I used to have a 32g iPhone, which eventually did not have enough gigs to store all my music and photos. So I signed up for the monthly 0.99$ to get 50g in the iCloud. I recently got a new iPhone with 64g and no longer need the iCloud service. How do I transfer my music, photos, contacts, etc. physically back onto my phone and get rid of the unnecessary 0.99$ storage plan?
iPhone SE, iOS 9.3.4
If you have Apple Music, it is stored in the iCloud Music Library, but you should also have it in your iTunes Library, or you can manually redownload it to the same Apple ID:
Contacts are stored in iCloud, not on your device, so those would remain in place.
Sounds like for Photos, you have iCloud Photo Library turned on? If you do, and you have Optimized your Photos on the device, you can download your originals before your storage is downgraded: Settings>iCloud>Photos, check "Download and Keep Originals".
To downgrade your storage:
iCloud storage upgrades and downgrades - Apple Support
Best of luck,
GB
Are you signed onto Settings/iCloud with the same Apple ID as you used on the old phone? Have you set up syncing?
A lot of my music I did not purchase through iTunes though, they were uploaded from CDs, so I cannot follow the first part where you said I "download past purchases."
I also want to delete iCloud Music Library because it changed a lot of my songs and album covers, and deleted a lot of music I did upload from CDs that they couldn't match to store in the cloud. I only have one device and I do not need the cloud feature of "sharing between all your devices." If I do so, can I continue the Apple Music feature where you can download music through Apple Music and then listen to them offline?
I am signed up with the same ID as the original phone. When I backed it up I used the iCloud backup and now everything is stored in iCloud, but I want to discontinue using iCloud and just have everything physically on my phone. I only have one apple device, being this phone, so I don't need the "share between your devices" feature which is really the only reason to have iCloud.
maddiejoanna wrote:
A lot of my music I did not purchase through iTunes though, they were uploaded from CDs, so I cannot follow the first part where you said I "download past purchases."
Download past purchases is for items you have purchased from iTunes only. Music that you have ripped to iTunes should be matched to Apple's Music Library. If you have music that cannot be matched, then if you want to continue to use iCloud Music Library, you would need to also subscribe to iTunes Match, which will upload any music it cannot match from your iTunes Library.
maddiejoanna wrote:
I also want to delete iCloud Music Library because it changed a lot of my songs and album covers, and deleted a lot of music I did upload from CDs that they couldn't match to store in the cloud. I only have one device and I do not need the cloud feature of "sharing between all your devices." If I do so, can I continue the Apple Music feature where you can download music through Apple Music and then listen to them offline?
If you turn off iCloud Music Library, but still subscribe to Apple Music, then you can continue to stream music from the Library, but you will not be able to download music to listen to offline. You will only be able to stream:
http://www.imore.com/how-use-apple-music-without-icloud-music-library
Cheers,
GB
maddiejoanna wrote:
I am signed up with the same ID as the original phone. When I backed it up I used the iCloud backup and now everything is stored in iCloud, but I want to discontinue using iCloud and just have everything physically on my phone. I only have one apple device, being this phone, so I don't need the "share between your devices" feature which is really the only reason to have iCloud.
OK, need to make sure you understand that iCloud and iCloud Music Library are entirely different things. You have a backup in iCloud, but that backup is only for certain things, and is a snapshot of your data and media at the point in time when you backed it up. If you do not continue to back up to iCloud, then if your phone is lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repair, then you will not have a current backup to restore from. Also, iCloud syncs specific things like Contacts, Calendars, Notes, Photo Stream, Reminders, etc.
So, sharing with other devices is not the only reason to have iCloud.
Do you have iTunes on a computer that you sync and back up to? You need to have some repository of your phone's info. Storing valuable memories and info on a device is a disaster waiting to happen. Photos need to be imported to a computer or uploaded to a cloud archival service like Dropbox or Flickr. Contacts need to be stored either in iTunes or in iCloud.
iCloud Music Library is a specific cloud service that is used for Apple Music and iTunes Match. The info I provided in the previous response tells you what you can do with Apple Music without having iCloud Music Library turned on. iCloud Music Library does not use any of your iCloud Memory.
Understanding the conceptual foundations of these services is critical to making decisions that will result in the environment that you want on your Apple account. If you have a clear understanding of how they work and what they can and cannot provide, you avert the kinds of situations that people post here all the time about. Your phone is not a safe place to keep anything of value because it is subject to loss, theft, or accidental destruction.
P.S. Link for Apple Music vs. iTunes Match which explains how they work in a complementary manner: APPLE MUSIC VS. ITUNES MATCH
Best of luck,
GB
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