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Q: Trying to drag a copy of a playlist from iTunes to android tablet?

Trying to drag a copy of a playlist from iTunes to android tablet?


Ash

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3

Posted on Aug 20, 2016 12:50 AM

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Q: Trying to drag a copy of a playlist from iTunes to android tablet?

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Aug 20, 2016 12:55 AM in response to Pito67
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    Aug 20, 2016 12:55 AM in response to Pito67

    How are you trying to do this? The playlist itself (in the Playlist column) is just a collection of pointers within iTunes. What you need to do is create a folder on your Desktop, then select all the actual songs in the playlist and drag them to the folder (this won't remove them from iTunes). Then you can copy the folder to the tablet. However, these songs are likely to be in M4a format, so it depends on whether your tablet has a player which can handle these. If not you will need to convert them to Mp3 first (see below). Of course if any of the songs are 'Protected AAC' you won't be able to do any of this.

     

    Converting AAC files to MP3 in iTunes

    You can only purchase from the iTunes Store in AAC. However you can easily convert them to MP3 in iTunes (though you may lose some quality in doing so) provided that they are not protected (i.e. they say 'Purchased AAC...' not 'Protected AAC...' - recent purchases in the Store are not protected..

     

    Firstly, go to iTunes Preferences>General and click the 'Import Settings' button. Set 'Import Using' to 'MP3 Encoder' and use the next drop-down menu to choose your settings - you can choose 'Custom' and set the bitrate as suits you.

     

    Click OK, then OK again to close the Preferences.

     

    Go to the Music list; select the files you want to convert and from the 'File' menu choose 'Create new version' then 'Create MP3 version' (iTunes 11 - in earlier versions choose 'Create MP3 version' from the 'Advanced' menu).

     

    MP3 versions will be created and placed in the music list (the AAC versions will remain there). You can drag them out if you want to save them elsewhere (doing this will not remove them from the Library). You can select and delete any files as required in the Music list. (Never tamper with the actual library in the Finder).