How to Put Apple Music on iPod Nano or Shuffle?

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on December 04, 2020

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Summary:

Want to play Apple Music on iPod nano/iPod Shuffle? This article explains the reasons why Apple Music cannot be put into iPods, and guides you to convert Apple Music songs to MP3 or M4A format, and then transfer to all iPod devices for offline listening.

Apple Muisc is an excellent music streaming service that has attracted more than 60 million users. However, most users face the problem of not being able to put Apple Music on iPod nano/iPod shuffle/iPod classic. Although iPod touch is the only iPod available for sale on the Apple website, many Apple users still use older versions of iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle and iPod Touch. When you try to sync Apple Music to iPod, you will get an error message saying “Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod”. Disappoint that you can’t add Apple Music to iPod nano?

Why Can’t Put Apple Music to iPod Nano/Shuffle?

As you know, Apple Music is a subscription service. Except for iPod touch 5th or later, most iPods do not have Internet or Wi-Fi connectivity. Therefore, Apple cannot check the status of Apple Music subscription on the old iPod. On the other hand, Apple added Fairplay (DRM) to Apple Music songs to prevent users from saving downloaded Apple Music tracks. By disabling Apple Music on iPod nano/shuffle/classic, Apple can ensure that no user can save downloaded tracks on their device after canceling the subscription. As a result, you failed to transfer Apple Music songs to iPod nano, shuffle, classic.

Best Tool to Put Apple Music Songs on iPod Nano

To play Apple Music on MP3 Player like iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, Sony Walkman, etc., all you’ll need is to break Apple Music DRM and convert them to common formats, such as MP3, M4A format.

TunesBank Apple Music Converter stands out among all Apple Music Converters. It’s also a great Apple Music to iPod Converter that not only helps to remove DRM from Apple Music songs, but also enables to convert Apple Music to MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC playable on any iPods. Better still, it can also convert iTunes purchased M4P music, iTunes M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to MP3 at losslessly. More importantly, it will keep the original quality and all ID3 tags in output MP3/M4A files.

Great Features of TunesBank Apple Music to iPod Converter:

• Unlock DRM from Apple Music and iTunes purchased songs.
• Convert Apple Music to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC losslessly.
• Can convert iTunes Music, iTunes Audiobook and Audible Audiobook.
• Preserve original quality, ID3 tags after converting to MP3/M4A.
• Offers 5X conversion speed on Mac, 10X conversion speed on Windows.
• Upload Apple Music tracks to iTunes, Google Drive, One Drive, etc.
• Listen to Apple Music on iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch.

Guide: How to Put Apple Music to iPod Nano/iPod Classic?

TunesBank Apple Music Converter offers a user-friendly interface, and it’s very easy to operate. The following part will show you how to convert Apple Music to MP3/M4A and put Apple Music to iPod shuffle or iPod nano.

Step 1:Launch TunesBank Apple Music
Go to the website of TunesBank(https://www.tunesbank.com/), free download TunesBank Apple Music to iPod Converter. After installation, launch the program, and iTunes app or Apple Music app(MacOS 10.15Catalina) will run with it. Then it will load your iTunes library automatically.

Step 2:Add Apple Music Songs/Playlist to TunesBank
Now go to “Playlist” to select the songs you want to convert, or you can click on the top checkbox to select the whole playlist.

Step 3:Select MP3 or MP4 Format
Move to the bottom of its interface, here you can customize Output Format, Bitrate, Sample rate, Channels and more for your preference. To transfer Apple Music to iPod nano, you can pick MP3 or MP4 as the output format.

Step 4:Start to Convert Apple Music to iPods
If ready, simply hit on the “Convert” button to save Apple Music songs on your hard drive. During the conversion, this program allows you to return back to “Library” and add more songs to convert.

After that, you can view the converted Apple Music tracks in “Finished” section, and click the “View Output File” button to locate it.

Step 5:Transfer Converted Apple Music Songs to iPod Nano/iPod Shuffle
1) First of all, launch the latest version of iTunes app on PC, click “Add” > “Add Folder to Library” to import the converted Apple Music MP3/M4A files to iTunes library.

2) Use USB cable to connect the iPod nano or iPod shuffle to PC, then find your iPod icon and click on it to get the information of it.

3)Click “Music” in the left panel and check “Sync Music”, then tab “selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres” > “Recently added” under the “Playlists”. Finally, hit on the “Apply” button, and Apple Music tracks will be automatically synced to your iPod nano/shuffle.

Tips: This method is also suitable for syncing Apple Music to iPod Classic, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, etc.

Now you have successfully put Apple Music songs to your iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and you can freely enjoy your favourite Apple Music songs on your iPods on the go!

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