Hello there,
I had this issue where iTunes froze while updating iTunes Match. I already downloaded the music files as described there, and as the first answer said, I indeed see a cloud right next to each song's name. I clicked on one I knew I already had, and it downloaded just fine, in the exact same subfolder as the "ghost" one, but without attached metadata, i.e. song.m4a now has a sibling named song 1.m4a. ID3 tags is still fine, but play count and ratings are lost.
As I didn't want to re-download the whole collection (I'm on a daytime-capped connection) , I tried to re-add the iTunes Media folder, exactly as described on this Apple Discussions thread. However in my case, iTunes painfully started to add local duplicates to the iTunes Match-known ones, but losing metadata in the process.
My current configuration, briefly:
Active iTunes Match subscribtion in iTunes
Almost all tracks uploaded in iTunes Match
iTunes Media files resides on a WebDAV server
old iTunes Media folder still in ~/Music/iTunes/, currently holds non-music files (podcasts, apps)
What is the correct way to tell iTunes to re-scan the media folder and update whatever entries it may have, isntead of adding duplicates?
I had this issue where iTunes froze while updating iTunes Match. I already downloaded the music files as described there, and as the first answer said, I indeed see a cloud right next to each song's name. I clicked on one I knew I already had, and it downloaded just fine, in the exact same subfolder as the "ghost" one, but without attached metadata, i.e. song.m4a now has a sibling named song 1.m4a. ID3 tags is still fine, but play count and ratings are lost.
As I didn't want to re-download the whole collection (I'm on a daytime-capped connection) , I tried to re-add the iTunes Media folder, exactly as described on this Apple Discussions thread. However in my case, iTunes painfully started to add local duplicates to the iTunes Match-known ones, but losing metadata in the process.
My current configuration, briefly:
Active iTunes Match subscribtion in iTunes
Almost all tracks uploaded in iTunes Match
iTunes Media files resides on a WebDAV server
old iTunes Media folder still in ~/Music/iTunes/, currently holds non-music files (podcasts, apps)
What is the correct way to tell iTunes to re-scan the media folder and update whatever entries it may have, isntead of adding duplicates?