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The Settings app tells me the Music app is taking up 1.3 GB of storage on my brand new iPhone 13, and that is without having anything downloaded to it (That I know of...)

I wanted to start fresh, so I didn't restore from a backup or transfer data from my old phone... just my icloud. And it shouldn't have autodownloaded my music purchases on the iTunes store... should it?

Is it just the default amount of storage it takes? ? Seems like a lot for ... no data.

It also says App Size : 29.5 MB and Documents & Data: 1.33 GB... which is why I'm confused. Newer iPhones just auto download your music purchases or what? (I... don't want this...)
 
No I don't think it's that... if I disconnect from the internet, I can't play my purchased songs... THen what is it? Purely the album art? ... no way right..?
 
My Music app is taking up 16.1 MB.
Remember that iOS file size and storage usage reporting is all messed up for a lot of people. At this point I would leave everyone alone and update the iOS software when a new version comes out
 
My Music app is taking up 16.1 MB.
Remember that iOS file size and storage usage reporting is all messed up for a lot of people. At this point I would leave everyone alone and update the iOS software when a new version comes out
I'm jealous ?

You're probably right... well, anyway, I'll do a factory reset/update to 15.1 at night, figured might as well do it now since it's mostly empty anyway... before I fill it up with music. (haven't filled up a phone with my music yet... and as a non-Apple music subscriber, I'll enjoy having that "all your music in your iPod" feeling again since many years ago...)
 
There are 2.6 GB of documents & data under my device storage for Music, and I don’t have a single song downloaded to my device. Curious as to what this all is.
 
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