How to Enjoy Apple Music on Linux

By Annie Cale

Updated on: November 24, 2024

Category: Apple Music Tips

I no longer have a Windows or Mac OS that is current any longer. I have migrated to Linux and need to know: how I get iTunes so I can get my Apple Music songs?

Just moved to Linux from Mac or Windows? Want to keep enjoying your Apple Music songs on Linux? Don't worry, here we will share you the best method to play Apple Music songs or iTunes music on Linux.

1. iTunes Isn't Available in Linux As A Native Application

For most of Mac or Windows users, iTunes is the primary way to download, stream and manage music. It's also a great way to buy music or stream tens of millions of songs with Apple Music. But once you migrate to Linux, you'll find that Apple have not created an iTunes version for Linux due to the very small overall market share of Linux on the desktop, so it seems impossible to install iTunes and get access to any of your Apple Music tracks on Linux. Worse, you also can't transfer your downloaded Apple Music songs to Linux to enjoy without authorization directly. Even so, it doesn't mean that you cannot enjoy Apple Music with Linux.

2. Best Way to Stream Apple Music on Linux

To transfer your downloaded Apple Music songs to Linux for enjoying, you need to remove record them first. NoteBurner Apple Music Converter is a quite professional and user-friendlyrecorder software that enables you to download Apple Music files, iTunes M4P music and audiobooks, and convert them to MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, and AAC format with lossless quality kept.

Note: NoteBurner currently doesn't supports to work on Linux system. You'll have to download your Apple Music songs using NoteBurner on Windows or Mac computer, then transfer the audio files to your Linux desktop.

Features of NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter:

Record iTunes music, podcasts, audiobooks, Apple Music;
Convert Apple Music files to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC;
Convert iTunes audio at 10X faster speed with lossless quality;
Keep ID3 Tags & lyric after conversion;
1-click to burn Apple Music to CD, edit ID3 tags, etc;
Easy-to-use with an intuitive and streamlined user interface.

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Tutorial about How to Record Apple Music

1 Add Audio Files to iTunes Audio Converter

Launch iTunes Audio Converter on your Mac computer and choose the "Apple Music web player" download mode. Then open a playlist on Apple Music web player, click "Add" button, then you will see a pop-up window which will show you the selected playlist. You can add Apple Music files, audiobooks, and M4P audio in the pop-up window as you want.

2 Set Preferences of NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter

Directly click "Setting" button, and then there will be a pop up window which allows you to set output path and output audio format. Output format as MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC & AAC are available to choose.

3 Start Conversion

When finish customization, click "Convert" button to start conversion. After conversion, you can click button to find the converted audio files.

4 Transfer Converted Apple Music to Linux

After all steps above, now you can insert USB drive to your Mac and copy your Apple Music file to the drive, then move the file to you Linux for enjoying.