Can I delete songs from my computer to free up space, using iTunes match?
Hi,
I love iTunes match, because it brings my entire music library to all my mobile devices without being limited by internal storage space.
But, now I have the problem that my computer is running out of free HDD space due to my gigantic itunes library.
So, my question is: Can I free up hard drive space by simply deleting files from my computer, and rely on iTunes Match to download/stream those songs that I want to play after I've deleted them? It should work, right?
This operation clearly relies on iCloud to host all of my songs, where iCloud becomes the 'master repository', rather than my computer.
Has anyone been able to successfully operationlize this?
Many thanks,
Mark
Actually, further to my last reply, I just played a song that wasnt located on my computer any longer (I deleted the file but left it in iCloud when prompted by iTunes). The song has an iCloud icon next to it. I double clicked it and it started playing. When I opened up the info windon on this song, the Location says "iCould". So, that leads me to believe that indeed we can delete the files from our master computer, and, stream them or download them from iCloud! How great is this? Can anyone coroborate this? Cheers, Mark
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