IPad (3rd Gen) - iTunes Library larger than storage amount
Hi all.
I'm looking into buying an iPad (3rd Gen) from amazon. I currently have a 12GB iTunes library. I would prefer to have buy a 16GB iPad for the price, but that leaves me with less than 4GB. How do you use the iCloud to only down load some parts of my music library so I can still have pictures and apps and movies?
Thanks!
Hi Josh,
I have exactly the same issue. I also have many songs I purchased on iTunes that will not download. It seems random. I have 3 recently purchased albums that only half the tracks on one album will download, most on another, but only 2 on another. It's annoying! I keep tapping download and they just give up saying Cant connect to iTunes'. Even though it is.
Regardless, I have too exactly the symptoms you described, but had them periodically before today. Again, not sure if its related, but have you recently got an Apple TV?
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