[Summary]: Looking for a way to transfer Spotify Playlist to iTunes library? This article will show you an easy way to save Spotify playlists to local computer and then add them to iTunes library or Apple Music, and any other music platforms.
“I want to cancel my Spotify subscription and join the Apple Music subscription. I have collected hundreds of songs in my Spotify playlist, and I don’t want to add them to Apple Music again. How do I transfer my Spotify playlist to iTunes? Please help.”
Apple Music is a strong competitor to Spotify and surpassed it to become the music streaming service with the largest number of subscribers in early 2019, and this number is still growing. There are many factors to the success of Apple Music. The main reason most users switch from Spotify to Apple Music is that Apple Music is compatible with almost all Apple devices. You can sync your entire music library and music downloaded from Apple Music, and access music on all devices associated with the same Apple ID. As for Spotify, it offers Free and Premium versions. Spotify Free users can stream music online while Premium users are able to download Spotify music for offline listening. However, you can only access downloaded Spotify music on the devices you downloaded it on. At this point, it is worth to join the Apple Music.
If you decide to switch over from Spotify to Apple Music , how can you transfer Spotify playlist to iTunes library? Here, we need to point out that the music encoding formats of these two platforms are different, and users cannot exchange playlists between Spotify and Apple Music. Spotify songs are encoded in OGG format with DRM protection. Spotify users can’t take Spotify songs and playlist out of Spotify app, they can only play songs within the Spotify app. This means you can’t transfer Spotify playlist to Apple Music directly. Searching for the same tracks on Apple Music and manually constructing the same playlist as on Spotify is a arduous and tedious task, isn’t it? So, is there another way to move playlists from Spotify to iTunes library or Apple Music?
In order to transfer music from Spotify to iTunes or Apple Music library, you need to save Spotify playlist to computer as local files by using some third-party Spotify Music Downloaders. Here you can turn to TunesBank Spotify Music Converter. Next, we will further introduce you to TunesBank Spotify Music Converter, and show you how to use TunesBank to move all your favorite playlists, songs and albums from Spotify to iTunes library or Apple Music.
Tool Required – TunesBank Spotify Music Converter
TunesBank Spotify Music Converter is an two-in-one Spotify Music Downloader & Converter for Mac and PC. With its help, whether you are Spotify Free or Premium users, you can easily download playlist from Spotify without Premium. Apart from this, it can help you convert Spotify songs, albums and playlists to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC format without zero quality loss. After conversion, all the Spotify songs will be saved on your local computer forever, then you can import Spotify songs to iTunes library, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal, Pandora, YouTube Music, Google Play Music or any other music platforms, etc.
Features of TunesBank Spotify Music Converter:
- Download music and playlist from Spotify free.
- Convert Spotify playlist to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC.
- Keep lossless audio quality & ID3 tags in output files.
- Runs at 5X faster speed; Supports batch conversion.
- Save Spotify songs to computer without Premium.
- Transfer Spotify playlist to iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, etc.
- Transfer Spotify songs to any MP3 player and device
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Part 1. Convert Spotify Playlists to MP3 by TunesBank
TuneBank Spotify Music Converter is highly compatible with Windows 10/8.1/8/7 and Mac OS X 10.11 or higher. Here we show you how to download playlists from Spotify and save them as MP3 files. After that, you can add Spotify playlist to the iTunes library. Please download and the converter and Spotify desktop app on your computer in advance.
Step 1.Launch TuneBank Spotify Music Converter
First, launch TuneBank Spotify Music Converter on hte desktop and at the same time Spotify app will run with it.
Step 2.Import Spotify Playlists to TuneBank
It’s quite easy to add Spotify playlists to the TuneBank program. You can drag and drop the Spotify playlist to TuneBank main screen.
Besides, you can copy the URL of Spotify playlist, then paste the URL to TuneBank, and click “Add File”.
Step 3.Customize the Output Settings
Tap on the three horizontal bars on the top right corner of the TuneBank interface to open the settings window. Here you can set the output format, bitrate, sample rate, output path. To transfer Spotify music to iTunes or any music platform, you can set MP3 as output format since it is compatible with any player and device.
By the way, TuneBank also allows you to set different format for each Spotify songs as you like!
Step 4.Start Converting Spotify Playlist to MP3
If ready, hit on “Convert All” button to export songs from Spotify playlist to your local computer.
Once the conversion is done, tap the “Finished” tab to check the converted Spotify MP3 songs on the local drive.
Part 2. Transfer Converted Spotify Playlists to iTunes Library
Now it’s time to import Spotify playlist to iTunes library. Launch iTunes program on your Mac or PC. Then click “File” > “New” > “Playlist” to create a new playlist. Finally, direct drag and drop the Spotify MP3 files to the new created playlist.
Now you can enjoy Spotify music on iTunes! By the way, you can also add the converted Spotify songs to other music players. What’s more, you can transfer Spotify music to MP3 player, iPod Nano, Sony Walkman, iOS, Android phone and any device for offline playback!
