Move Apple music library on Mac to iTunes library on iTunes
I want to move my iTunes (now apple music) library from Mac to PC, but PC version of iTunes doesn't support the new .musiclibrary files. It needs an .itl file.
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You can simply copy the media from one computer to the other, then import into a new library, but that would lose ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. You could try exporting the Music library to an XML file (File > Library > Export Library...) then once everything is copied over to Windows edit the XML in something like NotePad++ to correct the location properties for each track before import. See Make a split library portable - Apple Community for general background on the layout of the iTunes library. I would recommend using the standard ..\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\... nesting of folders. When searching and replacing within the XML use %20 instead of spaces and forward slashes rather than backslashes. In the XML for iTunes for Windows the location property should also begin file://localhost/.
For example I might have a location value like this in Catalina, and I've moved the music to D:\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music in Windows:
<key>Location</key><string>file:///Users/steve/Music/Music/Media.localized/a-ha/Take%20On%20Me/01%20Take%20On%20Me.m4a</string>
In which case I'd search for /Users/steve/Music/Music/Media.localized/ and replace with localhost/D:/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music/.
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