How do i make the "iCloud Download" column stay OFF?

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How do i make the "iCloud Download" column stay OFF?

howdy y'all,

upgraded to v-11 and now i find a new column is being forced ON. it's the "icloud download" column. i understand that they turned it on to let me know it's there. that's annoying, but acceptable. what is driving me nuts is that i can right-click on any column heading and disable the dang icloud download column, restart itunes, and the darned thing is turned ON again!

what am i doing wrong?

take care,

lee

Windows 7, itunes 11.00.163

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 3:20 PM

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RobWilsson

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Nov 30, 2012 4:13 PM in response to Lee_Dailey

In Preferences > Store, uncheck the "show iTunes in the Cloud purchases" option.

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Lee_Dailey Author

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Nov 30, 2012 4:22 PM in response to RobWilsson

howdy RobWilsson,

thank you! that fixed it ... tho why they would have that column forced on when that option is enabled, i don't understand. that's ok, there is a great deal about v11 that i don't quite get. [*grin*]

take care,

lee

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Feb 17, 2013 10:40 AM in response to RobWilsson

thank you for solving this question. it was driving me nuts!

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Jun 1, 2015 10:07 AM in response to RobWilsson

Having the same problem as the OP, but this solution doesn't work for me because I actually want to see all of my purchased content. I don't want to have this stuff downloaded to save storage on my MBP, so I need it to be showing up in iTunes, I simply don't want to be forced to see this column against my wishes. I know my content is in iCloud. I just don't want a column showing me that every single individual song is.

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turingtest2

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Jun 1, 2015 11:25 AM in response to theBaronDe

Not currently an option. Use iTunes Feedback to request it, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

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Lee_Dailey Author

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Aug 21, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Lee_Dailey

howdy y'all,

this came back. [*sigh ...*]

the option listed above [Preferences > Store, uncheck the "show iTunes in the Cloud purchases" option] NO LONGER EXISTS in itunes 12.2.2.25 for windows.

any ideas?

take care,

lee

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turingtest2

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Aug 21, 2015 3:58 PM in response to Lee_Dailey

View > Only Music Available Offline.

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Aug 21, 2015 6:07 PM in response to turingtest2

That's only an option if Apple Music is turned on, with it off there is no way to remove this column. Another oversight.

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Knwtmsyn

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Aug 22, 2015 1:55 AM in response to turingtest2

thanks buddy!

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turingtest2

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Aug 22, 2015 3:25 AM in response to Kickbackpunk

Kickbackpunk wrote:

That's only an option if Apple Music is turned on, with it off there is no way to remove this column. Another oversight.

Hmm, it does now seem to be hard to keep that column permanently turned off. 😕

You can report problems via the relevant feedback form, i.e. iTunes Feedback, or sign up for a free Apple Developer account and make use of Apple Bug Reporter. They don't generally talk back, but they do claim to read everything.

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