How to Download Apple Music to PC [Updated Recently]

Q: "I've subscribed to Apple Music for several months and kept some pleasant songs as favorite. I know if I canceled the subscription, all my favorite music tracks will be gong. Is there any way that I can use to download songs from Apple Music to PC, so that I can always listen to them?" - Jerry from Reddit

Apple Music is one of the well-know streaming music services in the internet so far. As long as you are subscribing to Apple Music, you are freely to enjoy all Apple Music songs online or save any song or album for offline listening with the iTunes app. However, once you cancel Apple Music subscription, you cannot access songs from Apple Music any more, even those music files you've downloaded. So, is there any possibility that you can download Apple Music to PC and keep downloaded Apple Music songs forever? The answer is positive. To help you out, the tutorial is going to show you how to download Apple Music to PC locally.

Part 1. How to Listen to Apple Music on PC with a Subscription

With a subscription to Apple Music, you can play over 100 million songs and 30,000 playlists. Apple Music is available on a number of devices, including iPhone, Android phone, Mac, and so on, but you are not able to install the Apple Music app to PC. If you have the latest iTunes, then you can browse Apple Music's library in iTunes.

Method 1. Listen to Music from Apple Music Web Player

Step 1. Head to https://music.apple.com/ and enter your Apple Music credentials to log in.

Step 2. Once you've logged in, browse music you want to listen to.

Step 3. Select an album or a playlist to play and click the Play button.

Method 2. Listen to Music from Apple Music in iTunes

Step 1. Open iTunes and click on Account > Sign In from the menu.

Step 2. After logging into, click the Browse button at the top of iTunes.

Step 3. In Browse, pick the playlist, album, or song you want to listen.

Part 2. How to Download Music from Apple Music to PC as Cache Files

With a subscription to Apple Music, you are able to add your liked songs, albums, and playlists to your library and then download Apple Music songs for offline listening. However, those downloaded songs are caches files that you can access on the computer when you don't have an internet connection. Thus, you can only listen to offline Apple Music songs on PC during the subscription to Apple Music.

Step 1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your PC computer.

Step 2. Launch iTunes and log into with your Apple Music account by clicking on Account > Sign In.

Step 3. Choose Music from the pop-menu at the top left, then click Browse.

Step 4. Move the pointer over a song or an album, click the More button, then choose Download.

Step 5. To view the downloaded songs, click Download in the sidebar on the left.

Now you can play your downloads when your Windows PC doesn't connect to any network. If you don't renew your Apple Music subscription, you cannot access those downloaded songs unless you rejoin Apple Music. Also, you are not allowed to burn Apple Music to CD or transfer Apple Music songs to another device due to the DRM protection.

Part 3. How to Download Songs from Apple Music to PC Locally

After we show you how to download songs from Apple Music to PC with a subscription, you'd know that you are only allowed to access those downloads during the subscription. The most important thing we'd like to let you know is that Apple Music songs are protected by Digital Rights Management technology. If you want to download Apple Music to PC for playing on other devices, you need to remove DRM from Apple Music.

3.1 What You'll Need: ViWizard Audio Converter

So, how to get rid of the protection of DRM? Here we'll introduce an easy-to-use yet powerful DRM removal tool named ViWizard Apple Music Converter. It is capable of cracking the DRM encryption for Apple Music songs at a super fast speed with 100% original quality. Plus, it also help users convert all songs, playlists, and albums from Apple Music to other common audio formats like MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, and M4B. Besides, you're also allowed to customize the output settings, such as bit rate, sample rate, channel, codec, and more as you like.

Key Features of ViWizard Audio Converter

• Convert Apple Music to MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, and M4B
• Support the conversion of iTunes audios and Audible audiobooks
• Retain ID3 tags of audios and lossless quality after conversion
• Split a large audio books into small segments by chapter or time

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3.2 How to Download Songs from Apple Music to PC Locally

Next let's come to a step-by-step guide on how to save Apple Music to PC with the help of ViWizard Audio Converter. Please make sure that you've already downloaded and installed iTunes and ViWizard Audio Converter on your PC.

Step 1 Add Apple Music Songs to ViWizard

Launch ViWizard Apple Music Converter on the computer first, then click the second button - Add Files on the top menu bar to load the Apple Music files. You can also just drag and drop your downloaded Apple Music files to the program.

Note: Please ensure that the Apple Music files you want to convert have no problem and can be well played in iTunes.

Step 2 Set the Output Format and Preferences

Next, click the Format panel and choose an output format from MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, and M4B according to your needs. Here you can pick the MP3 format since it's compatible with most players or devices. You can also click the Edit icon and then edit the audio if needed, such as splitting the file or changing the tag info.

Step 3 Download Songs from Apple Music to PC

Once all the settings are ready, now you can simply click the Convert button to let ViWizard Audio Converter to start removing DRM protection and converting Apple Music to MP3 or other formats. Wait a while until the process finishes, you can then find the converted Apple Music songs in the history folder on your computer.

Part 4. FAQs about Saving Apple Music to PC

Q1. Is it possible to download Apple Music to PC?

A: If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can add your liked music from Apple Music to your library in iTunes. You could download music that you've added, then you can stream the downloads over an internet connection. But it doesn't mean that you have download Apple Music songs as the physical audio files. Thus, you can only listen to them during the subscription.

Q2. How to Transfer Apple Music to PC?

A: With the support of ViWizard Audio Converter, you can convert Apple Music to MP3 or other unprotected audio files, then you can transfer Apple Music to PC or other devices for playing. But those songs downloaded with your Apple Music subscription are only playable during the subscription to Apple Music.

Conclusion

If you decide to constantly renew Apple Music and don't plan to play Apple Music on more devices, you could only download Apple Music songs as cache files for offline listening on PC. But with the help of ViWizard Audio Converter, you can download Apple Music songs to PC locally. Furthermore, it convert Apple Music songs to several unprotected audio files for playing anywhere.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.