Transfer music from itunes to flash drive

If you plan to transfer your Apple Music to an external flash drive, choose a USB flash drive, the most portable storage. After saving iTunes songs to a USB stick, you are able to stream your iTunes library on smart audio speakers or car media player, make a backup for your tunes, and so on. But the question is, how to import the Apple Music playlist into a USB memory stick? Read on and we will discuss some confusion around it.

Question 1: Where are my Apple Music Downloads stored?

By default, the iTunes music files are stored in the folder of "Music\iTunes\iTunes Media" on Windows PC, and "Home/Music/" on macOS system. You could change the file location if needed.

You can now access the so-called downloaded Apple Music files easily, however, none of these files can be used outside the iTunes app. They are made in encoded AAC, M4P, or ALAC format. It means you cannot directly transfer the "downloaded" Apple Music to USB drive for streaming.

Question 2: How Can I Copy Apple Music to USB Flash Drive?

Since you are not allowed to move iTunes songs to USB drive straightforward, a third-party tool comes in handy -- NoteBurner Apple Music Converter. It's an audio recorder used to download and convert any Apple Music Song, podcast, iTunes M4P music, and audiobook to plain formats, like MP3, AAC, AIFF, etc. After downloading iTunes audios to computer as local files, transferring them to USB stick is just one step away.

As known, songs from the iTunes Store come in the AAC format which is not supported by most car audio systems. So if you want to play these iTunes songs in your car, you need to convert them to MP3s. Apple iTunes allows its users to convert and export their songs as MP3 files simply by setting the iTunes conversion preferences. The following are the detailed steps.

Step 1: Launch iTunes. At the top of your screen click the "Edit" tab (or the "iTunes" tab if on a Mac).

Step 2: Select the "Preferences" option to enter the "General" screen.

Step 3: Click the "Import Settings" button near the lower-right corner of the "General" menu.

Step 4: Choose "MP3 Encoder" from the "Import Using" drop-down box at the top of the "Import Settings" window. Click "OK" to save your changes and return to the iTunes library.

Step 5: Highlight the song in iTunes you want to be converted. Click the "Advanced" tab at the top of the screen and select "Create MP3 Version." New song files appear in your library next to the original files.

Now you can insert your flash drive, and copy these MP3 files will to the flash drive for playing in your car.

2. Best Tool to Copy iTunes Protected M4P Music to USB Drive

The songs in your iTunes Library may all seem to be essentially the same, but if you look closely, you'll find out that some music differs in some pretty major ways. Except for the common AAC audio, some of music in iTunes is encoded protected, such as songs purchased from iTunes store before 2009, Apple Music songs. Since the instructions above only apply to the songs from the iTunes Store. In this case, to copy-protected iTunes music to USB flash drive, you are supposed to get a smart iTunes Converter. There is no better software that can be used to transfer music from iTunes to Flash Drive other than NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter.

NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter, developed by NoteBurner Inc, is a professional Apple Music Converter, which will help you record and convert Apple Music files, audiobooks, or other downloaded music from iTunes or Apple Music to MP3, FLAC, AAC, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC format with keeping lossless audio quality. Thus, you can easily copy the converted iTunes songs to USB drive.

• Record iTunes M4P music, audiobooks, Apple Music;
• Convert iTunes M4P music, audiobooks, Apple Music files to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC;
• Convert iTunes audio at 10X faster speed with lossless quality;
• Keep ID3 Tags information after conversion;
• Easy-to-use with an intuitive and streamlined user interface;
• Enjoy free update & technical support.

3. Tutorial on How to Transfer iTunes M4P Music to USB Drive

The following is the detailed tutorial to guide you to convert songs from iTunes or Apple Music to MP3 and copy to USB flash drive. Please download NoteBurner Apple Music Converter first before getting started.

Step 1: Download and Launch NoteBurner Apple Music Converter

Download and install NoteBurner Apple Music Converter. After it, please launch the software.

Step 2: Add iTunes M4P Songs

Click the button "+ Add" to add music, it will pop up a window, which will show you all of the songs you have downloaded from iTunes. Or you can also directly drag & drop the music from iTunes / Music app to NoteBurner. You can choose any song you want to convert.

Step 3: Choose Output Format

After adding music, please click the "Setting" icon to choose the output format.

Step 4: Record iTunes M4P Songs

The final step is clicking the button "Convert". Just a few second, it will succeed.

Step 5: Move iTunes Music to USB Drive

After converting, you can click "Converted" to find the converted music. Now, you can connect your USB drive with your computer and copy the converted iTunes music to it.

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