How do clear my itunes downloads?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Hlung wrote:
In iTunes Downloads folder (open Terminal, type: open ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Downloads/), delete `list.plist` file to remove the queued downloads.
There is no such file (list.plist) in my Downloads folder, as you can see in the screenshot.
Do you have the newest iTunes installed, i.e. v. 11.1.5?
I have my iTunes Media folder on an external hard drive, maybe that's the reason?
Strange anyway…
UprightBass wrote:
Do you have the newest iTunes installed, i.e. v. 11.1.5?
No Hlung did not have iTunes 11.1.5 when this was posted 4 months ago.
Are you having a problem now with downlaods?
Quit iTunes.
Delete Downloads folder in Music/iTunes/iTunes Music.
Start iTunes then iTunes menu Store > Check for available downloads.
Thank you for your reply, Chris! 😁
Because you tried to help me with your suggestion, since it included quitting iTunes. 😉
The reason is (in my opinion) that after clearing the Downloads folder, iTunes had to be started, and then quitted again, to let it rebuild a list.plist, that then can be deleted, as can be seen here:
I did not re-start iTunes yet, but I am sure now the persistent downloads are a thing of the past… 🙂
But no… 😟
About a minute later my worst nightmare happened:
I checked for available downloads, just as you suggested, and there they were, all of them, more than 500 (this thing is long-going on, many months…!).
At first, just waiting: 😕
Then, starting to download! 😮
Also, there's no list.plist file in that folder any more:
I don't know how to get rid of that; it's pesting up my hard drive! Sure, I can download and delete them, especially the games would not even fit in half! 😢
For the moment, I give up — have to catch some sleep! 😐
Old post but this still helped me - THANX!
It took 3 hours to find this discussion 😟. I didn't find this searching apple discussions directly. I found this using google giving a result in "apple.stackexchange.com" with a link to this apple discussion.
So, Why isn't this DELETE option a "Simple" button in iTunes?!!!!
Not to much to ask. Just "Delete" (like we've all tried), and a message "Are you sure you want to remove this permanently from your downloads? (You can re-download from iTunes or iCloud at anytime in the future."
-Grateful
How do clear my itunes downloads?