How to Transfer iTunes Songs or Playlists to Spotify Easily

By Allan Stocks

Updated on: November 24, 2024

Can I import iTunes playlists or songs to Spotify?

Yes, Spotify will scan the hard drive for iTunes tracks and the playlists created in iTunes at the first time you use Spotify. And now we will share 2 useful ways to import iTunes playlists or songs to Spotify easily. Unfortunately, not all the iTunes songs and playlists can be imported to Spotify, because iTunes and Spotify don't always sync up. If there are iTunes playlists or songs that don't import to Spotify, we also have solution to help users to make it succeed.

Solution 1: Import iTunes Playlists or Songs with Spotify [Expired]

Notice: This method is already expired. Spotify has deleted this entrance, so users cannot directly transfer playlists to iTunes within the app.

Step 1 Please make sure that playlists have been shared from iTunes. Firstly open iTunes and head to "Preferences", then select "Advanced" and tick "Share iTunes Library XML with other applications".

Step 2 Open Spotify and click on "File" in the menu bar. Then select import playlists from the drop-down menu and click iTunes.

Solution 2: Import iTunes Playlists with NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter

NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter ( For Windows | For Mac) is an audio converter for iTunes M4P, M4A, M4B files and Apple Music ALAC files. With this powerful video tool, users can get Apple Music songs downloaded to common music formats like MP3, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC, so that all the iTunes playlists or songs can be scanned easily or copied directly to Spotify. And here is the specific tutorial on how to get iTunes files offline and transfer them to Spotify.

Features of NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter:

Record iTunes music, podcasts, audiobooks, Apple Music;
Convert Apple Music files to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC;
Convert iTunes audio at 10X faster speed with lossless quality;
Keep ID3 Tags & lyric after conversion;
1-click to burn Apple Music to CD, edit ID3 tags, etc;
Easy-to-use with an intuitive and streamlined user interface.

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Tutorial about How to Transfer iTunes Tracks with NoteBurner

1 Run NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter and Add iTunes Playlists or Songs to Converter

Launch NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter on Windows, and choose "iTunes App" as the download mode. Click "Add" button, then you will see a pop-up window which will show you all the iTunes folders. You can add iTunes playlists or songs you want to import to Spotify.

2 Set Preferences of NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter

Click the "Setting" button, and then there will be a pop-up window which allows you to set output path and output audio format. Output format like MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AAC, or ALAC are available when converting iTunes playlists or songs. You can choose anyone of them, and all of these music formats can be recognized by Spotify.

3 Start Converting

After finishing customization, click "Convert" button to start converting. If you don't want to convert certain music, please click "remove" button to remove this music before converting. After conversion, click the "Converted" button to find the output iTunes playlists or songs.

4 Import Converted iTunes Playlists or Songs to Spotify

Now, all the converted iTunes playlists or songs are saved to your local computer, you just need to import these files to Spotify.

Click "Edit" button on the main interface of Spotify, then click "Preference" to find "Local Files" and click "ADD A SOURCE".

Then there will pop up a window, and you can choose the folders you saved converted iTunes files with NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter, then click "OK" to import the files. After finishing importing, you can find these iTunes files, you can click "local Files" on the left bar.

If you want to convert Spotify tracks or playlists to plain music formats like MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, or ALAC, please seek help from Spotify Music Converter.

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