iTunes to Android
January 26, 2013 10:23 PM Subscribe
How do I transfer my iTunes library from my desktop iMac to my Samsung Galaxy tablet?
It depends on how much music you have and what you want to transfer. It can be as simple as 1) locate files on hard disk, 2) drag and drop files to Android device. Or if you want to preserve playlists you can export your playlists from iTunes as m3u and again drag and drop (see previous thread). Or you can use software like doubleTwist (another previous thread).
posted by anaelith at 11:30 PM on January 26, 2013
posted by anaelith at 11:30 PM on January 26, 2013
I have too much to fit on my phone, so I use Google Play for this. You install the app and it interfaces with iTunes to keep everything in sync. Since it uploads to Play, it's not the most efficient use of bandwidth, so that may be an issue, but once it's there, the Play app lets you stream your music as well as choose what to download to the phone.
Amazon Cloud Player is similar but not quite as nice in my experience.
posted by feloniousmonk at 11:44 PM on January 26, 2013
Amazon Cloud Player is similar but not quite as nice in my experience.
posted by feloniousmonk at 11:44 PM on January 26, 2013
Does it have a micro sd card? If the card doesnt have a folder named music, make one..u can use usb and make it from yr mac or use a file browser like astro (from the play store, free)...then dump whatever music you want, in folders or not (from yr itunes music folder under 'music'), into it...android will auto recognize it and sort it by album artist etc
posted by sexyrobot at 1:42 AM on January 27, 2013
posted by sexyrobot at 1:42 AM on January 27, 2013
Yeah, I came in here to suggest iSyncr too. I got it recently to send music to my Samsung Galaxy phone and it works perfectly.
posted by badmoonrising at 2:38 AM on January 27, 2013
posted by badmoonrising at 2:38 AM on January 27, 2013
I was told by a friend that the Samsung Kies software (that came on my phone, but I'm not sure about the Tab we have) does this. I just checked and the menu says "Import Itunes library."
posted by getawaysticks at 8:08 AM on January 27, 2013
posted by getawaysticks at 8:08 AM on January 27, 2013
I use Dropbox. Keep your music there, download and play on your phone only what you want to hear.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:20 AM on January 27, 2013
posted by blue_beetle at 10:20 AM on January 27, 2013
My iTunes library is backed up to Google Play.
posted by town of cats at 2:15 PM on January 27, 2013
posted by town of cats at 2:15 PM on January 27, 2013
My iTunes library is backed up to Google Play.
Huh? How does one do this? Is this US only?
posted by dobbs at 6:22 PM on February 25, 2013
Huh? How does one do this? Is this US only?
posted by dobbs at 6:22 PM on February 25, 2013
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posted by mbrubeck at 11:13 PM on January 26, 2013 [2 favorites]