Finally cancelling iTunes Match. Created playlists in Music.app to find and download every track with cloud status “matched” or “uploaded” to my Mac. In the process, found a gold mine of old audio recordings off my MiniDisc, circa 2004-2006.

@manton I wish Apple Music could access files in iCloud. I have over 200GB of music files, and I don't fancy putting them all on my local hard drive.

@amerpie That would be cool. It does seem a missed opportunity to better unify Apple Music and the old iTunes / MP3 files world.

funny, I did the same. I had hundreds of CDs back in the day, many of the Hawaiian music still isn't on their servers.


@manton the music I listen to the most is region locked to a different country than the one I live in, so I don’t think I will ever be able to switch from iTunes Match. I have an album that I bought on iTunes in that region and it gives me trouble all the time because iTunes gets confused whether I have access to it or not. I regret not buying it on cd then ripping it and tossing or giving away the cd (I have no space in my life for CDs).

@numericcitizen I listen to my library streamed via iTunes Match while commuting every day. Occasionally I stream music I don't own via Apple Music, but in lieu of a device with enough storage to hold my whole library, iTunes Match works for me.
