


However, I have noted that the iTunes library only links to the matched AAC format (where available) and an initial experiment in deleting a matched AAC file resulted in iTunes not finding the associated MP3 file implying that I would need to locate each 'original' MP3 file manually - a near impossible task. Ideally I should just be able to delete the MP3 format files but not all my music is matched, (Vinyl and some compilation CD's are generally not matched and some tracks within an otherwise matched album are not matched) so a simple deletion of all MP3 files would remove some irreplaceable music.Įach downloaded matched AAC file always has an associated MP3 file so a global removal of the dowloaded matched AAC file would make the much needed hard drive space available. Since using iTunes Match my hard drive is loaded with many of my music files in both MP3 and matched AAC formats.
