

Unfortunately you can’t act on the statuses that really matter, like “Error” or “Duplicate.” If you try to create a playlist that has everything that isn’t purchased, matched, uploaded, or not eligible (through a “all of these rules” group of iCloud status is not… rules) you can get close, but you still get all the ones that are “waiting.”Ģ. You can sort your music & build playlists based on some of these statuses (purchased, matched, uploaded, not eligible). You can re-add it to iCloud by right-clicking on it and “Add to iCloud…” Removed: You removed this song from iCloud, usually from a device or another computer, but it’s still in your library.

Error: The song is corrupt or there was a problem uploading it.By the way, this isn’t the stupid “find duplicates” that’s been in iTunes forever, this is a real duplicate finder. Duplicate: You have two of these in your library.Not Eligible: Songs that are larger than 200 MB or have a bitrate less than 96 Kbps, or things that aren’t songs (PDFs, etc.).Waiting: It’s in your library (or one of your libraries) and is awaiting processing.Uploaded: This track wasn’t matched to anything Apple knows about, but a copy of what you had was uploaded to iCloud for you.Matched: This track was matched to a song in Apple’s database, and regardless of the original format if you (re)download it you’ll get a 256 kbps AAC file.Purchased: You bought this track from the iTunes Store, and regardless of the original format if you (re)download it you’ll get a 256 kbps AAC file.If you right-click on the iTunes column header you can turn them on to see what iCloud thinks of your music. There are new “iCloud Status” and “iCloud Download” information columns in iTunes. I’m excited by it, mainly because I’ve longed for a proper multi-iTunes sync for a long time between my work, home, and laptop computers, and I think Apple is doing this right for iOS users.ġ. I’ve been using iTunes Match since the developer releases, and these are a few things I’ve learned so far about the service.
