Turn off iCloud Music Library

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Turn off iCloud Music Library

I only use iTunes to listen to purchased content downloaded to my device. I am not signed in to iCloud and have never used it. When looking at my song list in iTunes, some songs have a cloud with arrow icon. If I understand correctly, this means the song is stored in the cloud (how? I have all iCloud services turned off). How did some of my content get deleted from the device (I know it was there because I saw it downloading when I purchased it) and moved to the cloud?

Looking for a way to disable this feature, I found instructions to turn off iCloud Music Library in the General Preferences in iTunes. However, there is no such checkbox in my preferences (I'm using the latest version at this time:12.9.2.5).

Is there a way to completely turn off all streaming/cloud functions in iTunes (I use it on MacOS) and to make sure that all my content is downloaded to local storage without exception, and never deleted without my explicit permission?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Dec 28, 2018 4:23 AM

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Dec 28, 2018 5:26 AM in response to guytal

Hi,

You only have access to an iCloud music library if you are subscribed to either Apple Music or iTunes Match. Read this support doc https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19610?locale=en_US

If you have downloaded all your iTunes Store purchases, you should not see a download arrow icon. Do you already have a copy of the tracks in question in your iTunes media folder?

Jim

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guytal Author

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Dec 28, 2018 6:16 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

Thank you, Jim! I have never subscribed to either Apple Music or Apple Match. Never used either.

I did download all my content at the time of purchasing it. I do have a couple of dozen of those cloud/arrow icons in my song list.

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