"The macOS Catalina Music app has an option to manually export the XML file, so there will be a workaround at release. Nevertheless, we’re currently working on a better-integrated solution for Traktor" Update: NI released a statement to DJ Mag around this topic. We've reported this before, but with Catalina's beta reaching its final phase, it looks like the XML option is set to be removed officially, for now at least. That means any new playlists created and organised in Music, will no longer show up in your iTunes-connected DJ software.
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With the option no longer available in the new Music app, and iTunes v12.9 – the current version of the popular music management software – not available to download as an individual app, once you update to Catalina, your DJ apps will lose the ability to communicate with Music, the new iTunes. This is the function that rekordbox, Pioneer DJ and Serato all use to read playlist data from iTunes, and save metadata like notes, comments, ratings and more back into the file itself, for a seamless transition between the two apps.
While you'll still be able to load in MP3s and other audio files, and your music and playlists will still exist, a key option is missing from the iTunes Preferences – 'Share iTunes Library XML with other applications'. It's being replaced by a new app called Music, and in it, your previous tracks and playlists will exist alongside a redesigned GUI in which Apple Music and streaming take precedence. Apple have killed off iTunes in the latest update to OS X called Catalina.