By Sarah ConnorUpdated on April 28, 2019

Looking for ways to download music purchased from iTunes to your computer? Here’s a complete guide to downloading iTunes Plus music and iTunes DRM-protected music to your computer.

3 Unhide Purchases. If you can’t download purchased music iTunes, there is a chance that the music files may be hidden. Follow these steps to unhide purchases in iTunes: Open iTunes on your Mac or computer. Open the iTunes store. On the right corner of the screen, you’ll see the “Music Quick Links.”. How to Get Music from iPhone to Mac Using iTunes. To get music from your iPhone to Mac, iTunes will help as long as the songs are purchased from the iTunes Store. If you also want to transfer songs that are downloaded from other sources, iTunes is the optimal option for you. Besides, iTunes is not available on Mac since macOS Catalina. Part 1: How to Transfer Purchased Music from iPhone to iTunes. As we all know, here's what we normally do when we transfer purchased music from iPhone to iTunes via iTunes. Step 1: Open iTunes and choose 'Edit Preferences Devices' and then check the square beside 'Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically'.

iTunes is a great platform to listen to your favorite music as you wish. You may have purchased popular music in your music library. Now you are going to download these songs to your computer, but don’t know how to do it? If you try to download the purchased iTunes tracks to your computer, you may find that some iTunes music does not support downloading to your computer because of Apple’s FairPlay protection. In this guide, we will grant you 2 methods. One is to download iTunes music directly to your computer via iTunes. The other is to download DRM-ed iTunes audio to computer by using a professional iTunes DRM remover.

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Part 1: How to Download Purchased Music from iTunes to Computer

Step 1. Run iTunes and select the iTunes Store tab. Here you can find all the music that Apple sells, but you can also manage the tracks you buy here.

Step 2. Scroll down until you see the music sidebar. Click the “Purchased” option. Then you can find all the songs you bought with your iTunes account (such as purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, etc.).

Step 3. Tap the “Download All” button in the lower right corner so that iTunes will automatically download the music you purchased to your PC.

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Tip: To access the downloaded purchased music, simply browse the iTunes folder > iTunes Media folder.

Note that this method does not apply to DRM-protected audio (older audio released earlier than 2009). If you have such a track you want to download to your computer, please continue to the next section.

Part 2: How to Download DRM-ed iTunes Purchased Music to Computer

In fact, your iTunes music, whether it is DRM-protected or normal AAC format audio, a professional iTunes music converter – iTunes Music Converter can download and convert iTunes audio tracks (including Apple Music) to MP3 , AAC, FLAC and WAV formats as needed. As a wonderful iTunes DRM remover, the output quality is almost the same as CD quality. In addition, it allows you to convert songs at 16x conversion speed, and the output files still retain iTunes music metadata such as artists, albums, genres and artwork. This Apple Music Converter app is available for both Windows and Mac versions. Please download the program to your computer before starting.

Key Features of Apple Music Converter

Remove DRM from iTunes Music.
Convert encrypted M4P files to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC.
Retain original audio quality as well as ID3 tags info.
Import DRM-ed iTunes songs to iPod nano/shuffle, PSP, Creative Zen, and iRiver etc.
Up to 16X faster conversion on Windows 7/8/8.1/10 and Mac 10.9 – 10.12.

Steps to Download DRM-ed iTunes Purchased Music to Computer

Step 1 Launch Apple Music Converter on Computer

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Get the Apple Music Converter downloaded and installed on your computer first. While launching this program, iTunes will be automatically opened to load your iTunes media files.

Step 2 Select iTunes Songs

You can choose any of music files from your iTunes library, including Apple Music songs, playlists, albums.

Step 3 Specify the Desired Output Format for Converted Songs

The next step is to adjust output settings including selecting MP3 as output format and changing the conversion speed.

Step 4 Bypass DRM from iTunes Music

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Now click on “Start Convert” button to start stripping DRM from the selected iTunes music. It takes a little time to finish the conversion mainly depending on the quantity and length of songs.

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Add music from Apple Music to your library

On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device

1. Open the Apple Music app.
2. Touch and hold a song, album, or playlist that you want to add to your library.
3. Tap Add to Library.
   

You can also add a song to your library by swiping left over the song and tapping the Add button .

On your Mac or PC

1. Open the Apple Music app or iTunes.
2. Find music that you want to add to your library.
3. To add a song, click the Add button . To add an album, playlist, or music video, click +Add.
   

Download music that you've added to your music library

After you add music to your library, you can download it to your device to listen to offline. Just follow the steps below for your device.

On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device

1. Open the Apple Music app.
2. Touch and hold the song, album, or playlist that you've added from Apple Music.
3. Tap Download.
   

You can also download a song by swiping left over the song and tapping the Download button .

On your Mac or PC

1. Open the Apple Music app or iTunes.
2. Find the music that you've added from Apple Music.
   • On your Mac, click the Download button next to a song or album.
   • On your PC, click the Download button next to a song or album.

If you don't subscribe to Apple Music

Here's what you can do:

• Sync music from your Mac to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Or you can sync music from your PC to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

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