Syncing My Collection Playlists between Devices

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Hello everyone,

I spoke with engineering regarding another topic on how to manually transfer My Collection to another device. We do not have an officially recommended procedure for this mainly due to the fact that there is a huge variation in how people choose to manage their music files. Also, there are extreme restrictions imposed by iOS on how djay can work with these files.

Having said that, it basically involves 3 steps:

  1. Transfer the djay media library database file to the other device.
  2. Transfer the audio files to the other device (e.g. via iTunes/Music, USB drive, iCloud, etc.)
  3. Relink the audio files on the new device to the items in the media library. This is done by selecting and reimporting the files into My Collection.

NOTE: For macOS to iOS the recommended way to manage audio files is still to use iTunes/Music as this is much simpler and more reliable. In most cases Step 3 above is not required as djay can usually find the tracks in My Collection in the iTunes library automatically.

I hope this is helpful. Thanks!

EDIT: More details for Step 1 above, Manually transferring the djay Media Library from one iPad to another iPad.

  1. Use the Files App on your iPad. It’s the app with the blue folder as an icon.
  2. Open the Files App on iPad A.
  3. On the left hand side bar menu under Locations, select On My iPad.
  4. If you are in the djay beta testing program, there will be 2 djay folders. If you are not, there will be only one djay folder. Make sure you are using the main djay folder and not the beta folder.
  5. Inside the main djay folder navigate to User Data.
  6. Here you will find your djay Media Library database.
  7. Near the top right of this screen, press the blue Select button, then select the djay Media Library file by checking the circle to the left of the file.
  8. Now at the bottom center of the screen, select the blue Move button.
  9. Next under Locations in the left side bar, select iCloud Drive and choose a location on your iCloud to copy the file to by pressing the blue Copy icon at the top right of the screen.
  10. If a version of the djay Media Library exists in this location from a previous operation, you need to select Replace so that it keeps the EXACT same file name (otherwise this does not work).
  11. After the file finishes uploading to your iCloud, open the Files App on iPad B and navigate to this file that you just saved in iCloud Drive.
  12. On iPad B, again use the blue Select button at the top right of the screen to select the djay Media Library file in your iCloud Drive and use the blue Move button at the bottom center of the screen.
  13. In the left side bar of the next menu, under Locations, select On My iPad then djay then User Data.
  14. Press the blue Copy button at the top right of the screen, and when prompted, select Replace. It is very important that you replace the existing djay Media Library file so that it retains the exact same file name, otherwise it will create a copy with a different name and this won’t work.
  15. Once the copy is complete, you should be able to launch djay on your iPad B and it will have your My Collection playlists, Hot Cue and Saved Loops from your iPad A.
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