Also, Apple's design choice uses more processing. Yes, you might need to sync less than 200 playlists totally 40,000 songs at a time given Apple's design choice.
Yes, four hour WiFi connections might time out. While we've been working with the OP across many emails, and will continue to do so, right now the only issue we've found is on Apple Music's side. We are all hopeful that they'll bring XML support to the Music app. They've forced apps like iSyncr to use a slower method of gathering information. Unfortunately, Apple does not support the XML interface iTunes has in the new Music app. However, I still don't recommend buying this app if you have a large music library you're trying to sync and/or are on the new Catalina OS for Mac. *UPDATE: I did finally get a refund after one of the developers came across this post. Her idea of a solution is to sync ten playlists or less at once and then repeat as needed, which is a total joke as each sync like this still took an hour and I'd have to repeat the process countless times to get to what a standard set it and forget it 3-5 minute sync took me with the prior version of iSyncr.Īnyone have any recommendations for remedying this situation? Or even better, a solid alternative to this app? In the meantime, if you are on Catalina: DO NOT BUY THIS APP. Instead she is blaming me for having a large music library with dozens of playlists (25,000+ songs and 200 or so playlists to be more specific). Also, keep in mind that I have to be within range of my home WiFi for this entire process.Īt this point the developer has done a 180 and is refusing a refund. Compounding the matter, all of my attempts at syncing except one have been a failure. Each time, the process has taken in excess of four hours (old version accomplished the same task in 3-5 minutes). I've tried doing the normal method of syncing I did for years with the app a handful of times or so now.
Unfortunately, the Catalina friendly version of this app is complete garbage compared to the old version and basically useless to me.Įarly in my back and forth messaging with one of the developers, I was assured that I would be given a full refund if we couldn't troubleshoot our way back to having this app do what it is intended to do. This seemed a little odd but I liked the prior version of the app enough to begrudgingly pay them again to have the very useful functionality back. I did as they suggested, only to discover that they required an additional $7.99 to access the premium functions of this app that I had already paid for in the "light themed version" years ago.
They got back to me promptly, told me they were aware of this issue, and that the solution would be to download the "dark themed version" of iSyncr. This app worked pretty reliably for me over the last 5-10 years but became unusable after I updated my iMac to the new OS entitled Catalina.Īfter said update, I contacted the developers of this app (who also make the Rocket Player app which I have the paid version of) to see what could be done if anything.
I use the paid version of this app to sync iTunes songs and playlists from my iMac to my Android mobile phone. As you can see by the title, I have been severely disappointed by iSyncr and their developers at JRT Studio over the last week.