Converting Music from Windows to Mac Sequoia

Google search says to go to Menu Bar in Music App but I see no menu bar, neither at the bottom nor at the top. Settings is supposed to be available in the menu bar.

Windows, Windows 10 (19045)

Posted on Mar 18, 2025 10:11 AM

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turingtest2

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Mar 18, 2025 10:27 AM in response to Marvin Israel

As far as I am aware there is no direct way to convert the an Apple Music for Windows library to Apple Music for Mac. It may be possible to convert some iTunes for Windows libraries to Music for Mac, but it will depend on the exact builds involved. An older version of iTunes and newer version of Music is more likely to be successful. Alternatively an XML library exported from iTunes can be modified to reflect new locations on a Mac. A temporary subscription to the Apple Music service may be the easiest approach to copy over all of the music (or at least matched/uploaded copies) and playlists.

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