ONE OF THE BIGEST TECH TRENDS OF THE LAST year or so is the shift to cloud computing, where you save data, and then access it, from a remote server rather than on your own machine.
Naturally, Apple has put this to excellent use in iTunes, allowing users to store their entire music library ‘in the cloud’ and access it from any device without using up memory.
Apple’s service, called iTunes Match, scans your music library and either matches the track with a high quality version from the iTunes Store or, if it doesn’t have the track in its database, uploads your version to cloud.
Once complete, you can stream your tracks from any device (providing you have an active internet connection) without having to download them to that device. If you do want a hard copy of a song on one of your machines, Match also lets you download it from the cloud free of charge.
The best part is that you can store up to 25,000 tracks, transforming your humble iPad into a serious music archive. What’s more, you can access your songs from up to 10 different iTunes-enabled devices.
Unsurprisingly, the service doesn’t come for free – it will set you back £21.99 a year. However, as our tutorial will demonstrate it’s easy to set up, easy to use and very versatile.
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Using iTunes Match
Source : The Complete Guide to the iPhone 5
