Syncing Apple Music for Android with iTunes on a PC
I have a rather curated music collection in iTunes on my PC. It consists of many CDs accumulated over the years that were ripped into iTunes as well as many songs purchased in iTunes. I haven't purchased a new CD in over 10 years. since then it's been all iTunes purchases. My music is all ranked with 1-5 stars the smart playlists update when a song is played so that depending on how much I like a song it goes off my playlist for a time so that I don't hear the same songs all the time, even my favorites.
I used to use the apps iSyncr and Rocket Player in iTunes. They did a great job of syncing my iTunes library and updating playcounts and changes to smart playlists. It recently changed ownership and even though I had previously purchased the apps, they now want to charge $13/week to use the sync feature. I need a new music player on my phone. I have considered getting an iPhone but am not convinced that it will work like I want with iTunes on my PC. I don't want to have to buy a new phone and computer to access music that I have already purchased.
I have tried Apple Music on Android but I still have a few questions:
Can I use Apple Music for Android with just the songs in my iTunes library or do I have to also pay the monthly subscription?
To get access to my music from old CDs, would something like the Match service through iCloud
work?
Apple Music did not ask me what I wanted to download to my phone. It just downloaded everything without DRM protection. I only want to download the music from certain smart playlists. Is it possible to do this on either Apple Music for Android or iOS?
If were to use Apple Music on an iPhone and transfer my iTunes music to Apple Music on a Mac, would they synchronize so that I could play my music on the iPhone without having to pay a monthly subscription?
Thanks, Robert
Windows, Windows 10