HT203564: About iCloud Music Library icons and status
Learn about About iCloud Music Library icons and status
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May 22, 2012 1:24 AM in response to ravenlisaby Winston Churchill,Welcome to the Apple community.
You can't do that, you need to download anything you wish to play to your device before you can play it.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:47 PM in response to Winston Churchillby nevadan61,Accoring to Apple, with iTunes Match you can stream songs without downloading first (iPhone). If I touch the cloud symbol, it downloads the song to my iPhone, if I touch the song title, it plays it and then it shows it as downloaded. I just want to play it.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:52 PM in response to nevadan61by Winston Churchill,Unless things have changed since I last tested this, you can only stream without retaining the download on a computer. You will note this thread is from several months ago.
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Jul 10, 2012 12:56 PM in response to Winston Churchillby nevadan61,Yes, as you said, I want to listen but not download. How?
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Jul 10, 2012 1:02 PM in response to nevadan61by Winston Churchill,I don't believe you can on a phone.
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Jul 10, 2012 1:16 PM in response to nevadan61by Winston Churchill,I'm not clear on why you would interpret that as being able to play the file without retaining it on the device.
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Jul 10, 2012 1:21 PM in response to ravenlisaby nevadan61,Must be just my wierd interpretation. So, how do I delete a song from my iPhone but not from my library?
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