Reader Lee Westland is fuddle by iOS 6 ’s Music app . She writes :
I ’ve downloaded several albums - worth of music to my iPhone from iTunes Match . I ’m running curtly of storage and would like to erase some of that music to make room for an app I want to download . I do n’t see a way to do that . What ’s the conjuration ?
The legerdemain involves translate how the Music app and iTunes Match interact . If you ’ve switched on iTunes Match on your iOS twist ( preferences - > Music - > iTunes Match On ) , you ca n’t manually delete caterpillar track stored on your gadget .
I see the consequence of your shin all over the cyberspace , so before it gets any sputterier , let me cease . Although you ca n’t manually delete tracks with iTunes Match on , the Music app will automatically delete track when you require more space — when download a new app , for exercise . It does this by cancel the oldest , least - toy tracks .
If you require manual control over delete track , you could have it , but it requires more steps than you may think necessary . Travel back to options - > Music , and wrick off iTunes Match . Return to the Music app , and hold back for your iTunes Match content to disappear .
Now choose a view where you may see a inclination of tracks , and sneak to the right on a track that you care to slay . A red Delete button will appear . Tap it and the rails is gone .
you could also cancel multiple tracks simultaneously . To do that , prefer Playlists , Artists , or Albums , and bug and hold the item ( playlist , artist ’s catalogue , or record album ) that you want to delete . An ex will look in the top odd turning point of the detail . Tap the X , and that item and its contents will be deleted .
Clumsy and confusing ? You bet . My Bob Hope is that in an iOS 6 update Apple will enable users to edit locally stack away music without having to go through the rigamarole of change over off iTunes Match .
