I tried dragging and dropping the songs from the Music app window to a folder, but my 2019 iMac (Big Sur) will only copy a small number that way, and the playlist is large (2000 .mp4 songs).
Drag and drop isn't working for me for some reason, at least not with over a thousand files.
I found a way to do it. Try this instead: I go to the playlist I want to transfer, select all, then select "copy" (or press ⌘C); then open the folder I want to transfer the files to with the finder. Put the mouse pointer inside the open folder, and select "paste" (or press ⌘V). Voila! all the music files will be transferred to the folder, which I can then back up on an external drive for safe storage.
Drag and drop isn't working for me for some reason, at least not with over a thousand files.
I found a way to do it. Try this instead: I go to the playlist I want to transfer, select all, then select "copy" (or press ⌘C); then open the folder I want to transfer the files to with the finder. Put the mouse pointer inside the open folder, and select "paste" (or press ⌘V). Voila! all the music files will be transferred to the folder, which I can then back up on an external drive for safe storage.
Perhaps this article will help:
Save a copy of a playlist in Music on Mac - Apple Support
And see the 'macOS 10.15 Catalina and later' section in:
Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community
See also How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support for Apple's approach to this topic.
Well, I want to save a playlist including the song files, so the first link doesn't help. As for the second link, that doesn't really help either. I want to save just a playlist, not my whole library, and I want to save it outside the Music app.
Thanks anyways. I appreciate it.
How to copy a playlist (including song files) from mac Music to local storage?
