Easy Way to Download Tidal Music to USB

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 17, 2022

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"I start the Tidal HiFi free trial for 2 weeks and I plan to join the HiFi plan after free trial ends. I want to know if it is possible to download Tidal music to USB drive. If not, How do I transfer music from Tidal to USB?"

There are many people who want to save Tidal music to USB for backup, playback and usage. Tidal, offering over 90 million songs, is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound. Tidal is more expensive than Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming music services, as is has a ton of exclusive artist content. As of 2022, Tidal had 5 million subscribers worldwide. Although Tidal HiFi and HiFi Plus subscribers have the right to download Tidal music for offline playing, the download feature is only available on Tidal Mobile app. It's almost impossible to download Tidal music to USB for backup or using on other devices. But this is not the end of the story. Here, this post reveals how to download and transfer Tidal music to USB drive.

Why Can't Download Tidal to USB Directly?

As you know, the USB flash drive doesn't have the built-in Tidal app, and it only supports MP3 audio format. But Tidal doesn't allow users to download Tidal music to computer, so you are able able to transfer Tidal music to USB drive. When you download music in Tidal Mobile app, they are not stored in MP3 format. Contrary, they are encoded in FLAC format, but come with DRM encryption. If you want to transfer Tidal downloads to your own devices like USB, SD card, CD player, MP3 player and so on, you need to break the DRM protection and convert Tidal music to unprotected MP3 format. Now, you meet a powerful Tidal Music to USB Converter, named UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter.

Best Tool to Download Tidal to USB - UkeySoft

UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter is a magic and multifunctional tool for Mac & Windows, which is able to download Tidal songs, albums, artists and playlists to local computer. Apart from this, it can convert any song from Tidal to MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, FLAC, or AIFF audio formats with 100% original music quality preserved. Thanks to the built-in Tidal Web Player, users don't need to install the Tidal desktop app, they can download songs from Tidal web browser. And it will also retain all ID3 tags and metadata information such as title, cover, album, artist, artwork, track number, etc. After conversion, you can easily transfer Tidal songs to USB flash drive, SD card, MP3 player, CD player, mobile, tablet and more portable devices.

Features of UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter:

• Download music from Tidal Free/HiFi/HiFi Plus.
• Download Tidal songs, albums, playlists to computer.
• Convert Tidal music to MP3/M4A/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF.
• Keep 100% original quality, up to Hi-Fi audio quality.
• Support batch convertsion, up to 10X faster speed.
• Retain ID3 tags like title, artist, track number, etc.
• Transfer Tidal songs to USB, SD card, MP3 player, etc.

4 Steps to Download Tidal Music to USB

Step 1. Download and Run UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter
First, please download and install the UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter on your Windows or Mac computer. You can download its free trial version or purchase full version. Then start the program and login to your Tidal account.

Step 2. Choose MP3 Format and Customize Output Folder
Click the Gear icon on the upper-right corner, in which you can customize the output settings. Please set MP3 in the Output Format. You can also adjust the output quality to 320Kbps.

Tips: To download music from Tidal to USB flash drive directly, you can insert the USB disk to computer, and select a USB drive folder for an application output. But we recommend that you save Tidal songs in a local folder first and then copy them to USB.

Step 3. Add Tidal Songs/Playlists/Album to UkeySoft
On the main page of the UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter, choose the track, album or playlist you want to download to USB, then click the "+" icon to load the songs.

By default, UkeySoft will automatically add all songs in the playlist/album into the converting list, you can unselect some ones.

Step 4. Download Tidal Music to USB or Computer
Click the "Convert" button to start downloading Tidal songs to MP3 to computer. Alternatively, if you have set a USB stick as the output path, all Tidal songs will be exported directly to the USB stick folder.

Step 5. Transfer Downloaded Tidal Songs to USB Drive
After the conversion is completed, you can tap the"History" tab or navigate to the output folder to get all converted Tidal files. Insert the USB flash drive into computer, then directly drag and drop the Tidal MP3 songs to USB.

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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