whizzo140
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Q: Itunes movies takes up space on macbook

I downloaded some movie's from Itunes to my sons ipad so he could watch them while in hospital and it was automatically copied to my mac book pro. I changes some setting to stop the automatic download to my mac book and now the movie has the small cloud against it, however the next movie i downloaded is still taking up space on my macbook even though they are showing the cloud icon?

How can I stop this please.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 18, 2015 7:49 AM

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  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Nov 19, 2015 2:09 PM in response to whizzo140
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    Nov 19, 2015 2:09 PM in response to whizzo140

    Hi whizzo140,

     

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I'm a bit unclear what you are describing with regard to the "next movie", but generally if you are seeing a cloud icon with a downward arrow next to an item in iTunes, that means the item was previously purchased from the iTunes Store and is available for download/redownload; it wouldn't show next to an item currently on your machine. For more information on that or other iCloud icons in iTunes, you may find the following article helpful:

     

    About iCloud Music Library icons and status - Apple Support

     

    Regards

  • by whizzo140,

    whizzo140 whizzo140 Nov 20, 2015 10:12 AM in response to brenden dv
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    Nov 20, 2015 10:12 AM in response to brenden dv

    This is my first Mac book.

    The problem is my macbook shows 12.45 gb of Movies, My iTunes account on my mac book shows a copy of the movies that are on my son's iPad (we use the same iTunes account)

    but all them  on my macbook have a cloud icon, so i would assume they are in the cloud available to download if wanted and not taking up disk space, so why is  12.45gb of disk space allocated as Movies wen i look at disk utility's

    If it makes a difference I have downloaded the movies on the iPad so he can watch them in the car. But not downloaded on my Macbook!

  • by brenden dv,

    brenden dv brenden dv Nov 21, 2015 2:57 PM in response to whizzo140
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    Nov 21, 2015 2:57 PM in response to whizzo140

    Hi whizzo140,

     

    That certainly is odd. If you want to verify whether or not these movies have been downloaded to your Mac, you may find the following article helpful:

     

    Locate and organize your iTunes media files - Apple Support

     

    Regards