How to Convert Apple Music M4P to FLAC Lossless Format

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 16, 2022

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Compared with MP3, FLAC is lossless. Get a professional Apple Music to FLAC Converter, and then you can easily to convert DRM-protected Apple Music songs to FLAC lossless format for streaming everywhere. Let's tell you about the FLAC audio format and how to use UkeySoft Apple Music Converter to convert all your favorite Apple Music songs to FLAC format.

FLAC - Lossless Compressed Audio Format

FLAC, short for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio, and is also the name of a free software project that generates FLAC tools, the reference software package that contains a codec implementation.

Previously we got "lossless" files by uncompressed CD format CDA or WAV, but neither is as space-efficient as FLAC. Technically, MP3 is lossy, while FLAC is lossless. FLAC looks like a ZIP file but takes up less space. In order to take full advantage of the original music, it would be wise to convert Music to FLAC instead of MP3(or WAV) format.

How to Convert Apple Music to FLAC?

Since all Apple Music files are encoded in the M4P audio format, you can only play Apple Music songs on Apple authorized devices, such as Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. If you are interested in upgrading your Apple music from 256 kbps to the highest bit rate quality, such as 768 kbps bit rate quality in FLAC format, what should you do? Don't worry, we have found the best solution for you.

Here we recommend that you try UkeySoft Apple Music Converter which can losslessly remove DRM from Apple Music and convert DRM M4P files to FLAC with half size of original files at 16X faster speed. Besides, this one-stop solution is also capable of converting Apple Music files to non-protected MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A, M4B format with ID3 tags and metadata info preserved. After the conversion, you can listen to Apple music tracks anytime, anywhere, such as Windows 10, macOS High Sierra and above, Linux distributions, and mobile phones (running on Android 3.1 and higher, iOS 11 and higher) , Portable Music Player (PMP), including PonoPlayer and Hi-Fi components. Please download this useful tool on your Windows PC or Mac first before getting started.

Step-by-step Guide to Rip/Convert Apple Music to FLAC

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter

After downloading, install and launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter software on your Mac or Windows PC, then the main interface will show up automatically. Meanwhile the software will launch the iTunes as well.

Step 2. Select Apple Music Tracks

Click on "Playlists" and find out the songs added to the library you want to convert. Or you can search for songs by entering a song title in the search box at the top of the screen.

Step 3. Set output format as FLAC

On the "Output Settings" section, you are allowed to change the output settings such as output format, profile, output folder, codec, bit rate, channel and more. Here you can choose output format as FLAC.

Step 4. Change the Conversion Speed

It's an optional step, but changing the conversion speed can save your time. Click on "Options" then move the slider to adjust the conversion speed from 1x to 16x on the pop-up window.

Step 5. Convert Apple Music Files to FLAC Format

Click "Convert" to get your converted Apple Music FLAC files.
Just waiting for several minutes waiting for your output files to get your converted Apple Music files.

Note: The free trial version of UkeySoft Apple Music Converter converts the first three minutes of each audio file. If you want to unlock the time limitation, you can purchase the full version of the software.

Except downloading free Apple Music tracks, UkeySoft Apple Music Converter can also convert iTunes and Audible audiobooks into common formats and extracts audio from iTunes videos. But if you want to play iTunes videos on an unauthorized iOS device, then you need another UkeySoft product, Ukeysoft M4V Converter, which allows users to download iTunes purchased or rented M4V movies and TV shows for offline playback.

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

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Justin Sabrina

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