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if i sync music library from my mac will all songs be downloaded to my phone -and take up space- or do they stream and live in the cloud?

if i sync music library from my mac will all songs be downloaded to my phone -and take up space- or do they stream and live in the cloud?

Posted on Nov 10, 2023 6:55 AM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2023 8:28 AM

The term Sync Library when used with an Apple Music subscription means that the music content and playlists in your library will be added to a cloud music library along with any existing unhidden purchases and available to any other computers or devices attached to your Apple ID where Sync Library is also enabled. Typically you can stream this content to the device, or download it so that it can be used offline. It is up to you exactly what content you download onto each device.


This is different from the practice of syncing content from your computer to a device over a USB cable, when all the content synced would take up space on the target device.


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Nov 10, 2023 8:28 AM in response to sloppop

The term Sync Library when used with an Apple Music subscription means that the music content and playlists in your library will be added to a cloud music library along with any existing unhidden purchases and available to any other computers or devices attached to your Apple ID where Sync Library is also enabled. Typically you can stream this content to the device, or download it so that it can be used offline. It is up to you exactly what content you download onto each device.


This is different from the practice of syncing content from your computer to a device over a USB cable, when all the content synced would take up space on the target device.


tt2

if i sync music library from my mac will all songs be downloaded to my phone -and take up space- or do they stream and live in the cloud?

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