[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":127},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2014:what-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires":3,"blogMore-Technology":113,"comments-what-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires":126},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":94,"commentCount":91,"date":95,"description":12,"excerpt":96,"extension":97,"filenames":98,"hidden":99,"image":100,"meta":102,"minutes":91,"navigation":103,"path":104,"seo":105,"showCategory":98,"stem":106,"tags":107,"updated":98,"url":110,"wordCount":111,"__hash__":112},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2014\u002Fwhat-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires.md","What to do before your iTunes Match subscription expires",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":89},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22,27,74,77,80,83],[10,11,12],"p",{},"At $25 a year the iTunes Match service can be a little tough to swallow given all it does is synchronize your music across iTunes especially when other file-sharing services are cheaper and more general purpose (OneDrive, Mega, DropBox etc).",[10,14,15],{},"One important thing to know however before you let your subscription lapse or cancel is that once it’s gone all your cloud-backed-up music will be unavailable.",[10,17,18],{},"That means if you don’t still have a local copy of the track your ripped from CD\u002Fdownload from anywhere but iTunes you’re going to be digging through backups or have to re-rip or repurchase it.",[10,20,21],{},"There is a simple way to download all your missing music before your subscription expires though.",[23,24,26],"h2",{"id":25},"steps-to-download-all-your-itunes-match-tracks","Steps to download all your iTunes Match tracks",[28,29,30,34,46,49,52,64,67],"ol",{},[31,32,33],"li",{},"Start up iTunes",[31,35,36,37],{},"Create a new Smart Playlist with the criteria (as shown in screenshot) ",[38,39],"img",{"src":40,"className":41,"alt":45},"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.damieng.com\u002Fblog\u002FiTunesMatchDownload.png",[42,43,44],"screenshot","m-0","p-0","iTunes Smart Playlist for finding Cloud-only tracks",[31,47,48],{},"Save this Smart Playlist e.g. as “iTunes Match Download”",[31,50,51],{},"Browse to this Smart Playlist and select one song",[31,53,54,55,59,60,63],{},"Select all with ",[56,57,58],"kbd",{},"Ctrl A"," (Windows) or ",[56,61,62],{},"Cmd A"," (Mac)",[31,65,66],{},"Consider the total size at the bottom of the screen in terms of whether you have this disk space or bandwidth allowance.",[31,68,69,70],{},"Right click on the items and select ",[71,72,73],"strong",{},"Download",[10,75,76],{},"This may take a while. You can see the status by opening the Downloads window.",[10,78,79],{},"If the downloads stop or fail for any reason just repeat steps 4-6 as your new playlist will keep shrinking as files are now available on your computer.",[10,81,82],{},"Enjoy!",[10,84,85],{},[86,87,88],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":90,"searchDepth":91,"depth":91,"links":92},"",2,[93],{"id":25,"depth":91,"text":26},"Technology","2014-09-03T17:31:52+00:00","[object Object]","md",null,false,{"src":40,"className":101,"alt":45},[42,43,44],{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2014\u002Fwhat-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires",{"title":5,"description":12},"blog\u002F2014\u002Fwhat-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires",[108,109],"Apple","iTunes","\u002Fblog\u002F2014\u002Fwhat-to-do-before-your-itunes-match-subscription-expires\u002F",243,"gvtWY2EkkjkRAyI2qYvZBEZBdaLSOD5zEUnKQxkhMZ8",[114,118,122],{"title":115,"date":116,"url":117},"VTX5000: Part 4 - Communications","2026-05-06T10:19:24.727Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-4-comms-routines\u002F",{"title":119,"date":120,"url":121},"VTX5000: Part 3 - Software ROM","2026-04-15T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-3-software-rom\u002F",{"title":123,"date":124,"url":125},"VTX5000: Part 2 - Hardware","2026-03-30T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fprism-vtx5000-part-2\u002F",[],1780900515925]