Apple: iTunes match continued in the beta test

The new iTunes service-match turns a further round of testing. Apple developers at the weekend, a third beta version of iTunes 10.5.1 made ​​available. This brings to manufacturer's specifications of performance and stability improvements for iTunes match.

Originally, iTunes should start production in late October match the operation, but could not keep this appointment Apple. A new date for the launch of iTunes-Match is not known. The computer giant plans to offer iTunes first match in the U.S. only.

iTunes 10.5.1 is required for the use of iTunes-match. The download of iTunes 10.5.1 beta version requires a membership in the Mac Developer Program.

Apple on the service: "iTunes in the cloud to download the already purchased iTunes music makes on all IOS devices on a user without incurring additional costs New music purchases can be automatically downloaded to all devices of a user Thanks to iTunes match can be the.. same advantages in addition also to not get into iTunes purchased music. iTunes Match is a service that tracks the user with a DRM-free version in AAC format and a data rate of 256 kbit / s is replaced, unless the comprehensive over 18 million songs from iTunes Store a corresponding counterpart holds. iTunes Match does the corresponding music available within minutes (instead of weeks, it would take the entire music library of a user to upload) and loads only the small percentage of the music of the user in the cloud, to which no counterpart in iTunes Store could not be found. "

iTunes match will cost in the U.S. $ 24.99 per year.