Although music streaming services have become more and more popular these days, many people still prefer to purchase songs. One reason is that some songs are not available on the music streaming services you use. Some people may not listen to music often. Although you pay for the music streaming service monthly or yearly, the songs are never yours. Once you cancel your subscription, you no longer have access to the songs.
Speaking of purchasing songs, the iTunes Store is always a perfect place. Here we will discuss how to buy music on iTunes and download it on your iOS, Mac, and Windows devices.
Note: Currently, you cannot purchase music directly within the Apple Music app on Android devices. Use a computer to purchase and download the music and transfer it to your Android.
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To purchase music on your Mac(macOS 10.15 and later), you can use the Apple Music app.
You can download purchased iTunes music to your device. This music typically downloads as 256 kbps AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) files with an .m4a file extension. If you want MP3 or other formats, you can use the Apple Music app to convert.
If you can’t find songs that you have purchased, check if you have set them hidden.
Songs you purchased from the iTunes Store are in DRM-free M4A format. You can download and play them with iTunes, Music, VLC, etc.
After finding your purchased music, you can click or tap the download icon next to it to download the song or album. On Mac and PC, you can click Download All at the bottom of the screen to download all the music you bought.
Once the purchased iTunes music is downloaded, you can find it directly in the Library of your Apple Music app:
Unlike songs purchased from iTunes Store, Apple Music songs you downloaded are in DRM protected M4P format and can only be played within Apple Music or iTunes app. Is it possible to convert them to DRM-free MP3, M4A, or other formats? The answer is yes. All you need is Pazu Apple Music Converter.
Download, install and run Pazu Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.
The default format is M4A. Apple Music Converter also supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. Click the gear icon to change the output format or folder.
Follow the on-screen instructions to choose a playlist, artist, or album that you want to download.
Click the “Convert” button to start downloading the songs to MP3, so you can play them anywhere you want, even after cancelling your Apple Music subscription.
Download Apple Music to MP3, M4A, etc.