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How do you transfer (export / import etc) playlists from iPad or iPhone to MacBook Music using the latest Music app on iOS Ventura 13.0.1
Previously you could connect your device to your Mac. Locate your device in Finder side bar & expand ‘Device’ showing your music & playlists. Then select the playlist, & select File/Library/Export.
Hello Jus777,
This page offers insight on how to sync music from your iPhone and iPad to your Mac: Connect your device to your Mac to sync Music content - Apple Support.
1. Connect your device to your Mac using a USB or USB-C cable.
2. Do one of the following:
- If it’s your first time connecting this device to your Mac: Open the Finderon your Mac, click the device in the Finder sidebar, then click Trust; you may also need to tap Trust on the device.
- If it’s not your first time connecting this device to your Mac: In the Music appon your Mac, click the device in the sidebar, then click Sync Settings in the top-right corner.
The device opens in the Finder
After you connect your device to your Mac, you can sync content between the two. See Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
Kind regards!
Hello Jus777,
This page offers insight on how to sync music from your iPhone and iPad to your Mac: Connect your device to your Mac to sync Music content - Apple Support.
1. Connect your device to your Mac using a USB or USB-C cable.
2. Do one of the following:
- If it’s your first time connecting this device to your Mac: Open the Finder
- If it’s not your first time connecting this device to your Mac: In the Music app
The device opens in the Finder
After you connect your device to your Mac, you can sync content between the two. See Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
Kind regards!
Hello Jus777,
Yes, thanks. As you can see from the help article, this is a one way transfer. There is no Apple Supported option to transfer music from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch device to a Mac.
There may be third-party options.
If this is purchased music, just redownload it to your computer: Redownload music - Apple Support
Thanks.
Unfortunately that is just standard syncing of Mac to iDevice (iphone / iPad / iPod etc). This deletes any info on the iDevice. This is how I lost my playlists on my iPhone when syncing with new MacBook Pro. Thankfully I have not synced my iPad to the Mac & so still have playlists in tact in the iPad.
What I need to do is sync iPad to Mac (opposite direction to above - sending playlists from iDevice to the Mac).
FWIW a temporary subscription to Apple Music is a potential Apple solution to this issue, with the provisos that it only covers music, and may include the occasional mismatch, e.g. clean vs. explicit etc. You can subscribe on an iOS device, matching or uploading the music content on the device into the user's iCloud Music Library, which can then be downloaded to a Mac or PC.
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Transferring playlists
