

This would allow me to copy music from my computer to my phone seamlessly. Given these constraints, and that I am a bit tired of depending on increasingly scarce apps that do what I need, I started coding a Python script that allowed me to take an M3U playlist, copy all the referenced files from my library to another folder, and create a second M3U file so that it pointed towards the copied files. On top of this, I’ve recently shifted most of my day-to-day work to an Ubuntu system, so I wanted to keep my syncs compatible to both: iTunes and Amarok (or any other player that can export M3U playlists).

In the past, I’d been doing these syncs with DoubleTwist because it also allowed me to sync my playlists (making it easier to select the music I want to transfer) but the newest update to Catalina broke compatibility for me, so I had to look for alternatives. I depend on the music on my phone to get throughout my day, and I still like syncing my audio files from my computer to my Android phone.
