How to Transfer Apple Music to External Hard Drive?

With more and more songs downloaded on Apple Music, our device is easily running out of storage space, no matter it's a cell phone or a computer. In order to save these tracks and release more space, transferring these Apple Music to an external hard drive would be a good idea. Regularly backing up or saving these Apple Music songs can also prevent the tragedy that losing all datas due to a crash or hardware failure.

At this moment. Sidify Apple Music Converter would be the best tool to complete this task. It converts Apple Music files to MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV files and saves all ID3 tags and metadata after conversion. When the conversion is done, you can easily transfer all the converted Apple Music tracks to external hard drive.

How to Transfer Apple Music to External Hard Drive?

Equipment Preparation:

• A Computer running Mac OS or Windows OS
• The latest version of iTunes
• Sidify Apple Music Converter
• An external hard drive with enough space

Step 1. Add All Your Apple Music Tracks

Launch Sidify Apple Music Converter and iTunes will be automatically launched and disappear quickly. Then click "+" to add all your Apple Music tracks to convert. Do so and it’ll give you your familiar iTunes organization in its own window.

Tips: In addition to convert Apple Music, Sidify Apple Music Converter also supports converting iTunes protected audio file, such as converting iTunes M4P Music and iTunes M4A, M4B & Audible AA, AAX audiobooks to plain MP3, AAC (M4A), FLAC or WAV format.

Step 2. Choose Output Format and Set The External Hard Drive as Output Folder

Clicking the setting button on the upper right of Sidify interface, a new window would pop up. Here you can choose output format as MP3, AAC (M4A) or FLAC according to your needs, set the converting speed up to 20X and adjust the output quality up to 320 Kbps. Besides, connect the external hard drive to the computer and set it as output folder.

Step 3. Start Conversion

Click “Convert” to start conversion. The time requied depends on the amount of music tracks. After conversion is done, you can find all the converted Apple Music tracks stay in the external hard drive.

Note: The free trial version of Sidify Apple Music to MP3 converter only converts three minutes of each audio file. If you want to unlock the time limitation, you can purchase the full version of Sidify with $39.95.