As an Apple Music subscriber you have the choice of millions of music numbers. While listening, the songs are streamed to your iPhone or iPad. In principle, these are temporarily downloaded (buffer) and after listening to again.
The disadvantage of streaming is that it consumes data outside and at the expense of the data bundle. That is why it is interesting to download music automatically or manually. If you choose to automatically download music, it is advisable to optimize the storage of your music.
Download music
Open settings on your iPhone or iPad and go to ‘Apps’. Tap ‘music’, scroll down to ‘Downloads’ and call in the ‘automatic downloads’ option.
Of course you can also manually download an album or playlist. To do this, open the album or playlist in the music app and tap the download arrow to download it. This has the advantage that when you add new music to a playlist, it is also automatically downloaded.
Optimize music storage for Apple Music
- Open ‘settings’
- Navigate to ‘Apps’
- Tap ‘music’
- Select ‘Optimize Storage’
- Call in the option
- Choose a desired minimum storage space
You can now download music to your heart’s content, when you have reached the limit, iOS or iPados will automatically remove the downloads that you have not listened to for some time. For example, you always have a maximum of 4 GB of music on your iDevice.
Mind you, for this option you must be Apple Music Subscriber and ICLOUD music library are engaged. You can do this via Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Music ▸ Synchronize Library.