Ok so, I rebooted my phone and tapped the button to “Sync” in Music, and my playlists have returned. I believe my songs have as well, but the phone definitely deleted all the music that was stored locally.
In one of the support articles it specifically says no iCloud data is migrated.
Try creating a playlist with ALL items in your library, then select it and hit the Download option. Might work... or not, lol. 🤷♂️
Strange if this is the case because while the checklist document states that is the case, the support document states the following:
Thanks for the update. I’m unable to migrate right now, but I’m hoping to gather enough info to see whether or not it’s something I even want to do.
So it's the Apple Music subscription that ruins it?
SO MANY variables. Like I mentioned in earlier comments, I have a Season Pass for a television show that is active. Does that fall into the same category as “rental/pre-order” or is it something else that’s making me ineligible to migrate?
After migrating, it did break the link to Movies Anywhere for me. Those movies that were redeemed in MA no longer showed as Purchased and were gone from my Apple Library. As someone else here stated, Movies Anywhere did allow a Disconnect and relink to Apple. So I went ahead and successfully did this despite the 180 day warning. The MA movies are now slowly reappearing my Library and all seem to be playable.
Honestly this is so confusing. I just want a way to transfer anything from past iCloud accounts to my main one I use for everything these days. But I don't want to replace my current Up Next and Podcast and media play histories, etc., with random or zero info from an old account.... Is that what this is saying or am I misunderstanding something?
If you have two Apple Accounts with multiple digital purchases between them, Apple now has a way for you to consolidate the accounts by migrating content from one account to another.
As noted by Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, Apple today published a support document that provides instructions for moving purchases from a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account.
Apps, music, books, TV shows, and movies that have been purchased on a secondary account can be migrated to a main account, which is useful for people who have separate accounts for iCloud and for making media purchases.
Apple says that to migrate purchases, the primary email address, phone number, password for both accounts is required, neither account should be shared, and two-factor authentication must be turned on. When the migration takes place, the Apple Account that's signed in for use with iCloud will be the primary Apple Account, and the Apple Account signed in for Media and Purchases will be the secondary Apple Account.
To go through the process, you'll need to sign in with two different accounts on an iPhone or iPad, one for iCloud and one for purchases. There are several steps to go through, such as making sure that both accounts are set to the same country, and ensuring the secondary account does not have a remaining balance.
If you're interested in merging accounts, you should go through the checklist that Apple has outlined, and read through Apple's info on what happens during an account migration and how to undo it.
The actual merging process can be done by opening up the Settings app, going to Media and Purchases, tapping View Account, and then choosing the Migrate Purchases option. After migration, the secondary account can no longer be used for purchases, and you will need to sign in with the primary account on all Apple devices.
When combining accounts, all payment methods associated with the secondary account will migrate to the primary Apple Account, and subscriptions will also transfer over. The secondary account's Up Next queue in Apple TV will also migrate over and replace content from the primary account, as will any podcast library data.
Migrating Apple Account purchases is not available in the European Union, United Kingdom, or India at the current time.
Article Link: Apple Now Lets You Move Digital Purchases From One Apple Account to Another
For me, I don't have anything important associated with my Apple ID, and I don't even have any payment methods associated with the account, so 2FA is nothing but annoyance (I'm already using an unique strong password for each account). Let the user choose if they care about needing that additional security.I'm not opposed to MFA at all, but Apple's implementation pretty much depends on having Apple devices nearby to work (not counting SMS/phone call backups). If they supported something else like Yubikeys then it's different.
I was able to merge and I had a yearly Music plan on both accounts at one time or another.
