How to transfer and backup Apple Music songs to USB Flash Drive?

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Many people love the convenience of storing music on a USB flash drive for playback on various devices like computers, TVs, and gaming consoles. If you're an Apple Music subscriber, you can download Apple Music songs and transfer them to a USB drive.

However, when you plug it into the USB port of the above devices and try to play the Apple Music songs, you will find they won’t play. Why? This is because these songs are DRM-protected M4P files, designed to play only within the Apple Music app on the device where you downloaded them.

Is there any way to play Apple Music songs stored on your USB flash drive? Yes, if you can remove DRM from Apple Music songs and convert them to standard MP3 format. This will allow you to enjoy your favorite Apple Music tracks on any device with a USB port.

Tool Required: Ondesoft Apple Music Converter

Ondesoft Apple Music Converter is a powerful tool that allows you to easily remove DRM from Apple Music songs and convert Apple Music M4P songs to MP3 at 16X speed on your Mac or Windows. What's more, you don't need to install the Apple Music app or iTunes, as the converter features a built-in web player.

Enjoy your downloaded music in exceptional audio quality and with all ID3 tags preserved. Once converted, you can transfer your Apple Music songs to a USB drive and play them on any device with a USB port. 

Features of Ondesoft Apple Music Converter:

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Built-in Apple Music web player
Pazu Apple Music Converter features an integrated Apple Music web player for you to browse and download music conveniently. There is no need to install Music or iTunes app. .

Customize profile settings
Apple Music allows you to customize Bitrate, Sample rate and Channels of the output song.

Fast Conversion Speed
The conversion speed can be as fast as 16X and you are free to set it as you desire.

Search Function
The powerful search function enables you to quickly find Apple Music tracks you need according to name, artist and album.

Customize file name format
Output file name can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID and you are free to customize it as you like.

Save ID tags
ID tags such as song name, Artist name, Album, Album artist, Genre and Artwork will be saved to the output MP3 and M4A files.

Batch conversion
Batch conversion allows you to convert as many Apple Music tracks as you want at a time.

Steps to remove DRM from Apple Music songs and transfer to USB

This tutorial will show you how to remove DRM from Apple Music M4P songs and transfer them to USB to play on any supported device.     

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1. Download and Launch Apple Music Converter

Download, install and launch Ondesoft Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.

 

2. Sign in your Apple Music account

Click the Sign in button and enter your Apple ID.

 

3. Change output format(optional)

The default output format is lossless M4A. Ondesoft Apple Music Converter also supports converting Apple Music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. You can also customize output file name with any combination of title, artist, album, playlist index and track ID.

 

4. Select music

Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the playlist or album you want to convert.

Click Add songs.

 

5. Start Conversion

By default, all songs in the playlist/album will be checked. If there are songs you don't want to convert, please uncheck the box. Then click Convert button to start downloading songs to the format you choose.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the downloaded songs.

 

6. Transfer Downloaded Songs to USB

After conversion, you can transfer the DRM-free Apple Music songs to your USB flash drive. Now you can plug the USB to any device with a USB port and enjoy the songs any time, even after your Apple Music subscription expires.

Note: Free trial version of the Ondesoft Apple Music Converter allows you to convert 3 minutes of each song, to get the full version, please purchase a license.