Within Apple ’s new iCloud service , you’re able to sync , back up your machine , and locate friends — but if you require to manage your music and purchase , look to the service ’s iTunes in the Cloud opening move : For free , you may automatically download any new purchases across all your machine , and admission any past purchase ( still available on iTunes ) ; pay an supererogatory $ 25 a year , and you may store and stream your music online with iTunes Match . Here ’s how these all crop .
Automatic downloads
Both iOS 5 and iTunes 10.5 include an automatic downloads feature that rent you choose to have your gadget or computing machine mechanically download any medicine , Scripture , and/or apps you purchase on other iTunes - pass computers or Io gadget . ( take down that it also works with any gratis content in those categories that you ’ve downloaded . )
iTunes : To set up reflex downloads in iTunes , go to the Store tab of iTunes ’s predilection . At the top , you ’ll see an Automatic Downloads section , in which you may individually turn on the downloading of euphony , apps , and leger buy using your iTunes ID . Click in the box next to each that you want to enable and then clack OK .
select content to mechanically download in iTunes .
Selecting content to automatically download in iTunes.
iOS : On an iOS gimmick , go to configurations - > Store and you ’ll see the same Music , Apps , and Books options as in iTunes . To the right of each option is a toggle replacement that become download on or off for each character of content .
automatonlike download mise en scene on the iPhone .
One particularly dainty use of the automatic downloads feature do with regards to books . startle with iTunes 10.3 , Apple has leave you tobrowse and purchase(but not read ) books from the iBookstore from within iTunes itself . Even on the iPad ’s large concealment , an iOS gimmick is n’t the best way of life to see at the vast selection of books on offer , so if you specify up record download on your gadget , you may find and purchase a book from your computer and then have it quick for you to read the next time you found iBooks on your iPad .
Selecting content to automatically download in iTunes.
Previously purchased content
Another part of iTunes in the Cloud is the power to re - download previously purchased substance . Previously , this was available in beta for users of iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4 ; with iCloud ’s sack , it ’s available for all iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5 users . Apple now let you re - download any music , books , apps ( you could always re - download apps , but it was n’t an obvious cognitive process ) , and TV show ( in the U.S. only ) that you ’ve obtain via the iTunes Store , App Store , or iBookstore in the past tense . ( Note that you may not be able-bodied to download content that ’s no longer usable from Apple ’s various stores . )
Apple currently does n’t permit you re - download movies , audiobooks , or podcasts .
iTunes : In iTunes , visit the iTunes Store and then settle the Purchased contact in the Quick Links sidebar on the right side . Once in the Purchased interface , you ’ll see Music , TV show , Apps , and Books yellow journalism across the top . penetrate on any of them to see the content available to you .
Automatic download settings on the iPhone.
Downloading previously purchase TV display in iTunes .
For each category , you may choose unlike scene and sort choice ( viewing medicine by songs or albums , for model ) as well as look for your depicted object using a lookup box on the left side of the window . At the far rightfulness , you could choose between have iTunes display all purchase , or just those not in the respective iTunes depository library .
To download , click the cloud icon next to a call , record album , music video ( establish under Music ) , telly show , app , or Christian Bible to set out the download cognitive process . you may also download all your music or case-by-case boob tube show seasons by using a Download All push .
Downloading previously purchased TV shows in iTunes.
iOS : On iOS equipment , the outgrowth is much more disunited . For medicine , found the iTunes Store app , and tap the buy push button at the bottom . From there , choose between Music and TV Shows ( via a pop - up menu on the iPad or from the purchase cover on the iPhone ) , and the process works exchangeable to that on iTunes . A Recent Purchases tie show you new subject , and the interface provides a few unlike ways to see your stuff . As with iTunes , you’re able to choose between All and Not On This iPhone / iPod / iPad . practice the cloud icon to download .
Using iBooks to browse previous purchase .
For apps , launch the App Store app . Tap the Purchased button ( iPad ) or Updates button and then the Purchased contact at the top ( iPhone ) to see your previously download apps by download appointment ( newfangled first ) . Here , too , you may see all apps or just those you have n’t installed . And on the iPad , you could choose between viewing iPad - specific / oecumenical apps and iPhone apps . rap the image to download .
Using iBooks to browse previous purchases.
For books , found iBooks and go to the iBookstore . If you see your library when you launch iBooks , tap the Store button in the upper left corner ( iPad ) or upper right box ( iPhone ) . From there , tap the Purchased button at the bottom right of the sieve and you ’ll see a list of all the iBookstore purchase you ’ve made in the past . Tap to download .
Apple television set : One other reward of the iTunes in the Cloud functionality is that the second - genesis Apple TV can stream previously - purchase TV show over the cyberspace , rather than making you keep them house on a computing machine using Apple ’s Home Sharing feature of speech or stream them locally using AirPlay .
iTunes Match
iTunes Match is an optional subscription inspection and repair that Apple plans to roll out to client in the U.S. by the end of October . For $ 25 , it offers both music storage and , in some case , music upgrades .
It mold by uploading a database of your iTunes music library to Apple ’s server . It then compares that list with the 20 million track offered in the iTunes Store ; anything already available from Apple becomes immediately downloadable to your iOS devices and other computers running iTunes in 256 - kbps AAC formatting — even if your songs are low - caliber MP3 files rive from your CDs years ago .
For medicine that the service ca n’t fit up with iTunes Store content , iTunes Match lets you upload the real track to the iCloud servers . The end event is that all of your music — or at least up to 25,000 non - purchased caterpillar track — is available for you to listen to and download to any of your iOS devices or computers play iTunes .
We ’ll have many more particular on how it works when iTunes Match is available later in the month .
[ Jonathan Seff is executive editor of Macworld . ]
