How to Download Apple Music to PC?

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on April 06, 2023

Summary
Want to download music from Apple Music to PC for listening offline? Want to save Apple Music tracks on PC as local audio files for using? This article share a smart tricks to download music from Apple Music to PC by using UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, then you can keep Apple Music on PC forever.

Apple Music is a music streaming service and all the songs on Apple Music store are added DRM-protection. In other words, we don't really own these songs, even if we have purchased them before, we can’t save downloaded Apple Music songs forever after canceling subscription. In addition, Apple inc. not allows you transfer the downloaded Apple Music songs to iPod nano, Android tablets, Sony Walkman, PS4, etc. If you unsubscribe Apple Music, all that streaming music becomes inoperable, even you have downloaded to the iTunes library before. Don't worry, you can download and save Apple Music songs forever on PC, what you need is downloading and converting Apple Music to MP3 format.

Question about Download Apple Music to PC for Offline Use

Q1: How to Download Apple Music Songs to Computer without iTunes?
“All my Apple Music has disappeared due to I forget renew Apple Music membership, I have download songs to iTunes library on Windows 10 before, but all downloaded songs were lost, I never enabled iCloud Music Library, so I have to re-download my favorite song one-by-one after subscribe to Apple Music Membership service again! I want to know how to save Apple Music on PC forever even after canceling subscription?” - Asked by Boom Clap on Apple discussions

Lost Music Library after cancelling Apple Music

Q2: How to Save Apple Music album on PC?
"This album is not available on apple music, which is why i bought the full album on itunes. suddenly it became unavailable when i try to play the full album. it’s not even searchable in the itunes store, nor included in my purchased music. How to save purchased album from Apple Music to PC?" - Asked by markongtengco on reddit.com

Album suddenly 'Not Available' on Apple Music

Q3: How to Download Music from Apple Music to PC?
“I was listening to music through Apple Music app my iPhone when all of a sudden it just stopped. When I unlocked my iPhone and went back onto the Apple Music app, all my downloaded and added Apple Music tracks had disappeared! Then, I've tried resetting it and switching it on and off, fortunately, the App has returned my previously purchased music before I signed up for Apple Music. To pay £9.99 a month to have it all disappear is a very abominable thing! Any way to download music from Apple Music to PC for backup? How to transfer Apple Music to MP3 player and iPhone?” - Asked by Sara on reddit.com

How to Download Apple Music on PC and Transfer to iPhone?
“How to keep downloaded Apple Music songs forever on iPhone after unsubscribing? Can I download music from Apple Music to my computer as local files? I want to download Apple Music songs to MP3 files and transfer to my iPhone XS for listening offline, are there any 100% free Apple Music to downloader programs?” Asked by Sabrina on quora.com

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How to Download DRM-free Apple Music Songs?

So, you may find that when you add Apple Music songs to iTunes library, all the added songs on iTunes library come in AAC audio file, so iTunes can’t convert those downloaded AAC files to MP3. However, the downloaded songs is DRM protected M4P files which can't be copied or played on other unauthorized devices. If you want to enjoy Apple Music on any devices or keep Apple Music forever, below we will teach you how to remove DRM from Apple Music and convert them to plain audio formats, please keep reading the detail guide.

As we talk above, Apple Music streams are DRM-proteced, in order to save Apple Music albums, songs and playlists for listening offline on your PC, Mac, Android or iOS device, or download Apple Music songs to any MP3 player, you should download and convert Apple Music to DRM-free MP3 files. Let’s teach you an easy and effective way to download Apple Music to PC.

Here you will find an efficient way to download Apple Music songs and playlist to PC with a third-party Apple Music downloader - UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, a Must-Have Apple Music converter & downloader for all Apple Music users.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter for Windows and UkeySoft Apple Music Converter for Mac is a popular Apple Music DRM Removal, which can help you download music from Apple Music to computer with 100% original quality, and save song’s metadata, such as the song title, artist name, album name, genre or album artwork after save it as DRM-free MP3, WAV, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA audio files, it will remove DRM from Apple Music during the conversion. Moreover, the Apple Music Converter enables users easily remove DRM from iTunes M4P songs, iTunes M4P/M4B Audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX Audiobooks.

Key Features:

Save Apple Music as DRM-free MP3/AAC/FLAC/WAV audio files;
Export Apple Music songs from iTunes to PC;
Remove DRM from Apple Music songs and Audiobooks at 16X speed;
Keep ID3 Tags information after conversion;
Support Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP & Mac OS 10.9-10.14, macos mojave & iTunes 12.9;
Free lifetime update, technical support;
Multi-languauge supported: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French and Japanese, Spanish and German.

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Download Apple Music to PC in 5 Steps

1.Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter

Before download Apple Music songs to PC, please add or download songs you want from Apple Music store to your iTunes library, when you finish the preparation above, launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, at this time the iTunes program will be launched at the same time and loads all iTunes media files, you can see it’s main interface as below. If it takes too much time to load, you can simply click "Refresh" button.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter interface

2.Step 2. Select M4P Apple Music Tracks You Want to Download

Select the playlist in left panel, and all the songs in that playlist will be shown in the upper right panel. Just choose the songs you want to convert to MP3 or other DRM-free audio formats. To find the songs you want, please searching through the built-in search box to locate it immediately, you can convert as many songs as you want at once.

3.Step 3. Choose MP3 as Output Format

In the default state, the program select mp3 as the output format, you can also setting other as output formats, such as AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA. Most devices and players supports MP3 audio format, we suggest you set the MP3 as output format. If your internet speed allows, you can also adjust the speed as 16X.

4.Step 4. Start Download and Convert Apple Music to MP3

After completing the above simple setup, just simply click the button “Convert” to start converting the selected Apple Music tracks to MP3, the program will help you unlock the DRM protection from Apple Music tracks and purchased iTunes M4P songs during conversion.

Note: During converting, iTunes plays the Apple Music tracks in the background (muted), so you'd better not using iTunes before conversion is finished. Otherwise, an error will occur during the conversion process.

5.Step 5. Save Apple Music Songs on PC as Local MP3 Files

After the Apple Music to MP3 conversion is complete, click “Open output file” button to locate your output songs.

6.Step 6. Get MP3 Apple Music Songs

You can see all converted Apple Music songs saved onto the computer as MP3 format. Now, you have keep Apple Music songs forever on PC, or transfer the converted songs to MP3 player, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android mobile phone, etc. for playing anywhere and anytime you like.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is very worth buying, buy once, own your favorite songs for life! It can help you convert Apple Music to MP3, M4A, etc. to keep your Apple Music songs forever! You can free try before buying, the free trial version allows you convert the first 3 minutes of each audio, if you like the program, please buy the full version and register to unlock the restrictions.

Meanwhile, if you purchased or rented movies, TV shows, music video and other videos on iTunes store, do you want to keep iTunes purchased/rented videos on PC forever? UkeySoft M4V Converter, as same easy-to-use as UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, it can help you convert iTunes movies, TV shows and music videos to MP4 video, so you can play iTunes movies on iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets after converting M4V to MP4.