“Download Over Cellular” OFF yet still downloading over cellular!!!

I have download over cellular OFF in iPhone music settings yet finally figured out why I’m blowing through my data plan. Apple Music is still downloading songs while on cellular even with the setting disabled!!!!! How do I fix this!!?


Usually I just add an album or song to library and ASSUMED it would download later when I’m on Wi-Fi. Nope. Downloads right then and there. So wtf good is that setting then!!? What am I missing here!!!?


I just turned off automatic downloads for first time which seems to stop that but that alone makes zero sense. But there’s no way to see which songs aren’t downloaded. I have no idea those songs will now download over Wi-Fi or if I’ll have to manually find and download them some unknown reason.


I wish apple could make sense for once.

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Feb 24, 2023 6:23 AM

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Feb 26, 2023 8:36 AM in response to NY Andrew

Hi NY Andrew,


There are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot this unexpected behavior.


Restarting can help when experiencing unexpected behaviors. If you haven't done so already, you can do the following:


  1. "Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.

The volume button is located on the left side of the device, and the side button is located on the right

  1. Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, force restart your device.
  2. To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo."



Check out: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


Is your iPhone up to date? Software updates contain many bug fixes, features updates and iOS apps such as Music update when the iOS is updated.


Check out how to update here: Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


Hope that helps!


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