How to Convert Apple Music to AIFF format

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 16, 2022

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"Where can I get AIFF format songs from Apple Music songs so I can play them on my Hi-Fi Speaker? Is there any way to convert Apple Music to AIFF?" -- Asked by an classical music fancier .

"I am a music lover, I want to add Apple Music to DJ programs, how to save Apple Music songs in AIFF format so that I can add them to DJ programs?” -- Asked by a music editor

Apple Music is streamed at 256kbps and encoded with AAC format. If you have the same problem and you’re looking for the solution to convert Apple Music as AIFF format files, just keep reading. We will show you the best method to convert Apple Music AAC audio files to AIFF format, so that you are able to keep Apple Music forever and add them to DJ programs or other audio/music editing software.

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What is AIFF Format?

AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. AIFF is developed by Apple Inc. and is commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer system. Why do people choose AIFF audio format? The audio data in most AIFF files is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). This type of AIFF file uses much more disk space than lossy formats like MP3—about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits.

Obviously, a lossless audio file format is the best format for sound quality. These include FLAC, WAV, or AIFF. These types of files are considered "hi-res" because they are better or equal to CD-quality. Accordingly, people always use Hi-Fi speaker to enjoy them. For those Apple Music lovers, it would be a good choice to convert Apple Music into AIFF audios or save Apple Music tracks as AIFF files.

Phones don’t always have any local storage space so we need to find a way to convert AIFF format and download songs to USB or other portable mass storage devices for listening anywhere and anytime. AIFF is an uncompressed and lossless format, and it takes up too much internal shortage space. Moreover, online playing Apple Music can’t reach its intended effect because there's always have limitations.

Why Convert Apple Music to AIFF?

As we all know, Apple Music is a music streaming service which has the largest music catalog which provided up to 75 million songs. It has gained a lot popularity and subscribers of Apple Music are still going up, though it allows subscribers to download music from Apple Music for offline listening, the downloaded files are saved in a proprietary format. Just because all songs from Apple Music are in M4P format encode with DRM, which limits you can only play them on authorize device with the Apple Music app installed. Once you cancel subscription, you will unable to listen them and your downloaded songs would be gone. If you want to continue to listen to Apple Music after canceling your subscription, enjoy high-quality Apple Music on your Hi-Fi speaker, or play them on your portable devices, the only way is remove DRM from Apple Music and convert Apple Music songs into AIFF format. Here comes the question, how to convert Apple Music songs to AIFF format? Here you can turn to an Apple Music to AIFF Converter for help.

Best Apple Music to AIFF Converter

Ukeysoft Apple Music Converter is a professional tool to convert DRM-protected Apple Music tracks to AIFF with original output quality. By using Ukeysoft Apple Music Converter, you can easily convert Apple Music tracks, playlists, or albums to AIFF audio files, so that you can transfer them to your Hi-Fi speaker, such as KEF LS50 Meta, Elac Debut B5, Fyne Audio F302 and so on.

What’s more, you can also convert Apple Music to MP3/M4A/AAC/AC3/FLAC/AU format and make them playable on your iPod nano, iPod shuffle, QuickTime Player, Windows Media Player or other portable devices. In addition, it supports batch conversion and up to 16X conversion speed, which means you can add the all songs of a playlist or album to convert at one time. Just a few minutes, you can enjoy Apple Music songs freely. Even better, it is a multi-functional Converter, you are also able to remove the DRM from convert iTunes M4P Music, iTunes M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks and convert to AIFF/MP3/M4A etc.

Key Features of UkeySoft Apple Music Converter

• Delete built-in DRM protection from Audible, Apple Music, and iTunes.
• Convert Apple Music tracks to AIFF/MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC at 16x faster speed.
• Convert iTunes M4P songs & audiobooks to AIFF/MP3/M4A etc.
• Supports batch conversion & offers 100% lossless audio quality.
• Keep ID3 tags and metadata, including Title, Album, Artist and lossless audio quality.
• Fully compatible with latest iTunes & Windows 10 & macOS 11.

Part 1: How to Convert Apple Music to AIFF Format with UkeySoft Apple Music Converter

Step 1. Add Apple Music Songs to iTunes Library
Open iTunes app on computer, add or download songs/playlists you want to convert into the iTunes library. Then exit iTunes app.

Step 2.Run UkeySoft Apple Music Converter
Download, install, and launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, the iTunes will be opened automatically. The Converter will load the whole iTunes library and playlist synced into the converter at the same time.

Step 3.Select the Apple Music Songs to Convert
Click "Music playlist" or specific Apple Music playlist, and select the songs you want to convert into AIFF. You can also use the "Search Box" option to locate the songs you wanted easily. You can select a few songs or the whole library, because UkeySoft Apple Music Converter supports batch conversion.

Step 4.Choose AIFF as Output Format
In the bottom of the interface, you can customize the "Output Setting" to whatever you want, such as Output Format, Profile, Advanced, Output Folder, File name. Here select AIFF as your output format.

Step 5. Record a Part of the Song
If you want to cut a certain part of the song, you can freely set the start time and end time, and it is easy to record a specific part of the song.

Step 6.Start to Convert Apple Music to AIFF
Lastly, click "Convert" button to begin converting Apple Music to AIFF format. Just need a few minutes to wait for the conversion done, you can find the converted AIFF Apple Music songs by clicking "Explore Output File" button.

Note: The free trial version of the UkeySoft Apple Music Converter enables you to convert the first three minutes of each song and convert 3 music files at a time. If you want to convert a full music, you can unlock the limitations by purchasing the full version.

Part 2. Convert iTunes Music to AIFF with iTunes

iTunes is a all-in-one music download, convert and manage tool, since Apple Music AAC audio files added DRM protection, iTunes cannot convert DRM-ed Apple Music tracks to other format. If you have added non-DRM audio files to iTunes, iTunes also is a greate tool for converting non-DRM audio files into AIFF, MP3, Apple Lossless, AAC, WAV, etc. Let's teach you how to convert iTunes music to AIFF with iTunes.

Step 1. Open iTunes and add DRM-free audio files to iTunes library, and go to Edit > Preferences.

Step 2. In General Settings, click on Import Settings.

Step 3. Choose AIFF Encoder from the list, then click on OK.

Step 4. From iTunes Library, select the music you want to convert to AIFF format. Then click on File > Convert > Create AIFF Version.

Step 5. Then the audio files would be converted into AIFF format automatically.

After converting completed, you could see two songs with the same title in iTunes Library. And one is original, the other is the one with AIFF format.

Conclusion

Both UkeySoft Apple Music Converter and iTunes are able to convert iTunes music to MP3, Apple Lossless, AAC, WAV, AIFF, etc. iTunes cannot convert Apple Music songs/playlist/albums, but UkeySoft converter supports, UkeySoft Apple Music Converter can convert Everything that iTunes can play, including Apple Music, M4B/M4P audiobooks, Audible AA/AAX audibooks, etc.

For those who have high requirements for sound quality, remove the DRM restrictions from Apple Music, converting Apple Music to AIFF, you can not only keep Apple Music forever, but also listening to music on any devices without limit. If you’re looking for a simple method to convert Apple Music to AIFF, MP4, FLAC, M4A, etc UkeySoft Apple Music Converter would be a great choice!

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

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

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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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