Spotify transition to Apple Music

Zeebedy · 16 Sep 2023 at 12:44

Hey guys,

well, today, I am cancelling Spotify and moving over to Apple Music, has most what I used on Spotify (and a few more also), so I setup a month trial, signed in to my phone, MBA and PC..all working great..

reason for transfer is I got a good deal on some headphones and a 24 month sub to Apple Music, so that £10.99 is a little extra saved on Spotify..

I didnt think it would match Spotify, but its pretty good..

ChrisD. · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:00

Yeah it’s awesome, you can transfer your playlists as well using online tools.

Zeebedy · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:05

nice. thanks for the heads up!

one thing @ChrisD. is there a way to enable auto-start on Apple Music for PC? I like to have it loading in when I start the PC, as I always use the music player, hence why on start..

Cromulent · 16 Sep 2023 at 13:59

Zeebedy said:
Hey guys,

well, today, I am cancelling Spotify and moving over to Apple Music, has most what I used on Spotify (and a few more also), so I setup a month trial, signed in to my phone, MBA and PC..all working great..

reason for transfer is I got a good deal on some headphones and a 24 month sub to Apple Music, so that £10.99 is a little extra saved on Spotify..

I didnt think it would match Spotify, but its pretty good..

You'll most likely want to import all your Spotify playlists. This is an amazing tool I use:

‎SongShift

‎Dissatisfied with your music provider or want to try something new? SongShift transfers the music you love to the music provider you want. Shift your favorite albums, playlists, and songs with a few taps. How it works: - Connect your music services - Configure which music you'd like to...

apps.apple.com

it lets you import everything. I bought the lifetime license and I'm really pleased I did.

ChrisD. · 16 Sep 2023 at 14:02

Zeebedy said:
nice. thanks for the heads up!

one thing @ChrisD. is there a way to enable auto-start on Apple Music for PC? I like to have it loading in when I start the PC, as I always use the music player, hence why on start..

No idea, sorry.

Zeebedy · 16 Sep 2023 at 14:50

No problem. It’s not a big deal, just thought there might have been a way. But I’m pretty sure there is not.

Andybtsn · 16 Sep 2023 at 18:20

I made the shift last year and no regrets.

I use playlisty to transfer playlists I like from Spotify. Use it each week.

Pretty sure you can set windows to open any app on startup, just google it

Zeebedy · 16 Sep 2023 at 20:03

yeah, im liking it so far, and its essentially "free" for me so it was a deciding factor.

but what im hearing from this forum, that Apple Music is all round a good product to use.

Feek · 16 Sep 2023 at 21:33

I have nothing to compare it to but it always seems to find what I ask it to play so that means it’s perfectly adequate for my needs.

iMacMart · 17 Sep 2023 at 08:33

My Spotify family account is now £17.99 I also have 2tb iCloud family storage, would moving to Apple Music give me other options as it looks like Apple Music family plan is £16.99 currently

ChrisD. · 17 Sep 2023 at 08:35

iMacMart said:
My Spotify family account is now £17.99 I also have 2tb iCloud family storage, would moving to Apple Music give me other options as it looks like Apple Music family plan is £16.99 currently

Take a look at Apple One.

Apple One

Apple One bundles your Apple services into one low monthly payment. It’s the best way to enjoy Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud+ and more.

www.apple.com

You could keep your 2TB iCloud, and add Apple Music, Arcade, and TV+ for what less than you pay for Spotify. Apple TV+ is really good, some excellent shows on it.

iMacMart · 17 Sep 2023 at 08:44

ChrisD. said:
Take a look at Apple One.

Apple One

Apple One bundles your Apple services into one low monthly payment. It’s the best way to enjoy Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud+ and more.

www.apple.com

You could keep your 2TB iCloud, and add Apple Music, Arcade, and TV+ for what less than you pay for Spotify. Apple TV+ is really good, some excellent shows on it.

Just realised I have Apple Tv too, ok might drop Spotify and go with Apple One as it absolutely makes sense financially and otherwise

ta bud

ChrisD. · 17 Sep 2023 at 08:57

iMacMart said:
Just realised I have Apple Tv too, ok might drop Spotify and go with Apple One as it absolutely makes sense financially and otherwise ta bud

The only thing I'm not 100% sure about is stacking 2TB onto the base Apple One plan, but I think it's possible.

iMacMart · 17 Sep 2023 at 09:19

ChrisD. said:
The only thing I'm not 100% sure about is stacking 2TB onto the base Apple One plan, but I think it's possible.

You mean under one account? Appears on their website you can

ChrisD. · 17 Sep 2023 at 09:24

iMacMart said:
You mean under one account? Appears on their website you can

Being Apple you might think that they only allow you to get 2TB with the top plan!

iMacMart · 17 Sep 2023 at 10:47

Is there an app for my iPhone to migrate mine, my wife and kids over?

ChrisD. · 17 Sep 2023 at 11:05

iMacMart said:
Is there an app for my iPhone to migrate mine, my wife and kids over?

Most of the services which move playlists etc all appear to be online based, I've not seen any phone apps.

iMacMart · 17 Sep 2023 at 11:09

I don’t have a massive playlist so starting from scratch isn’t too much of a pain tbh

dannyjo22 · 22 Sep 2023 at 13:14

So not to start a new thread on Apple Music, is there anyway to automatically have a track download to your device if you put it in a playlist? It's driving me mad in my car when I'm in a poor signal area and the stream stops. I don't want to download my library or albums but just my pre-set playlists.

Cromulent · 9 Oct 2023 at 09:26

I wasn't sure where to post this but here should be good enough.

I was going through Apple Music trying to find an album by My Dying Bride but you could only buy it on iTunes. I then looked on Spotify and it was available there. So I saved the Spotify album to a playlist and then imported the playlist into Apple Music and now I can play it directly in Apple Music for free! All you need is the free Spotify plan and SongShift (or some other Spotify to Apple Music playlist transfer software).