Wednesday, March 16, 2016

How to Burn iTunes Apple Music onto a CD?

"Unable to burn album (to disc) downloaded from iTunes (The track is an Apple Music song and cannot be burned to disc). How can I put my purchased Apple Music on a CD?"
Spotify Music to AAC
Apple Music combines subscription-based music streaming with global radio-like programming and a social feature that connects artists to fans. Besides that, Apple Music’s library has 30 million songs—the same number as Spotify, though the exact track listings vary.

Just like every other streaming service, Apple adds a DRM (Digital Rights Management) layer to its streaming music collection. This is the reason that users are unable to burn your Apple Music to CD for streaming in your Car or at home. To get this job done, you should try to use the third party DRM remover such as Sidify Apple Music Converter. Below is an efficient tutorial to show you how to remove DRM from iTunes Apple Music and burn them onto your CD Disc.

Part One: Remove DRM from Apple Music with Sidify Apple Music Converter

Things You'll Need:
  • A Computer running Mac OS
  • A Blank CD disk
  • The latest version of iTunes
  • Sidify Apple Music Converter
Download Sidify Apple Music Converter for Mac
Step 1. Add Apple Music with Sidify Apple Music Conveter
Launch Sidify Apple Music Converter and iTunes will be automatically launched and disappear quickly. Then click "+" to add Apple Music tracks that you want to convert. Do so and it’ll give you your familiar iTunes organization in its own window.

Tips: Apart from being able to convert iTunes Apple Music, Sidify Apple Music Converter also supports converting all your playable music downloaded from iTunes, such as iTunes M4A, M4B & Audible AA, AAX audiobooks and M4P Music to plain format.
Add Apple Music songs

Step 2. Adjust Output Settings
Clicking the menu bar "Sidify Apple Music Converter > Preferences" or directly click setting button on the upper right of Sidify, a window would pop up. Here you can choose output format as MP3 or AAC, set the converting speed up to 20X and adjust the output quality up to 320 Kbps. Besides, the output path is also changeable if required; If not, the output audio tracks will be saved under the default folder.
Set output as MP3

Step 3. Stat Converting iTunes Apple Music to DRM-free Format
Ready? Click “Convert” to start conversion and get a cup of coffee. After conversion finished, you can click history to find the converted MP3 or AAC audio files under specified folder.
Converting Apple Music

Part Two: Burn the Well-converted Apple Music Tracks onto a CD

After got all the apple music that we want to burn to your CD, now you can start burning Apple Music to CD with iTunes, please refer to the following guide and picture:
1. Launch iTunes and create a new playlist to store the converted Apple Music.
Tips: Click on File > New > Playlist to create a new playlist and type a name for the playlist, then drag & drop the files into the newly created playlist.
Create New Playlist on iTunes Mac

2. Insert a blank CD disc, waiting until the disc is recognized.
3. Select and right click "the playlist >Burn Playlist to Disc". A new window will pop-out which would allow you to choose your preferred speed, disk format for CD burning.
Create New Playlist on iTunes Mac

4. Hit “Burn” to start copying all the Apple Music files to CD.
Note: The trial version of Sidify Apple Music converter has 3-minutes conversion limit. If you want to unlock the time restriction, you'll need to spend just $19.95 (original $39.95).

Buy Sidify Music Converter for Mac