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Apple Says iCloud Does Not 'Stream' Music

Apple Says iCloud Does Not 'Stream' Music

Posted August 30, 2011 at 6:16pm by iClarified
Following the first beta of iTunes Match yesterday it seemed that Apple was streaming music from iCloud. It turns out this is not the case.

An Apple spokesperson told AllThingsD that users who wanted to access music from the cloud-based locker would still need to store the file on their device. What looked like streaming in the videos released yesterday was actually a 'simultaneous listen and download'. This reportedly applies to both music you've purchased from the iTunes Store and music that you've uploaded with iTunes Match.

Apple won't go into further detail about how the service will works - it was deliberately vague about it when it showed off the service at its developer conference last June, too - so we'll have to make some educated guesses here. My best hunch: If you don't "download" a music file to your library, it will sit in a more temporary cache, on a different part of your machine. Depending on the size of your machine's cache - it will presumably differ from, say, an iPhone to a MacBook - that file may occasionally be cleared out.


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Buggsy2
Buggsy2 - August 30, 2011 at 11:53pm
Besides, true streaming (no storage) would use lots of bandwidth which the cellcos probably can't provide, not ATT anyway.
PeterZ
PeterZ - August 30, 2011 at 7:10pm
Sounds like its better than streaming actually. Streaming brings with it the caveat of "buffering" which no one wants any part of, including Apple.
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