Stop Automatic Music Downloads in Apple Music on Big Sur devices

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Stop Automatic Music Downloads in Apple Music on Big Sur devices

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I want to have totally separate music libraries on my Mac Pro laptop and on my Mac desktop. To get this, I need Music to stop automatically downloading songs purchased on one device to the other. I know how to stop this on my Phone and iPad, but how do I do this on Big Sur devices?

I have been told many times to go to Music>preferences>stop automatic downloads, but that doesn't seem to be an option on the current build of Music.

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Posted on Jun 3, 2021 7:48 PM

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turingtest2

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Jun 5, 2021 4:15 AM in response to captainlarrydart

Music > Preferences > General tab, untick Automatic Downloads. Music will still show all unhidden purchases from your Apple ID with cloud links if not downloaded. Use View > Only Downloaded Music to hide the cloud content.

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turingtest2

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Jun 5, 2021 12:01 PM in response to captainlarrydart

Hmm, running the latest build of Big Sur here and I have the option. I guess it might not be there if I signed out of my account but I don't care to test it. Perhaps the difference is that I have an Apple Music subscription. What about Always check for available downloads? Do you have that checked?

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Jun 5, 2021 10:49 AM in response to turingtest2

As I mentioned in my original post, that is no longer an option in Apple Music.

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Stop Automatic Music Downloads in Apple Music on Big Sur devices

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