How to Transfer Apple Music Songs to External Hard Drive

Apple Music, released in 2015, is one of the most popular music streaming platforms in the world. With Apple Music, people can enjoy music on iPhone, Android phone, computer, smartwatch, HomePod, etc., which is really convenient. To get the full service of Apple Music, you need to pay a monthly fee. Then, you can listen to music, download music to your local devices, and enjoy the personalized service on Apple Music.

Apple Music currently has over 100 million songs, and many consumers want to keep Apple Music songs as collections on their local devices. If you want to transfer Apple Music tracks to an external hard drive, then follow this article, we will show you how to do it.

 

Part 1. How to Find Downloaded Apple Music Files on A Computer

To find and transfer the downloaded Apple Music files to the external hard drive, the first thing you need to do is to find where your Apple Music files are stored. Here is the way to find Apple Music files on computer:

For Windows users:

Step 1  Open iTunes on your computer.

Step 2 Click "Edit > Preferences", then choose "Advanced". You can find and change the output path there.

For Mac users:

By default, your music is saved in the following directory: Home/Music/

If you changed the path before, then you can check it by opening the Music app, then clicking "Music > Preferences > Files".

After that, you can just copy & paste Apple Music audio files to your external hard drive.

However, you need to know that the Apple Music files that you downloaded in this way are all protected. Although you can transfer them to your external hard drive, you can’t play them on unauthorized software or devices. Is there any way that could help users convert Apple Music songs to unprotected format? Read on, we will show you the method.

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Summary

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