How to Transfer iTunes Music to Generic MP3 Player

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 16, 2022

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“Is it possible to transfer iTunes Music to MP3 player? How can I play my purchased iTunes songs in my iPod nano? Please help.”

When we are outdoors, listening to music on a portable MP3 player is very convenient. If you are an Apple fan and have purchased many songs from iTunes, you should know that the purchased iTunes songs are not in MP3 format. We can’t directly copy iTunes songs to MP3 player. If you want to listen to iTunes songs in MP3 player, you need to convert iTunes M4P or M4A format songs to MP3 format, and then transfer iTunes music to generic MP3 player. Please continue reading this article, you will have the opportunity to play iTunes songs in Generic MP3 Player anytime.

CONTENTS

Part 1: Export iTunes Songs to MP3 Format

Apple used the proprietary AAC format to encode songs and added DRM protection to iTunes music. Most of the songs we purhased from iTunes are in the protected AAC format and cannot be directly converted to MP3. If you want to put iTunes songs to MP3 player, first of all, you need to export iTunes songs to MP3 format. What you need is a powerful iTunes DRM Removal and iTunes Music to MP3 Converter.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is such an all-in-one tool that can be used to break iTunes DRM and convert iTunes library to unprotected MP3 at 16X speed for playback on generic MP3 Player. What we love this excellent software is that it also supports the conversion of DRM-locked Apple Musiac M4P songs, iTunes M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to MP3, M4A, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R and MKA. Besides, it will keep lossless iTunes music audio quality and metadata in the output MP3 files.

Main Features of this wonderful iTunes Music to MP3 Converter:

• Remove DRM from iTunes Music, Apple Music,iTunes Audiobook and Audible Audiobook.
• Convert iTunes purchased M4P music to MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV at 16X speed.
• Convert Apple Music, iTunes M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to DRM-free format.
• Preserve original iTunes Music quality ID3 tags & metadata.
• Enjoy iTunes Music on Generic MP3 Player: iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, Sony Walkman, SanDisk MP3 player, etc.
• Transfer iTunes Music to non-Apple device for offline playback.

Tutorial: How to Export Songs from iTunes Library to MP3?

Step 1. Install and Launch Software on Computer
First of all, download and install the UkeySoft Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows. When you launch the program, and iTunes will run automatically.

Step 2. Select iTunes Songs to Convert
As you can see, all your iTunes Library and playlists will be shown on the interface. Click "Music" or "Playlist" on the left panel and select songs you want to enjoy on your MP3 player.

Step 3. Select Output Format as MP3
After the above settings, please select MP3 as the output format in the bottom of the interface. By the way, UkeySoft iTunes Music Converter also supports other output format: M4A, AAC, WAV, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R, and MKA. You can also set output folder, Bitrate, SampleRate as you like.

Step 4. Start to Convert iTunes Songs to MP3
Click “Convert” button and begin to convert iTunes music to MP3 with keeping original audio quality.

After conversion, you can click “Explore Output File” to locate the unprotected iTunes MP3 songs on your computer.

Extra Tips: Not all the songs in iTunes are protected by Apple’s FairPlay(DRM). Some DRM-free songs in iTunes still can be converted to MP3 with iTunes. Just run iTunes and navigate to "Edit"> "Preferences"> "General". Click the "Import Settings" > change “Import Using” to "MP3 Encoder" > "OK".

Now you can select a song in iTunes, right-click on the song and select "Create MP3 version" or "Convert selected content to MP3". In this way, you can copy iTunes songs to MP3 Player and play these songs in your MP3 player.

Part 2: Transfer the Exported iTunes Songs to MP3 Player

Now that you have obtained the unprotected MP3 songs, you can copy the converted iTunes music from Mac/Windows to MP3 player. Follow the simple steps to put iTunes songs to MP3 Player.
Step 1. Connect the MP3 player or iPod Nano/Classic/Shuffle/touch to the computer via a suitable USB cable. For a generic MP3 player, you can directly plug it into the USB port of the computer.
Step 2. After waiting a few seconds, the computer will recognize your MP3 player as an external device.
Step 3. For Windows users: Click "Computer" and open the MP3 player folder.
For Mac users: Since it is impossible to directly copy songs and other files from Mac to USB drive/MP3 player, please install Microsoft NTFS for Mac first. After the installation is complete, you can directly copy the converted iTunes music from Mac to MP3 player.

Step 4. After successfully moving the converted iTunes Music to the MP3 player, eject your MP3 player from computer. Now you can enjoy iTunes music offline on your MP3 player anytime, anywhere.

By the way, all the converted songs will be saved on your computer permanently. You can copy, transfer or sync all the converted MP3 files to any MP3 player, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, PS4, Zune, PSP, Activo CT10, FiiO M11/M15, etc. for enjoyment.

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

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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