iTunes 10.5 beta 6.1 released to developers, supports iTunes Match

Apple has today released a new version of the iTunes 10.5 beta to developers. This edition 6.1 supports one major new feature: Apples iTunes Match service, which will scan your iTunes library and match it with songs in Apples library, allowing you to download them to any iOS device directly.

This service was one of several major pillars of Apples new iCloud product that was announced at WWDC. Once you have installed the iTunes beta, you have access to a new iTunes Match tab that allows you to begin scanning your library for songs that match Apples database.

If your songs match then they will be added to your iTunes Match catalog, if they do not match, iTunes will upload the songs, along with any artwork, that it is missing. Although the service is in beta the $24.99 yearly price tag still applies but developers will get three months free for participating.

If iTunes Match finds any of your songs in their database, and they are better quality, it will upgrade them for free. Apple does warn however, that iTunes Match has a limited amount of song formats currently and that these may be different versions from the ones that it detects in your library.

It goe s without saying that this service is still in beta, so if youre participating do not erase any of the music on your computer as the iCloud database can be deleted at any time.

When iTunes Match launches, users will be able to pay the $24.99 yearly fee to have up to 25,000 songs in the cloud that are automatically uploaded and upgraded. These songs will be available for them to download on any of up to 10 different computers and iOS devices at a time, although only 5 of those devices can be computers.

iTunes Match is set to launch this fall with iOS 5. iOS 5 is the next major revision to ApplessoftwareforiPhone, iPod, Apple TV and iPad devices. The new OS is slated for release in the fall of this year. You can see our complete rundown of the iOS announcements at WWDChere. Weve also got a closer look at some of the features of iOS likeiMessages,Twitter,Setup and Notification Center,iCloud andalerts.


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