How to Listen to Apple Music Offline on iPhone

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on October 12, 2018

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Summary:

People may ask how to listen to Apple Music offline on iPhone, and in this article we will provide three simple ways for you to listen to Apple Music offline on iPhone XS/XS Max/XR, iPhone X/8/7/6S/6, etc.

“I’m using Apple Music and I want to know how can I stream Apple Music tracks on iPhone for offline listening. Can you help me out? Thanks.”

Apple Music is a service that gives users unlimited access to the entire Apple music catalog. As one of the largest music streaming services, Apple Music is free for new members for three months. After the trial, you will be automatically charged £9.99 or $9.99 per month for individual, family subscriptions for £14.99 or $14.99 per month for up to 6 people, and students for £4.99 or $4.99 per month. Its members have the privilege of getting new songs directly from artists and getting recommendations from the best of the music world. So far, Apple Music has won the love of more than 27 million users.

Thanks to its offline music playback capabilities, you don’t even need to rely on an internet connection to listen to music, especially when you are on the flight, or some places which have bad network environment. Apple Music allows you to download any song, album or play you want. After downloading, you can listen to Apple Music songs offline or for a long time without restrictions.

The following detailed tutorial will show you how to listen to Apple Music offline on your iPhone XS/XS Max/XR, iPhone X/8/7/6S/6, iPad, whether you are a subscriber or not.

• Part 1: Add A Song/Album to Local Library on iPhone for Offline Listening
• Part 2: Add A Playlist to Local Library on iPhone for Offline Listening
• Part 3: Listen to Apple Music Offline on iPhone after Canceling Subscription

Part 1: Add A Song/Album to Local Library on iPhone for Offline Listening

Step 1. Open Apple Music app on your iPhone.
Step 2. Browse to find the song, album you want to listen to offline.
Step 3. Click on the album or song you want, and tap “…” to the right of the music.
Step 4. Hit on “Make Available Offline”.

After that, the song or album would save your playlist and you can listen to it inside Apple Music app even with the Airplane Mode on.

Part 2: Add A Playlist to Local Library on iPhone for Offline Listening

Step 1. Open Apple Music app on your iPhone.
Step 2. Browse to find the playlist you want to listen to offline.
Step 3. Tap “…” to the right of the music.
Step 4. Hit on “Make Available Offline”.

Once downloaded, you can play them within Apple Music even in offline mode.

Part 3: Listen to Apple Music Offline on iPhone after Canceling Subscription

As long as you are a subscriber to Apple Music, you can download and play music even when you are offline. And the above solutions are only available to those who continue to subscribe to Apple Music and play songs on authorized devices. How about canceling your subscription? You can’t enjoy those Apple Music songs on unauthorized devices like iPod, Windows Phone, or other common MP3 players for offline listening even they are already downloaded. Why? Because Apple adds DRM protection to all Apple Music tracks to avoid the situation that users just sign up and download a bunch of songs for offline listening, then cancel subscription and run away.

A Quick Way to Remove DRM and Convert to MP3 Losslessly

To keep Apple Music songs playable offline on iPhone after canceling subscription, you are recommended to use Apple Music Converter, a smart and easy-to-use DRM removal tool for Apple Music that can help you completely decrypt DRM protection from the songs and convert them to plain MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and more at super-fast speed with original quality kept.

Step 1. Launch Apple Music Converter

Started by installing the Apple Music Converter on your computer, and then launch it and iTunes will be opened automatically.

Step 2. Add Apple Music Songs

Go to Music section in Playlist, and you can see all your iTunes library playlists on the left side of the program. Just click on the playlist that contains the Apple Music songs you want to convert.

Note: If you haven’t found the music you want, please add the Apple music tracks or playlists to iTunes library first.

Step 3. Choose MP3 as Output Format

Here you can choose MP3 as your output format, as well as WAV, AAC, and FLAC. Then, you can adjust the bitrate, sample rate, etc. according to your preference.

Step 4. Start Converting Apple Music Songs for Offline Listening

Now, click on the “Convert” button and your music files will be converted at 16X faster speed with all ID Tags and Metadata kept.

Step 5. Sync Apple Music Tracks to iPhone XS/X/8/7/6S

After conversion, you are able to use the TunesGo iTunes Transfer software to sync the converted Apple music tracks to your iPhone S/X/8/7/6S/6 quickly and then you can listen to Apple Music offline on iPhone after canceling subscription.

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