Kirk McElhearn wrote this method up for Macworld back in 2011. And they have to have all the songs in their library. From there, you can save it as an XML file that your recipient will then have to import. You can go to File > Library > Export Playlist. There’s a brute force way of sharing a playlist from iTunes without iCloud Music Library.

I’ll be writing a separate how-to for that. Prince’s estate doesn’t currently have much of his catalog available on streaming services, so I’m going to have to let this one go.īut, now I have a playlist I can share with other Apple Music subscribers! Send the URL wherever you want, post it to Twitter or Facebook, and dazzle everyone with your DJ acumen.Īlso, note that sharing playlists in iOS 10 works in much the same way. It’s still included in the local copy of my playlist, but my recipient will never know it was included. It’s not in Apple Music, and it simply wasn’t included in the shared version of the playlist. My copy of “Get Off” came from a legit Prince compilation CD, but iTunes has never liked it (or found an album cover for it). Now, compare this version of my playlist to the version above I built locally. You’ll be redirected to iTunes, where lo! Your playlist will be, as shown below. I recommend that you copy the link and paste it into a browser before you send it to anyone else. Choose the one you wish, and sharing ensues. There, you’ll find options to Copy Link, Email, Messages, Twitter and Facebook. Now, go to your playlist and click the three dots next to Shuffle All on the right side of the screen and choose Share Playlist. Playlist in iTunes 12.5.x Share iTunes Playlist Also, I have my iTunes sidebar turned on, so your playlists may look different. Here’s the one I built for this tutorial. There are lots of tutorials for making them in iTunes. See the bottom section for an alternative way to share iTunes playlists. But, you must have iCloud Music Library turned on ( iTunes > Preferences > General) to share it the easy way.

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