Apple Music currently offers the ability to transfer playlists to YouTube Music, but only for songs available on both platforms, excluding podcasts and audiobooks.
However, curated or shared playlists, music files, and folders cannot be transferred.
Apple Music doesn’t currently support transferring playlists to other platforms like Spotify or Amazon Music, but there are signs of this improving in the future, as seen in the beta version of the app.
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What is the story
As reported by MacRumors, Apple Music has introduced a new feature that allows users to transfer playlists to YouTube Music. This marks a major shift in Apple’s approach, as it previously didn’t offer native tools for transferring playlists to competing music services. The process requires active subscriptions on both platforms and can be initiated on Apple’s Data & Privacy page.
Transfer Process and Restrictions
The transfer process requires you to follow Apple’s data and privacy guidelines.[データのコピーを転送]Select and follow the on-screen instructions. This process may take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how many playlists you want to transfer. However, this feature has certain limitations. You can only transfer songs that are also available on YouTube Music, excluding audio files such as podcasts and audiobooks.
Curated and Shared Playlist Restrictions
In addition to the aforementioned limitations, users will not be able to transfer shared playlists, music files, or folders that are not curated or collaboratively created to organize playlists in Apple Music. This limitation may impact users who rely heavily on these features for their music experience. Despite these constraints, this new feature is a big step forward in increasing user flexibility between the two major music streaming platforms.
Apple’s Future Plans for Playlist Import
Currently, Apple Music doesn’t support transferring playlists to other music streaming services like Spotify or Amazon Music. Users who want to do this have to turn to third-party tools. However, there are signs that Apple is considering improvements in this area. Earlier this year, an Android (beta) version of Apple Music was spotted with the ability to import playlists from other services using the third-party app SongShift.