M3U Edit — Playlist Editor and Exporter for Mac
M3U Edit app icon M3U Edit · For Mac

Playlists that play everywhere.

Build M3U playlists for your car, phone, USB stick or any media player. M3U Edit finds what would stop a song from playing, fixes it, and exports exactly what your device needs.

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Requires macOS 14 or later · No account, no tracking. Your music never leaves your Mac.

M3U Edit in dark mode showing a playlist called Road Trip with cover art, song titles, artists, albums, times, genres and years in a clean table.
Export

One click to your car, phone or player.

Pick your device and M3U Edit sets up the playlist, the file names and the folders for you. See exactly what will be copied before anything is, and update a USB stick later by copying only what changed.

  • Presets for car stereos, Android, portable players, media servers and Windows
  • Export Again copies only new and changed songs, in playlist order
The M3U Edit export sheet in dark mode with the Car Stereo preset, a USB stick as the destination, the space needed and file naming options.
Playlist Check

Find problems before you drive.

Playlist Check looks for everything that can stop a song from playing on your device, and fixes most of it with one click.

  • Missing songs, formats your device can't play, duplicates and very long paths
  • Relink songs, convert on export or remove duplicates in one click
M3U Edit with the Playlist Check panel open, listing a missing song, a duplicate and a song without a title.
Tools

Convert hundreds of playlists at once.

Moving from Windows or to a new drive? Switch formats, relative or absolute paths and separators for many playlists, let M3U Edit find songs that moved, and preview every change before it's saved.

  • M3U, M3U8, PLS and XSPF, and import WPL and Music app playlists
  • Create a playlist for every album folder, in disc and track order
The Convert Playlists tool in dark mode turning three Windows playlists into relative Mac paths, with a before and after preview of the file.
Smart rules

Clean up with a few rules.

Remove songs by length, artist, genre or file type, or keep just one song per artist. A live list shows exactly which songs will go, and one Undo brings them all back.

  • Songs longer than 6 minutes, artist contains…, file type is mp3
  • Keep one song per artist, album or title
The Remove Songs by Rules sheet in dark mode with two rules and a list of the five songs that would be removed.
Everything else

A native Mac app made for playlists.

Fast and light, at home on your Mac in light and dark mode, and private by design.

Covers and tags
See artwork, titles, artists, albums and time for every song, and sort or filter in a click.
Every playlist format
Open and save M3U, M3U8, PLS and XSPF, and import WPL and Music app playlists.
Convert while exporting
Turn songs into MP3 or AAC as you export, with tags and cover art kept.
Preview player
Play songs while you edit, and hear how one song flows into the next.
Split, append and tabs
Split long playlists by length or size, add others to the end, and work in tabs.
Private by design
No account and no tracking. Your music stays on your Mac.
M3U Edit in light mode, showing the same playlist with cover art, albums, times, genres and years.
M3U Edit app icon

Make playlists that just work.

Build it, check it and export it to any device, in a few clicks.

Download on the Mac App Store

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