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Deleting music from my Mac

Is there a way to delete music from my MacBook without it affecting the music on my iPhone? I have no space left on my Mac and none on my iCloud.

Posted on Dec 1, 2019 4:09 PM

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Posted on Dec 2, 2019 9:42 AM

Both the Apple Music and iTunes Match services allow you to match or upload your own music, then remove the local downloads to free up space. I would advise making taking a full copy of your existing library on an external drive before you start using either service so you can always recover any files you might delete in error from the cloud.


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Dec 2, 2019 9:42 AM in response to anonrae101

Both the Apple Music and iTunes Match services allow you to match or upload your own music, then remove the local downloads to free up space. I would advise making taking a full copy of your existing library on an external drive before you start using either service so you can always recover any files you might delete in error from the cloud.


tt2

Deleting music from my Mac

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