after starting Apple Music It is extremely difficult to understand what the songs are in your personal library, and which - in the Apple Music catalog or library iCloud. But there is one trick that can help fix it.
Fortunately, iTunes is able to distinguish between the place of storage tracks, which means that we can create based on this parameter, smart playlists and get just what we need. Here's how it works.
Tracks from the Apple Music
To separate the music from the catalog of Apple Music, you need to create a smart playlist (Cmd+Opt+N) With the following parameters:
- media file type • • coincides with the music;
- Status iCloud • coincides with • Apple Music.
This playlist will delete all the tracks from the Apple Music. Hit Cmd+AAnd then - Opt+Shift+Delete and confirm the deletion.
Do not forget to put a tick in "Live Update" to playlist updated every time you open it.
If you want to find the Apple Music tracks that are stored locally, then to our previous playlist you want to add another condition:
- Placement • coincides with • on this computer.
This playlist will help to remove some tracks from the Mac, leaving them at the same time in your library.
Tracks from iCloud
For those who use the media library iCloud or iTunes Match, will be useful for another smart playlist that will show which of the songs stored on the Mac also downloaded to the cloud.
So, create a smart playlist (Cmd+Opt+N) With the condition:
- Placement • coincides with • on this computer.
Next, hold down the Option, Click on +To add a nested set of conditions. We are trying to drive into it one by one the following options:
- Status • coincides with the iCloud • Mapped;
- The status of the iCloud • coincides with • Bought;
- The status of the iCloud • coincides with • Unloaded.
Be sure to check that the conditions for a group of "the iCloud Status" is set to "Any."
With this playlist, you can easily remove some or all of the local tracks, which are also uploaded to the cloud, it will be useful when you want to free up disk space.