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Transfers, sync and matching

How transfers, auto-sync and song matching work, and what the statuses mean.

Articles in this topic

  1. The free limit: 300 songs, and what countsThe free version moves 300 songs, or 600 after a free email sign-up. See what counts, why deleting a transfer does not reset it, and how to lift it.
  2. Auto-sync: how it works and what it changesAuto-sync keeps a transferred playlist up to date with its source. Learn what it changes, which way it goes, how to sync now and what happens when Premium ends.
  3. How FreeYourMusic matches songsHow FreeYourMusic finds each song on the new service: ISRC codes first, then title, artist and album. What the match score means and why some songs go missing.
  4. Fix a wrong match (Rematch)Got the wrong song or version after a transfer? Use Rematch to search the new service, pick the right song, or skip it. Rematch is free on every plan.
  5. What the song statuses meanEvery song in a transfer has a status, such as Added, Not matched or Deleted at target. See what each one means, the song filters, and what to do about it.
  6. Songs that did not transfer, and how to export themFind the songs that did not make it to your new service, retry them, and export the list to an Excel (XLSX) file to keep or add by hand later.
  7. Transfer into an existing playlist, Force recreate, and playlist namesMove songs into a playlist you already have, rebuild a playlist with Force recreate, and learn why a long playlist can arrive split into two or more parts.
  8. Song order, and why Spotify Liked Songs move oldest firstFreeYourMusic keeps the song order of the source playlist where the destination allows it. See which services cannot reorder songs, and how Liked Songs move.
  9. Transfer music between two accounts on the same serviceMove playlists from one Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music account to another account on the same service: connect both accounts and pick them in a transfer.
  10. Pause, resume, cancel, and closing the app mid-transferHow to pause, resume, retry or cancel a transfer in FreeYourMusic, what happens if you close the app or it crashes, and how to stop a transfer for good.

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