iTunes in Cloud Is About Simultaneous Listen and Download

Posted by iunlock under News on Wednesday Sep 21, 2011

When Apple finally released the iTunes Match beta, many developers unraveled that iTunes in Cloud can also support musicstreaming for gadgets like iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. The entire world of blogging got pretty excited with this news since it was perceived before that iTunes in iCloud is only downloadable. But it seems we went wrong when we said it supports music streaming.

The confirmation was received by an official spokesperson of Apple who informed that songs can only be downloaded on local setting for the iOS device or the computer for you to be able to listen to them. Apple explained that instead of the streaming term, what they meant is that it can support simultaneous listening and downloading.

To better understand this matter, you may want to check out the video walkthrough of the iTunes Match made by InsanelyMac. It shows how you can download and stream the song on your computer or iOS device. When you select a certain song, it does not get downloaded to the library but instead is redirected to the temporary cache of your device.

Apple may have set it in this manner for design reasons more than its possible legal issues since it has already acquired formal streaming rights. This is according to a music label who confirmed the acquisition of Apple for the streaming rights. This may also be because Apple does not trust several carriers to render a flawless streaming experience to users and that a simultaneous style of listening and downloading can be a much better option.

However, this can also raise some contradictions. If the songs still need to be downloaded, then this still require participation of the carriers. Also other music streaming services and applications just like Spotify also cache the songs it plays. So what could be the difference in the implementation of Apple?

Some experts believe that this is Apple’s way of revolutionizing the concept of music streaming. We are just wondering why Apple did not want to explain it this way. What do you think? Are they up to something new again when it comes to this feature?

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Watch Out for iTunes 10.3, More Books and Other Automatic Downloads!

Posted by iunlock under News on Friday Jun 10, 2011

Apple finally unveiled the iTunes 10.3 after some reported delays. This brings the entire iTunes to the beta version of the Cloud to both PC and Mac. It also comes with the feature of more automatic downloads and history of Purchase that was all rolled out for the devices that carry iOS. What’s more is that you can expect more books to be brought to the iTunes store.

 

The specifications of the iTunes 10.3 is at 75MB for the Mac OS and about 77MB for Windows. Here are more of the details of its brand new features.

 

  • You can easily buy any music using any device and download in automatic mode the copy to your own Mac and PC devices. You can also get to download your other past purchases without paying any additional fees. All of your purchases are made available at the store of iTunes found right on your Mac or in the iTunes application right on your phone. If your previous purchase is not anymore made available in the store, then you can no longer get it again.
  • They have also added books in the store which you can download automatically straight to your iPad or iPhone and even your iPod Touch.

 

What is so great about this version is its capacity to allow you to download even your previously purchases books and applications for as long as they are still made available in the iTunes gallery. You simply have to click on the link for Purchased menu.

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