How to Convert Purchased iTunes Music to MP3

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on July 12, 2022

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Summary:

Read this practical post and you will get the best way to convert purchased iTunes music from M4P to MP3, files, then you can keep iTunes music as MP3 files, and freely offline playback the converted MP4 iTunes videos without limits.

“Can I ask how to get the purchased iTunes music to free MP3 songs? I want to sync the songs with my MP3 players so as I can play the songs at anywhere. It seem so terrible that I can’t play the iTunes music as the normal songs. Any good ideas?”

iTunes Store is serving millions of users by a large collection of songs in various formats including AAC, MPEG-4, M4A, etc,. All Apple music is protected by the DRM (Digital Rights Management) to restrict unauthorized use or duplication of the music files. Even it’s good to protect the iTunes music files, it set the limitation to the iTunes music files that we have paid for. We can’t play the purchased iTunes music to other audio players as the normal MP3 files. MP3 is an universal music file format, it is compatible with most media players. This article will show you the easy way to convert purchased iTunes Music to free MP3, then you can play the purchased iTunes music without limits.

• Part 1: Convert iTunes Music to MP3 via iTunes Music Converter (Best)
• Part 2: How to Distinguish iTunes and MP3 Files
• Part 3: Official Way to Convert iTunes Library to MP3 (For Windows)
• Part 4: Official Way to Convert iTunes Library to MP3 (For Mac)

Part 1: Convert iTunes Music to MP3 via iTunes Music Converter (Best)

It will be an easy way to convert purchased iTunes music to MP3 with the help of iTunes Music Converter, which is the highly recommended Apple music converter that allows you to record iTunes music and turn your purchased iTunes music into MP3 format. It helps you easily remove DRM from iTunes music and Apple Music, convert it to output DRM-free MP3 files for playing on any computer and audio devices such as iPod, PSP, Zune, MP3 player, mobile phones, etc,. Besides, this music converter can also convert iTunes Audiobooks and Audible Audiobooks to DRM free formats. More importantly, the output music files will be keeping its original quality.

Step 1.Run iTunes Music Converter and Log In Account
Firstly, launch the iTunes Music Converter for Windows/Mac on computer.

Then please Log in your Apple ID by clicking “Sign In” red icon on the right top conner.

Step 2.Choose Output Format
Output format are available to select. The default format is M4A in 256kbps. iTunes Music Converter supports other 5 formats: MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF. In this case, you should select MP3 option. Click “Setting” icon if you want to change output format or output folder.

Step 3.Add Apple Music to Converting List
Click a playlist, artist or album you want to convert to MP3, click the “Add” icon to add songs/playlist to the “Converting List”, select songs for converting.

Step 4.Convert iTunes Music to MP3
Simply click “Convert” button, the program will begin to convert purchased iTunes Music from M4P to MP3.

Step 5.Check Converted iTunes Music Files
Once the conversion completes, check the converted MP3 iTunes Music files by click “History” icon or go to the output folder.

Now you can play the converted MP3 purchased iTunes music on any compatible audio device as you like.

Note: Another useful iTunes movies converter tool here we recommend for you called iTunes Video Converter, which is a smart converter tool for converting iTunes videos/movies from M4V to MP4 free format. After the conversion, you can freely play the converted MP4 iTunes videos without limits.

Part 2. How to Distinguish iTunes and MP3 Files

Once you’ve got both the AAC and MP3 versions of iTunes Music songs, it’s not easy to tell them apart, since they just look like two copies of the same song. However all information about the song will be preserved after conversion using iTunes Music Converter, such as its artist, length, and file type. To find out which file is MP3 format and which is AAC format, just access ID3 Tags like artist, genre, and other Info in every song.

Part 3. Official Way to Convert iTunes Library to MP3 (For Windows)

Let’s see how to use iTunes on a Windows computer to convert songs from the iTunes library to MP3.

Step 1. Open iTunes, go to Edit > Preferences > General > Import Settings.
Set the Import Using choice as MP3 Encoder, then click OK. You can also set the output music quality if you need.

Step 2. Go back to iTunes Library. Click a song that you want to convert to MP3. Then click File > Convert > Create MP3 Version (If you want to convert many songs at the same time, you should select the first song, then hold the Shift key on your keyboard and select the last song you want to convert).

Part 4. Official Way to Convert iTunes Library to MP3 (For Mac)

Let’s see how to use iTunes on a Mac computer to convert songs from the iTunes library to MP3.

Step 1. Open the Apple Music app. Choose the Music > Preferences button under the menu bar.

Step 2. Select the Files > Import Settings > MP3 Encoder option.

Step 3. Select the songs you want to convert and choose File > Convert > Create MP3 Version.

Conclusion

For the three methods to convert iTunes Library music to MP3, which one do you prefer? The official method can help to convert iTunes music to MP3, but it will not promise output audio quality. Worse, it will cost your lots time to finish music conversion when you have a larger number songs to convert. In a word, it is the best way to convert iTunes music to MP3 using iTunes Music Converter, it will preserve with original high audio quality in output music files with batch music conversion function, the whole music conversion process will be end in 10X faster speed. Sounds so great? Why not download the program to have a try?

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