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By ChesterUpdated on February 28, 2024

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Summary
Looking for a way to convert Amazon Music to M4A? Do you know what is the difference between MP3 and M4A? In this article, we will teach you the best way to convert Amazon Music to M4A, so you can play Amazon Music on Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod.

"I have just download some songs from Amazon Music, I want to listen to my Amazon Music playlist in my iPhone in M4A format, how can I convert Amazon Music to M4A, any advise will be appreciated."

When we want to download tracks from any of streaming music platform, such as Amazon Music, the first output format that comes to our mind is MP3, since MP3 format is compatible with more devices than any other formats. But have you ever thought about converting Amazon music to M4A for Apple devices? In here, we are going to show you what are the advantages for M4A and how to convert Amazon Music to M4A.

What is M4A?

There are might be some people who are not very familiar with M4A format, so first of all, let’s have a brief introduction to M4A, from comparing with MP3 to get to understand M4A more. M4A is one of the most popular audio file extensions which is compatible with all Apple devices. M4A files are encoded with the lossy Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec, which is able to provide the same bitrates as MP3. At the same time, tighter compression is achieved, this reduces file size while providing higher audio quality.

Difference between M4A and MP3:

  M4A MP3
File extension .m4a .mp3
Size Small size Relatively larger size
Quality Better quality Lossy quality
Compatibility iOS devices It is used for the existing audio formats.
MIME Type audio/m4a audio/mpeg
Extended from The extended form of M4A is QuickTime file format. The extended form of MP3 is mp2.

The advantages of M4A format:

  • It compresses the file in lossy quality, the smaller size, and the audio is not compromised at all.
  • It allows their users to directly set it to ringtone. This can be done just by changing the name of the file extension from M4A to M4R.
  • The files are not protected, so they are easily streamed and shared with no license or payment required.

The disadvantage of M4A format:

  • It is only used in the products of Apple Inc., such as iPods, iTunes, and other devices.
  • M4A does not support video formats.

As we all know, all Amazon Music tracks are DRM-protected to prevent users from playing songs on unauthorized devices and share with others. In this case, if you want to convert Amazon Music to M4A and play on Apple devices freely, you need a professional Amazon Music to M4A converter - UkeySoft Amazon Music Converter.

Tool Required - UkeySoft Amazon Music Converter

UkeySoft Amazon Music Converter is a professional tool which is designed to download and convert Amazon Music to MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, and save as local files on computer. With the help of this program, you can easily remove DRM from Amazon Music, so you can transfer your favourite Amazon Music playlist to other unauthorized devices for offline playback. The program also supports keeping original audio quality and preserves ID3 tags after conversion, after converting Amazon Music to M4A files, you can set Amazon Music as iPhone ringtone, alarm and transfer Amazon Music tracks to iTunes for offline listening without any limitations.

Key Features of UkeySoft Music Converter:

Download Amazon Music to PC for free.
Download songs from Amazon Free, Amazon Music Prime & Amazon Music Unlimited.
Remove DRM from Amazon Music.
Convert Amazon Music to MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV, AIFF audio formats.
Keep original audio quality and ID3 tags after conversion.
Built-in Amazon Music player
Convert Amazon Music to M4A to set as iPhone ringtone, alarm without limits.
No need to install the Amazon Music app.

Guides: How to Download Amazon Music to M4A

Before starting the guide, You need to download the latest version of UkeySoft Amazon Music Converter frist, you need to choose the right version of the program that is compatible with your computer(Windows/mac), install it to your computer, then follow the steps below in details.

Step 1. Launch the Program and Sign in Amazon Account
Launch UkeySoft Amazon Music Converter on your computer, log in your Amazon account by clicking the "Sign In" button on the top right corner. You can log in with your Amazon Free, Amazon Music Prime or Amazon Music Unlimited account.

log in Amazon account

Step 2. Customize the Output Settings
Before you start downloading the songs, you need to set up your output settings. Click the 'gear' icon for the output setting window, in here, M4A is default output format, which is the “AUTO” one, so we leave it on “AUTO”.

set up output setting

There are many other parameters you can customize, when you select AUTO, the output quality is set at 256 Kbps. The output folder, output file name in Title, output organized in Artist, Album, Artist/Album, Album/Artist.

set up output setting

Step 3. Add Songs, Albums or Playlists
Choose the songs, albums or playlists that you want to download from Amazon Music. Click the red '+' add button on the right side to add the songs to the converting list.

add Amazon music songs

All songs in the converting list are selected by default. Deselect the songs that you do not want to download from Amazon Music manually.

select songs

Step 4. Start Converting Amazon Music to M4A
Once you have confirmed the songs in the converting list, click the "Convert" button to start downloading the selected songs to PC at 10x faster speed. All output music files will be kept its original audio quality and ID3 tags.

start converting music

Step 5. Get the Local Files
After the conversion is done, you can get your output M4A files by clicking the blue folder icon at the back of the song list, or you can play directly play the songs in the program with the built-in Amazon Music player.

get local file

Now you have all your downloaded Amazon Music in M4A formats, you can transfer the downloaded Amazon Music to Apple devices for offline playback, such as iPhone, iPod, iPad.

Conclusion

M4A is also a good output format if you want to listen to Amazon Music tracks with Apple devices. With the assistance of Ukeysoft Amazon Music Converter, you can easily remove DRM and convert Amazon Music to M4A and other common audio files, even without Amazon Music subscription. So you can transfer the converted Amazon Music tracks to Apple devices for offline playback, set Amazon Music as ringtone, alarm with no limitations.

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Chester

Chester

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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