I've built this tool. A little more complicated but I was able to import all my 1400+ tracks.
http://movetoapplemusic.ramonfritsch.com/
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Migrating from Spotify to Music. How will YOU do it?
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Awesome! I'm running this now, I think it might take all night. My plan once the playlists are in is to copy each playlist's URL then subscribe to them. That way I can have the playlists without the songs in my library (once I go through and delete everything that got added).
Seems to have stalled.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "add-tracks.py", line 98, in <module>
for row in playlist_reader:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 30: ordinal not in range(128)
Try setting the python environment to utf-8
Code:
PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 python add-tracks.pyRamon, your tool didn't work for me. When I enabled Charles Proxy it didn't record those commands. It didn't record anything, just blocked iTunes from communicating with Apple.
Any idea what I did wrong?
Hi!
It's important to navigate on iTunes to a point where you're about to add a music to your library. Then you fire up Charles Proxy and hit record. Then you add the music. A couple of warnings from iTunes are going to fire up but that's ok. Just after you grab the info you can close Charles Proxy.
Thanks, mate. Just trying this now. I'll let you know how it goes. I've got about 1k songs so it'll be a while!
Cool.
Mine took about 9 hours. I had to place 30seconds each music to not be kicked out of Apple's API.
Good luck!
Same issue on the same song. Any ideas?
----------- The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
Found: The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child => 254340117
=== OK ===
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "add-tracks.py", line 98, in <module>
for row in playlist_reader:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 30: ordinal not in range(128
----------- The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
Found: The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child => 254340117
=== OK ===
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "add-tracks.py", line 98, in <module>
for row in playlist_reader:
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 30: ordinal not in range(128
It didn't work, unfortunately. Activating Charles Proxy is just blocking my computer from contacting apple's iTunes server. :-/
I entered the settings as specified. I wonder what is wrong.
Try open the .py file and commenting where the music is being printed out. The problem is that some music names have utf-8 chars and some terminals are on ascii. So removing/commenting these lines out would solve the problem right away.
Try restarting the computer and only having Charles Proxy open and running when you need it. My iTunes also acted weird sometimes when I was developing it.
It hit that problem song and kept going so it looks like it's going to work. See you in 8 hours!
I've updated the python script so it doesn't have the utf-8 problem anymore. Feel free to generate the files again.It hit that problem song and kept going so it looks like it's going to work. See you in 8 hours!
Manual transfer for me too; checked Spotify albums & playlists on the iphone then searched & set up Apple Music on the iPad, which eventually synced beautifully between the two devices.
Dont forget to "Make available Offline" on each device though..
Dont forget to "Make available Offline" on each device though..
OKAY GUYS!
Here's what I've gathered so far:
Most of these options work using CSV's, which are text files containing your playlist and song info.
You can easily obtain CSV's of your playlists by using Exportify, in conjunction with Chrome.
1) STAMP:
Uses applescript to add each song manually, as if you were doing it yourself.
Pros:
• connects directly to Spotify or Rdio, using your sign-in credentials, and imports into iTunes
• or you can chose to import from CSV's (my preferred method), which allows you to see what songs failed to import
Cons:
• Buggy and somewhat clunky, rendering your computer unusable while it imports.
• You can only go back and see with songs failed to import using the CSV method.
2)Applefy:
Creates blank, 5-second .mp3 files that you can import into iTunes. Once Imported, Apple looks for the match, and replaces it with a good copy.
Cons: if the particular songs don't get recognized by apple, the 5-second mp3 file gets uploaded to iCloud. You'll have to manually look for, and replace these.
3) Move to Apple (ramonfritsch's tool):
Pros:
• Cleanest interface
• You can still use your computer while it processes the information
Cons:
•From I read here, it may be a bit confusing, involving proxy servers and minor python coding (but please correct me if I'm wrong!)
•As of now, you can't see a list of the songs that failed to import.
4) iSpotMusic:
Similar to stamp, but only supports CSV's and it looks to be a bit slower, judging from he video.
Please let us know what else you guys find out there!
I know there are more, but these seemed to be the more promising options so far.
Here's what I've gathered so far:
Most of these options work using CSV's, which are text files containing your playlist and song info.
You can easily obtain CSV's of your playlists by using Exportify, in conjunction with Chrome.
1) STAMP:
Uses applescript to add each song manually, as if you were doing it yourself.
Pros:
• connects directly to Spotify or Rdio, using your sign-in credentials, and imports into iTunes
• or you can chose to import from CSV's (my preferred method), which allows you to see what songs failed to import
Cons:
• Buggy and somewhat clunky, rendering your computer unusable while it imports.
• You can only go back and see with songs failed to import using the CSV method.
2)Applefy:
Creates blank, 5-second .mp3 files that you can import into iTunes. Once Imported, Apple looks for the match, and replaces it with a good copy.
Cons: if the particular songs don't get recognized by apple, the 5-second mp3 file gets uploaded to iCloud. You'll have to manually look for, and replace these.
3) Move to Apple (ramonfritsch's tool):
Pros:
• Cleanest interface
• You can still use your computer while it processes the information
Cons:
•From I read here, it may be a bit confusing, involving proxy servers and minor python coding (but please correct me if I'm wrong!)
•As of now, you can't see a list of the songs that failed to import.
4) iSpotMusic:
Similar to stamp, but only supports CSV's and it looks to be a bit slower, judging from he video.
Please let us know what else you guys find out there!
I know there are more, but these seemed to be the more promising options so far.
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Hey musio, you're welcome! I actually found that using CSV's, stamp will allow you to go back and see which songs failed.
Hopefully these solutions will keep getting better and more clever to make the process easier. Or hopefully Apple can implement some sort of automate process. After all, It's in their interest to make the migration process as easy as possible...
I suspect if Apple doesn't get the Crap together, most people WONT be migrating their libraries, but rather sticking with other alternatives. Which is fine. Apple's purpose was never to make people "switch" but rather have a built in option for the millions who have no idea on-demand streaming exists when they get their shiny new phone.
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There is an app that will handle that for you as well
https://community.spotify.com/t5/De...e-Music-Can-I-bring-my-new-Apple/td-p/1183529