It's commonly known that music downloaded from iTunes Apple Music in M4P format comes with DRM, short for Digital Rights Management protection. So you are limited to play those M4P songs on Apple's devices only, like iPod, even though you are a member of Apple Music. In this case, if you want to enjoy the M4P files on your own player, you need to firstly remove the DRM protection and convert the M4P music files into other formats, like MP3, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC, etc supported by your device. In this article, you are going to find the easiest way to get rid of DRM from M4P and convert M4P to MP3 on Mac.
Before the introduction of the magic M4P Converter, you'd better take a look at the old-fashioned M4P Converters: Applying with the virtual CD burner, the original M4P Converters support to cheat iTunes and make iTunes allow it to burn encoded M4P songs onto it while running. After conversion, the protected M4P files will become into regular MP3 format. The biggest defect on these outmoded M4P converters is that it will spend long time converting music. Luckily, this article comes with a brand-new Apple Music Converter for you to convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 easier and faster, which supports recording the iTunes music in the background at a fast speed with lossless quality. Let's take a detailed look below.
The smart Apple Music Converter we talk about is NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter for Mac. This smart M4P to MP3 converter is specially designed to record M4P music as well as convert the M4P audio files into other formats compatible with the media player you use. With only a few steps, you are able to get your DRM-free music for playback.
Once you downloaded the program, install and launch it on your Mac. Now you are ready to use it to convert DRM M4P to MP3 with only 3 steps.
Step 1: Add iTunes M4P music to NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter.
Step 2: Click "Preferences" of NoteBurner DRM M4P Converter to select the output path for the converted audio files and output format as MP3.
Step 3: Start converting M4P to MP3 by clicking "Convert" button.
Once all the DRM M4P files are converted successfully, you can find the output files by clicking the "Converted" button. All ID3 Tags will be kept with the converted MP3 audio files. Now, you can enjoy the songs in any of your devices or burning them onto a CD for enjoying in car player, etc.
Useful Tips: NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter can help you not only convert M4P music, but also convert DRM-ed Apple Music, Audiobooks. It integrates Apple Music Converter, Audiobook Converter and M4P Converter together.
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