But for Windows users with large local media libraries or who wanted to back up their iDevices or subscribe to Apple Music, iTunes has soldiered on, receiving minor maintenance-mode updates to maintain compatibility with Apple's devices and services. Locate the folder on your PC that has iTunes music files installed.Apple discontinued its iTunes music player for macOS in 2019 when it split the app's functionality between four apps in macOS Catalina. Remember to start with updated version of iTunes on your Windows 8 computer. Open Xbox Music and tell it where to lookĮven though this sounds pretty straight forward, it is a bit more complicated than Microsoft makes it sound in its blog post, Transfer your iTunes music and playlists to your Surface.

Move USB device to Surface and copy all music to Music folder.

Export your iTunes libraries and save them on the same USB device.

Copy your iTunes music files to a USB device (USB stick or external USB drive).

Here are the overall steps to import iTunes to Surface: So, if you have the latest version of iTunes, 11.x at the time of this writing, you should be able to skip a few steps from the previous tutorial. The good news: both Apple and Microsoft have made it easier to import iTunes to Xbox Music, which is included on your Surface. It is really quite simple you just need to know about a couple of gatcha’s. Since many more folks have now adapted Windows 8 for their normal use, I thought it important to update you on the changes and how to do it quickly. In a previous post, Import iTunes Library from Windows 7 to Surface, Tim talked about how to transfer your iTunes music and your iTunes playlists to a Surface from Windows 7.

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