MUSICLIBRARY Converter

Extract text from Apple Music libraries (MUSICLIBRARY)


Drop or upload your .MUSICLIBRARY file
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How to extract text from your MUSICLIBRARY file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MUSICLIBRARY file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MUSICLIBRARY to another file type

To convert MUSICLIBRARY libraries to another format, you need Apple Music or other Database software.

Convert a file to MUSICLIBRARY

To convert other file formats to the "Media Library Database" file type, you need software like Apple Music or a similar tool.


About MUSICLIBRARY files

The .MUSICLIBRARY file is a database package used by Apple Music (introduced in macOS Catalina) to manage a user's audio catalog. It stores playlists, play counts, song ratings, and local file paths, acting as a direct replacement for the legacy ITL (iTunes Library) format. Users often need to convert or extract data from this file when migrating their music library to competing platforms like Spotify or moving from macOS to Windows. The primary disadvantage of the .MUSICLIBRARY format is its proprietary, closed nature. It strictly binds your organizational metadata to the Apple ecosystem. Additionally, a major point of confusion is that it does not contain any actual audio; you cannot convert it directly to an MP3 or WAV. When migrating, the best target formats are XML or CSV, which export playlist data in standard text layouts. Because it is a closed database (often behaving as a macOS package folder), standard online converters completely fail to process it. Often only the original Apple Music software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects supported underlying SQLite structures or embedded text, viewing the raw text or conversion to a generic database layout may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MUSICLIBRARY file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert MUSICLIBRARY file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Apple Music or similar software from the "Music Catalog Metadata Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to MUSICLIBRARY, try Apple Music or another comparable tool in the "Music Catalog Metadata Storage" category.



The MUSICLIBRARY Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MUSICLIBRARY converter.