Apple Music’s new transfer tool simplifies switching from other streaming services

To perchance marque it easier for users of streaming services similar Spotify to switch, Apple Music has introduced a caller built-in instrumentality for importing libraries and playlists. A support leafage added to Apple’s website this week includes details connected however to usage the feature, arsenic spotted by MacRumors, but it besides points retired that it’s presently lone disposable successful Australia and New Zealand, with nary details connected erstwhile it mightiness beryllium disposable successful much countries.

The transportation tin beryllium started from successful the iPhone, iPad, and Android versions of the Apple Music mobile app, but besides utilizing the streaming service’s web interface. “You tin transportation your songs, albums, and playlists from different euphony services to Apple Music, but what you tin transportation varies by service,” according to Apple’s enactment page. For example, you tin lone transportation playlists you created. “Playlists created by the euphony work won’t transfer.”

The diagnostic is disposable successful the Apps > Music conception of iOS’ and iPadOS’ Settings app, oregon done the settings straight wrong the Apple Music app connected Android. Tapping ‘Transfer Music from Other Music Services’ brings up a database of supported 3rd enactment services, which volition past necessitate you to supply your login details earlier you’re fixed options of what you privation transferred.

If an nonstop lucifer for a opus can’t automatically beryllium recovered successful the Apple Music catalog, you’ll beryllium warned that “Some Music Needs Review” and volition beryllium prompted to prime alternate versions to adhd to your library. You person conscionable 30 days from erstwhile you started the transportation to reappraisal unmatched songs, and, according to Apple’s enactment page, you won’t beryllium capable to commencement a caller transportation until the erstwhile reappraisal is completed.

Apple partnered with the creators of SongShift for the caller feature, but it’s inactive disposable arsenic a standalone app since it besides allows for room and playlist transfers betwixt different streaming services including Spotify, Deezer, LastFM, Tidal, YouTube, and Pandora – not conscionable to Apple Music.