Best Way to Transfer Spotify playlists to iTunes library

Besides the iTunes Store to buy and download your favorite songs, TV shows, movies, and podcasts, iTunes is still an easy way to organize and enjoy above contents. On macOS Catalina and later it is divided into Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. You can add your music to iTunes/Music library. After you add content, you can organize it, listen to it, add it to mobile devices, share it with other people, burn CDs, and more.

Streaming music is becoming popular, and no matter which one you subscribe to, I guess you still keep a lot of songs in your iTunes/Music library. Can you integrate streaming playlists into iTunes as well, so that you can manage and backup them easily? After all, once you end your subscription, you won't have access to play these songs offline. In addition, the music libraries for streaming services change all the time, and it's likely that your favorite song will be off the platform tomorrow.

"Can I transfer my Spotify playlists to iTunes/Music on my Mac?" "I want to move all my Spotify playlists to my Apple Music/iTunes library, and then burn them to a CD, but it is not allowed. Why?" "I prefer Apple Music/iTunes so I want to import my Spotify music downloads to my iTunes/Music library, how can I do it?" Many people may have the above questions. Here we’ll show you an easy way to transfer your Spotify playlist to iTunes library.

Option 1. Soundiiz

Soundiiz is an online tool that allows you to transfer playlists between different music services like Spotify, YouTube, Tidal, Deezer, Apple Music, etc. After signing into your account, it can automatically load all your playlists and help you move them to other platforms. 

To transfer your Spotify playlists to Apple Music/iTunes library with Soundiiz, you'll need an active Apple Music subscription and turn on Sync Library on Apple Music. Select the playlists you want to transfer to Apple Music and click the Convert button. All songs in the playlist will be selected by default, but you can uncheck the songs you don't want to transfer.

Select Apple Music as the destination and sign in. The selected Spotify playlist will be transferred to your Apple Music library.

Option 2. Ondesoft Spotify Converter

The above method requires an Apple Music subscription. What if you don't have an Apple Music subscription? How to transfer Spotify playlists to iTunes library? Well, you can download Spotify songs to MP3 and add them to your Apple Music/iTunes library.

Only Spotify Premium users are allowed to download Spotify songs, but they don't shown as media files and you can only play them with Spotify app. This is because all Spotify songs are protected by DRM. The DRM protection restricts all users’ right in transferring and playing Spotify songs. So transferring Spotify music to your iTunes library is not allowed. However, Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter allows both Spotify premium and free users to download Spotify music to mp3 files, then you can transfer the MP3 Spotify music to your iTunes library.

Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter is the most effective way to transfer your Spotify music to iTunes library. It not only strips DRM from Spotify music, but also converts Spotify music to MP3 , M4A, WAV and FLAC. After the conversion, you will find that all output songs remain original ID tags and metadata with 100% original Spotify music quality. It allows you to enjoy Spotify music offline on any devices without any limitation.

Part 1. Export Spotify playlist with Ondesoft Spotify Converter

Step 1. Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Converter.

Log in your Spotify account, whether free or premium.

Step 2. Select Spotify songs, albums or playlists
Browse songs, albums or playlists you want to download from the built-in Spotify web player. Click the Add to list button to load all songs in the album or playlist.

Step 3. Set output settings
Click the Options button to change the output folder, output format, bitrate or sample rate. The default output format is MP3. You can also select M4A,WAV and FLAC according your needs. It also allows you to change the bitrate from 128kbps to 320kbps.

Step 4. Start the conversion
After changing the output settings, click the Convert button to start converting Spotify music.

When the conversion finishes, click the History button, you will find all converted songs.

Part 2. Transfer Spotify playlists to Apple Music/iTunes library

Now, you can transfer converted MP3 Spotify songs to your Apple Music/iTunes library without any restrictions. There are two ways to import converted Spotify music to iTunes library. Do either of the following:

1. Drag the converted songs or the folder to the Apple Music/iTunes window. If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.

2.In Apple Music/iTunes, choose File > Add to Library, locate the converted songs or the output folder, then click Open.