You can now transfer your Apple Music playlist to YouTube Music

There are limitations, though.
 By 
Stan Schroeder
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Apple Music to YouTube Music, and vice versa! Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images

Ever wanted to transfer your Apple Music playlist onto YouTube Music? Well, now you can — but there are certain caveats.

The change is noted in Apple's new support document (noticed by MacRumors). According to the document, you have to visit Apple's Data and Privacy page, and there you can request to transfer the playlists that you've created in Apple Music onto YouTube Music.

To do so, you need to have an active Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription, as well as an active YouTube Music account.


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There are certain limitations, too: You can only transfer the playlists that you've created, which includes collaborative playlists that you own. Music files themselves aren't transferred; non-collaborative shared playlists and curated playlists aren't transferred and folders in which you've organized your Apple Music playlists aren't transferred. Finally, playlists can only include songs available on YouTube Music; if your playlists contain other audio files, such as podcasts, audio books, or files that you've uploaded yourself, these will not be transferred.

Limitations aside, it's nice to be able to move your Apple Music playlists elsewhere, even if it's only to YouTube Music. Unfortunately, Spotify, Amazon, Tidal, and other music streaming services (apart from YouTube Music) aren't supported.

By the way, the vice versa also applies: You can transfer your YouTube Music playlists to Apple Music; to do so, go to Google Takeout and follow the instructions there.

Topics Apple

Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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