I don't think is particularly
accessible.
 
Since I have a few 12/13 hour flights coming up, I've set up a couple of
playlists whose contents I want to download to my iPhone so I can hear them
when I don't have an Internet connection. I go into the Music app, locate
the playlist, and choose the Download All button at the bottom of the
screen. The phone gets really sluggish, but also, I find that there appears
to be no verbal indication about what songs are in the cloud, and what songs
are stored on the phone. If you look in iTunes, you can go into the view
options and check the boxes so you are told very clearly what songs are
local, and what songs are not. And I believe that visually, a sighted person
can see in iOS where a particular song is stored.
 
I've sort of worked around this by starting the download, going into the
Settings for the Music App, and disabling show all music, so I only see what
songs are on the phone, but that's not a perfect solution. Has anyone else
seen this and even better, found a work-around?
 
Jonathan

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