If you want to listen to Apple Music offline, here’s how you download to your phone and desktop.
With Apple Music, you can download songs, albums, and playlists so that you can listen even when you don’t have an internet connection.
We’re going to explain why you would want to do this and how to download the music on mobile and desktop.
What Are the Benefits of Downloading From Apple Music?
The biggest reason to download music is to save your cellar data. This means the music is saved to your device, and you won’t need to stream it to play it. With Apple Music, you can view, download, and delete music for offline use.
While downloads take up space on your phone, you’ll be able to access it in times when you cannot connect to the internet, so you’ll be good to go when you’re in a remote location where the signal is an issue. Also, you can manage and optimize your storage by setting up a minimum storage threshold.
How to Download From Apple Music to Your Phone (iOS and Android)
- Open the Apple Music app.
- Search for the music you’d like to download.
- Tap Add next to any song, album, playlist or music video. This will add it to your library.
- You will now see the download icon next to items in your library, which you can tap to begin the download.
If you want to automatically download music, rather than needing to add it to your library first, go to Settings and enable Automatic Downloads. This removes the additional step and will immediately download something when you tap the plus icon.
Your downloads will be saved in the Library tab. You just need to select Download Music at the top of the screen. It is organized according to playlists, artists, albums and songs.
Of course, your phone will need enough storage space to cater for these downloads. If it doesn’t, check out our guides on how to create storage space on iOS and how to free up storage on Android.
How to Sync Your Apple Music Downloads
To access your music library across all your devices, go to the General tab and enable Sync Library (or when prompted when adding music). The Sync Library feature requires an Apple ID.
How to Remove Your Apple Music Downloads
Once downloaded, content can be deleted from your device:
- Open the Music app.
- Touch and hold on the song, album or playlist you’d like to delete and then tap Remove.
- From there, you can either Remove Downloads or Delete from Library.
To remove all the music on your device:
- Navigate to your Downloaded Music.
- Tap Edit on the top right.
- Select the red icon on the left of all of your songs and tap Delete.
How to Download From Apple Music to Your Desktop (Mac and Windows)
If you have music saved in your library, it’s simple to download it for offline listening on desktop. The steps are the same for both Mac and Windows:
- Open the Apple Music app.
- Select the music you’ve added from Apple Music.
- Click Download.
Again, like on mobile, you need to ensure you have enough hard drive space for the downloads.
Create Custom Art for Your Offline Downloads
There you have it. The quick and easy guide to downloading all of your favorite tracks and music collections to your device. From saving data to having the music ready to go at the press of a button, it’s worth downloading music via Apple Music.
With your music downloaded, you might want to explore creating custom playlist artwork so that your library looks the best it possibly can.
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