By Sarah ConnorUpdated on January 20, 2020

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Summary:

How to download Apple Music songs for offline playback on MP3 player? How to save Apple Music songs for offline playback without iTunes? You need to download and save Apple Music as MP3/M4A files on PC or Mac, so that you can keep Apple Music songs playable after canceling subscription. This article recommend a free Apple Music downloader & converter to download Apple Music as MP3, M4A for offline listening on any devices.

Jul 23, 2020.

Q1:Can I download MP3s from Apple Music?
If I purchase Apple Music, can I download the music as .mp3? Can I just buy Apple Music songs and download it to my phone to play in other media players? Asked by CherryBlossomStorm on reddit

Q2:How to convert m4p downloaded Apple Music to mp3?
I have downloaded some songs from Apple Music.in M4P Format.How can I convert those downloaded Apple Music songs to a MP3 Format, Please? Asked by a Apple Music user on apple discussions

Q2:How can I convert Apple Music to MP3?
I have a bulk of Apple Music audio tracks on my iTunes, but my mom wasn’t use the Apple Music, some of them is my mom’s. I want to copy them to my mom, how can I convert Apple Music to MP3? Help me out of this problem! Asked by Niki Green on CCM forum

Also read:How to convert Apple Music to MP3?

What happens if I cancel Apple Music subscription?

Apple Music membership can enjoy 60 million Apple Music songs on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android mobile phone with internet connection, you also can download songs and playlist on Apple Music app or iTunes for offline listening. When you cancel your Apple Music subscription the songs you downloaded will become greyed out and will not play for 30 days. If you re-sign back up during that 30 day period they will become active again. After 30 days they will disappear. The songs that you purchased will not be greyed out and will remain and can be played. By downloading songs on Apple Music app on iOS devices or Android mobile phone in advance, you can’t enjoy the added songs & playlist on library without Wifi connection.

If you decide to cancel Apple Music, all of your songs in “My Music” will no longer be available but all the songs downloaded off of iTunes will be. Once you cancel Apple Music subscription, you are not allowed to play the music you downloaded through your Apple Music subscription, this is because Apple Music is a streaming service and it adds DRM on all Apple Music tracks to prevent users to download for keeping them forever or copy to other devices for playing offline.

In additional, for Individual or Student membership, you can’t enjoy Apple Music on multiple devices at once. For Free Apple Music 3-Month Trial membership, if you cancel during your trial period, you’ll lose access to the catalog and features of Apple Music immediately.

Download Apple Music Songs & Playlist as MP3 or M4A Files for Offline Listening

As we all know, Apple Music is a streaming service, all songs in Apple Music store added DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected, it means you don’t actually own the songs even you have download through Apple Music. Above, we have tell you that when the subscription expires, all streaming music you’ve added or downloaded on your library from the Apple Music catalog will no longer be playable.

In order to downloading Apple Music song & playlist for offline listening on any devices, such as PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, iPod Nano/Classic/Shuffle, Android mobile phone, any MP3 players,etc. Or even burn Apple Music to CD, transfer them to memory card, USB drive, making Apple Music as iPhone/Android phone ringtone…What you need to do is downloading Apple Music songs as MP3 or M4A files. Next, we will introduce how to download Apple Music songs as MP3 or M4A on PC and mobile, as well as introduce how to remove DRM from Apple Music songs and convert them to MP3 or M4A files.

Apple Music Downloader & DRM Removal & Converter

To save songs downloaded on Apple Music playing offline forever in case you cancel the subscription someday, what you need is a professional Apple Music Converter, Apple Music DRM Removal.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter can do what general music converter and iTunes can’t do, Apple Music Converter helps you download and convert Apple Music songs to MP4, M4A, etc. What’s more, it can iTunes M4P songs and iTunes audiobooks to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AC3, AU and MKA. ID3 tags like song tile, album, artist, track number, genre, artwork, etc. will be kept after removing DRM and convert them to DRM-free audio format. You don’t need to download songs to library, just add Apple Music songs to iTunes library, the Apple Music Converter can loads all added songs and playlist, then select the songs you want to download and convert them to MP3 or M4A files at up to 16X faster conversion speed.

Free download the Apple Music Converter, it is available for Windows and Mac, fully compatible with latest Windows 10, macOS Catalina, and it works well with the new Apple Music app and iTunes.

Guide: Batch Download Apple Music Songs as MP3 or M4A

Step 1.Add Songs or Playlist to Library

iTunes for PC or Mac(Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Mac OS X 10.6 – 10.14): Launch iTunes on PC/Mac computer and sign in your Apple ID (you have subscribed Apple Music membership service) to authorization the computer. Then go to “For You” or “Browse” section to browse any playlist you like and add them to iTunes library. You don’t need to download them for conversion. After adding playlists, exit iTunes and launch Apple Music Converter program.

The new Apple Music app for macOS Catalina(Mac OS X 10.15): Add Apple Music tracks to the library first, after adding songs to the Apple Music app’s library, then exit Apple Music app and launch the Apple Music Converter.

For mobile phone users: If you often using Apple Music app to enjoy songs on iOS or Android mobile device, and you have add songs & playlist you like to the library, just sign in your Apple ID on iTunes for Windows or Mac computer, and authorization the computer. Then, exit the iTunes and launch Apple Music Converter program.

Tips: You don’t need to download Apple Music songs to your computer first, just add songs, albums or playlists to your iTunes Library/Apple Music app’s library, because the UkeySoft Apple Music Converter will launch iTunes/Apple Music app automatically and load all library contents (including those added Apple Music songs & playlist) together.

Step 2.Launch Apple Music Converter and iTunes/Apple Music app be Launched automatically

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After add songs & playlist to your iTunes library and exit the iTunes program, then download and launch the Apple Music Converter, at this time, the iTunes/Apple Music app program will be launched automatically and load all your iTunes media, including songs, playlist, music video, audiobooks, ect.

Apple Music Songs and Playlist loaded into the Apple Music Converter program

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Note: Once the Apple Music Converter is running, please remember do not operate the iTunes during the whole conversion process.

Step 3.Select Songs & Playlist

All Apple Music songs and playlists will be listed in Apple Music Converter’s left bottom. Click the playlist and tick the top checkbox in the information bar to select all the songs in the playlist. If you can’t find the song you want, you can search the songs in the search box by type song name or artist.

Step 4.Select MP3 or M4A as Output Format

Then, select the MP3 or M4A as output format you want, the program also supports convert Apple Music M4P songs to AC3, AAC, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R and MKA, please select the format you want. In additional, the program also provides 3 profile settings for each output format: Normal, High and Low with different Bitrate, SampleRate and Channels. You can also customize the values as you like.

Step 5.Adjust Conversion Speed on Windows Version(Optional)

For Windows version, you can choose the conversion speed from 1X to 16 X. Simply go to “Option” and you will see the option for you to adjust conversion speed. This option can save much of your time. If you want to quickly convert and get high quality audio, we suggest set 16X conversion speed.

Tips: For the UkeySoft Mac version, it doesn’t support adjust the conversion speed, but the Windows version supported.

In the old versions, there is an option which you can use to adjust conversion speed from 1X to 16X. However, because of system limitation, the application can only use 1X speed when you are using Mac 10.13 High Sierra or later. If you are still using Mac 10.12 Sierra or older OS, the conversion speed will be automatically up to 16X faster. That’s why we have removed the speed option.

Step 6.Download and Convert Apple Music as MP3 Files

Android phone mac computer That’s all.

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After setting the output format, output folder and conversion speed, just click “Convert” button to start downloading Apple Music songs & playlists as MP3 or M4A.

Note: During the Apple Music conversion, please don’t play music with iTunes and do not operate iTunes until the task is done. Otherwise, it will be stuck in the progress of stopping the conversion.

Step 7.Get MP3 Apple Music Files

After converting, you will get the DRM free Apple Music songs, playlist or iTunes songs. Just click “Explore Output File” to open output folder, you can see all converted Apple Music songs saved on the computer folder, which is MP3 format.

Get the free trial version of Apple Music Converter for Windows and Apple Music Converter for Mac to have a try now. The trial version allows you convert the first three minutes of each Apple Music song.

Now, you have successfully downloaded all the songs in Apple Music playlist as MP3 or M4A, and you can play Apple Music offline on PC or Mac without iTunes, or transfer the output MP3 or M4A files to any devices for listening offline.

Tips: How to Download iTunes Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos as MP4 for Offline Watching

Movies and TV shows purchased from iTunes Store are also DRM-protected. If you want to download iTunes M4V movies, music videos and TV shows as MP4 format for watching offline, if you looking for a way to keep iTunes rented movies forever, try this iTunes M4V to MP4 Converter, it can help you remove DRM from iTunes purchased or rented movies/TV shows/music videos and convert them to DRM-free MP4.

Conclusion

Apple Music and iTunes movies added DRM protection, if you want to enjoy Apple Music tracks and iTunes purchased/rented movies on non-Apple devices, you need to download Apple Music as MP3 and download iTunes moives as MP4, which is the best way to keep Apple Music songs and iTunes rental movies forever.

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