How To Copy Playlists From Iphone To Itunes

How to Imitate a Playlist from iPhone to iTunes

Away Laurel Storm

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If you clean want to copy a playlist that you've created along your iPhone over to iTunes 12 on your computer, just synchronize the iPhone to your computer, and any playlist that you created or modified on the iPhone since you in conclusion synced to iTunes is mechanically copied. Once the playlist is in iTunes, you can also export it to a file and share it with others -- although the sequent file, regardless of the format, is just a listing of songs and doesn't include the music files themselves. Deleting an foreign playlist from iTunes also deletes it from the iPhone when you next sync it to your computer, unless you modify information technology on your phone before syncing -- in this latter case, iTunes treats the playlist as if information technology were completely new.

Step 1

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Launch iTunes and get in touch your iPhone to your computer. If your iPhone is not configured to sync automatically, start a sync. Wait for the sync process to complete. If all you lack is to copy your iPhone playlists to iTunes, you are now done -- click "Playlists" to view them. If you want to export unrivaled or more playlists to a file to share with others, click "Playlists" and proceed to the future step.

Step 2

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Select the play list you deficiency to exportation in the left-hand sidebar to view the music included in the play list.

Step 3

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Cluck "File," hover over "Library" and select "Export Playlist."

Step 4

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Navigate to the location where you want to save the file. By default, iTunes uses a file name matching the name of the playlist; to use a different name, type it in the "File Name" field.

Step 5

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Select the file data formatting you deficiency to expend from the "Save arsenic Type" drop cloth-down menu -- to be able to import the playlist back to iTunes, you moldiness choose either the XML or the M3U format. As far as iTunes is concerned, there is no functional departure between the XML and M3U formats -- either employment for reimporting. If you want to implication the play list to a different music player, consult that histrion's supporte file for entropy on what format to choose.

If you desire to save information almost the songs in the play list, choose the TXT format instead. The consequent document contains not just the title of the song and the name of the artist, but also -- provided that information was available in the call file -- other data, such as the composer, the album, the year of release, how many times it was played and skipped, the rating you gave it, the position of the file on your hard drive off and then on.

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Click "Save."

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