Identified in the latest support document by MacRumors, users of Apple Music have gotten a chance to migrate their playlist to YouTube Music. This is a rather notable change, for Apple has not previously included native tools for porting playlists to rival music services.
Apple Music Opens the Door: Transfer Playlists to YouTube Music for the First Time
A new function that has been integrated makes it possible to switch between Apple Music and YouTube Music selecting playlists without any disruption. This is quite beneficial because up to this point Apple Music does not provide the playlist transfer feature to other services.
YouTube Music is the first service that received such changes as a benefit and got a competitive advantage while allowing users to migrate their playlists easily. This development shows that Apple is open for partnership with other services, albeit not very often.
Transferring your playlists entails that you must be actively using Apple Music or iTunes match, and also you need to be using YouTube music. It is possible to transfer this control to users through Apple’s own data and privacy page, by following some basic steps.
The drawback of Apple Music is that it does not allow directly transferring playlists to other platforms like Spotify or Amazon Music; however, it is expectative that Apple may improve the matter in the future.
Streamlined Playlist Transfer: What You Need to Know Before Moving from Apple Music to YouTube Music
It is easy to transfer your Apple Music playlist to YouTube music but there are certain drawbacks that one needs to understand. For example, one can only transfer songs that are part of YouTube Music; you cannot transfer podcasts, audiobooks and the like.
Additionally it does not allow the sharing of collaborative or non collaborative playlist. Also in the transfer, all music files or folder created in organizing playlists in Apple Music will also not be transferred.
First of all, it is necessary to point out that you need to have an active subscription to Apple Music or iTunes Match. Also, for the transfer to take place, the user has to have an active account with YouTube Music. Make sure that both of the subscriptions are active to prevent any disruptions.
To begin with the transfer process, the individual has to type in Apple’s data and privacy portal and log into the platform. In this case, you have to choose the option that is Transfer a copy of your data and continue with the necessary steps. The second step is not easy and it requires time and patience in order to find the right solutions.
Notably, this process can take several minutes depending on the number of playlists that you are planning to transfer. for the small collections it can take even a few minutes but for big libraries it could be extended to few hours.
In general, the transition is easy to handle still, knowing such disadvantages of the process will help to simplify it.
Apple Music's Playlist Transfer Dilemma: New Hints at Easier Moves Ahead
As of now, there is no native function of Apple Music to transfer playlist to another streaming platform. Although Plex only allows you to download music for offline listening, when users wish to transfer their playlists to Spotify or Amazon Music or other services, they have to rely on a third party. However these tools are helpful but sometimes they become tiresome or sometimes they need an extra step to make the transfer.
Although, there can still be this change on the horizon despite this shortcoming. In an earlier article, in February, we got a sneak peek at this with a beta version of Apple Music on Android. They found that this version natively supported SongShift – a third party service. This integration could help users in the transfer of playlists from popular sites such as Spotify over to Apple Music.
Should Apple bring this feature across its apps, it will become even easier for people to jump between the offered services. With native support for SongShift it is possible to further enhance the usability to transfer playlists without the necessity of using additional applications.
It conforms to this conception of further integration and user convenience which is burgeoning in the industry. It would be well received by many Apple Music subscribers as long-awaiting feature to manage playlists across different services easily.
For now, users will have to use the download features of a third party software or application to transfer playlist. Still, it appears that potential future updates might bring a far more significant improvement in the functionality of preserving and coordinating playlists on multiple services.
