Transferring playlists from YouTube Music to Apple Music has become easier: Things to keep in mind and more

YouTube Music to Apple Music

Apple, a couple of days ago announced the feature that lets users transfer Apple Music Playlists to YouTube Music. The feature comes as a part of Google and Apple’s new joint initiative called Data Transfer Project.

Apple already updated its support page stating all the necessary details including what can be transferred, steps to transfer, things to keep in mind and all the other details.

But it seems like it isn’t a one-way process.

YouTube Music users can also move their playlists to Apple Music and Google has also updated the support page with all the required information that’s required for the move.

In fact, Google states that the playlists can be transferred to other third-party services too via third-party tools.

YouTube Music playlists can be transferred to Apple Music

According to the support page, YouTube Music users can use the Google Takeout tool to move their playlists from YouTube Music to Apple Music.

The page also clarifies that the moved playlists do not get deleted from YouTube Music.

Also, once the playlists are copied to Apple Music, users will receive an email confirming the transfer process.

It is also important to note that once you’ve transferred the playlists any changes made to the playlists in YouTube Music won’t reflect in Apple Music or other services.

What can be transferred and can’t transferred

As per the support page, some songs might not be transferred when copying a playlist due to differences in the music catalogues of each service. For instance, if a song is available on YouTube Music but not on Apple Music, it won't be included in the transfer.

Also, any playlists you’ve created will be transferred. However, the following types of playlists won’t be included:

YouTube Music curated playlists

Liked Music Playlists on YouTube Music

Collaborative playlists if you are not the owner

Additionally, only tracks from the music catalog will be transferred, except these.

User-uploaded or private content

Podcasts