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By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 16, 2022

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Summary
Do you want to sync Apple Music to iCloud Drive for backup? The simplest way to upload Apple Music tracks/playlist/albums to iCloud Drive is to save your Apple Music songs as local files with UkeySoft and then upload them to iCloud Drive.

Do you want to sync Apple Music to iCloud Drive? Are you searching a way to download Apple Music for offline playback? To download Apple Music and upload Apple Music songs to iCloud Drive, this article will teach you an easy way to convert Apple Music to MP3/M4A, then you can upload the converted Apple Music to Drive for sharing and backing up.
Upload Apple Music to iCloud Drive

How to Move Apple Music to iCloud Drive?

How to sync Apple Music to iCloud Drive? I have lots of Apple Music songs in iTunes. Now I want to upload them to iCloud drive for using on other devices. But when I do that, it told me that I can’t, because of the Apple Music songs are protected with DRM protection. So now what could I do to get rid of the restriction from Apple Music songs and sync them to iCloud Drive? Is there any workaround here? Thanks a lot!

Backing up data is become more and more important than ever before, for Apple Music users, you may want to backup Apple Music to USB drive or Cloud drive like Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Dropbo, Microsoft OneDrive, IDrive, pCloud, Amazon Drive, 4Sync, iCloud Drive, SugarSync, SpiderOak, Tresorit, Livedrive, Koofr, etc. However, even if your Apple Music subscription has expired, you are able to save Apple Music on local drive or Cloud drive forever. Today we will take about how to get Apple Music onto iCloud Drive, you may have downloaded lots of Apple Music songs and sync them to iCloud Drive, so that keeping your iPhone data secure against any unforeseen occurrences such as device loss, theft, damage or replacement.

Why need to Sync Apple Music to iCloud Drive?

Syncing Apple Music songs to iCloud Driver, you not only can keep your media safe and secure on Apple’s servers where it can never be lost, but also get Apple Music songs across platforms, for example you can access Apple Music songs/playlist/albums you create on one device are synced with the others without filling up the device storage. When you look for a photo in the Photos app or play a song in Music, it’s streamed to your device or computer on-demand. (You can still keep particular items on your device for offline use.) And you can easily share music & photos with your family.

Part 1: Convert Apple Music to MP3 for Uploading to iCloud Drive

As we all known that Apple Music songs adds DRM protection to its streaming music to limited to play Apple Music online and offline track on your phones, PAD, PC, etc. on devices related to your Apple account only. And once you cancel the subscription to Apple Music, the downloaded Apple Music songs will become unusable automatically.

If you want to make the Apple Music songs DRM-free, then you'll need the help of a third-party DRM removal tool to help you remove the DRM protection from Apple Music M4P songs to MP3/M4A format. Go ahead to find the answer.

Guide: How to Convert Apple Music to MP3/M4A

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is a specialized Apple Music converter software that can convert Apple Music to DRM-free MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, M4R, etc. with lossless quality and ID tags kept. UkeySoft converter is also known as an all-in-one iTunes converter because it can handle almost all kinds of iTunes media files, such as purchased iTunes songs, iTunes audiobook, iTunes podcast, music videos, etc. What’s more, it can batch to convert songs, playlist, and albums and up to 16X conversion speed to saving you from the cumbersome and time-consuming conversion process.

Let's cut it short and check out how to convert Apple Music songs to MP3 in below steps.

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter
Install and launch UkeySoft Apple Music Converter on PC or Mac, then iTunes will be activated immediately.
PS: When launch the UkeySoft converter, the Apple Music/iTunes library and playlist will automatically load on the software.

Apple Music Converter

Step 2. Find and select Apple Music Songs
Click "Library" and choose the Apple Music songs/playlist/albums you need to convert. What’s more, the UkeySoft converter also supports batch conversion, so that you can choose few songs or even the entire Apple Music library.

Select Apple Music

Step 3. Select MP3 as output format
Go to Output Settings > Output format and choose MP3 as the output format. By the way, you can customize the conversion settings, destination folder, bitrate, sample rate, channel, and edit ID3 tags flexibly.

Select MP3 as Output Format

Step 4. Convert Apple Music to MP3
Click "Start" button to start convert Apple Music songs to MP3. Just need a few minutes to wait for the conversion process done, and you can listen to these unprotected Apple Music songs anywhere anytime without restriction.

Convert Apple Music to MP3

Extra Tips: Remove iTunes Movies DRM-ed for Sharing

In order to can watch and share iTunes Movie easily, the most important thing is to remove the DRM protection from iTunes Movie files firstly. Therefore, you can sync the iTunes Movie files to iCloud Drive for offline/online enjoyable on any devices which installed the iCloud Drive app.

Here we will recommend you to use UkeySoft M4V Converter. It converts purchased or rented iTunes movies, TV shows or music videos to MP4 with 100% lossless quality. If you have interested in this M4V converter, please try the trial version for free, but for more guide to use the UkeySoft M4V Converter, this is a populart iTunes M4V video to MP4 Converter, it can help you remove DRM from iTunes moives, TV shows, music videos and convert M4V to MP4. Please visit the tutorial: How to Remove DRM from iTunes Movies.

remove drm from iTunes movies

Once the conversion finishes, all output MP3 files or MP4 files will be saved in the location you specify. Then, you can sync converted Apple Music Songs or iTunes Movies to iCloud Drive as the following guide.

Part 2: How to Sync the Converted Apple Music to iCloud Drive on Mac

1. Click 'System Preferences' on your Mac > 'iCloud' > 'Options'.
2. Place a tick in 'Desktop and Document Folders' and click 'Done' to enable iCloud Drive.
3. Now you should see the iCloud Drive icon on your Finder (Mac), then click it to open. Every converted Apple Music songs you copy to the folder will be synced to iCloud server automatically.

add Apple Music to iCloud Drive on Mac

Part 3: How to Upload the Converted Apple Music to iCloud Drive on Windows

1. Download and install iCloud drive package from Apple official website.
2. Launch iCloud Drive software and click 'System Preferences' on your Windows > 'iCloud' > 'Options'.
3. Place a tick in 'Desktop and Document Folders' and click 'Done' to enable iCloud Drive.
4. Now you should see the iCloud Drive icon on your Explorer (Windows), then click it to open. Every converted Apple Music songs you copy to the folder will be synced to iCloud server automatically.

add Apple Music to iCloud Drive on PC

As the above article said that, you can safe to keep your Apple Music songs and find them from other devices on your iCloud Drive, even your Apple Music subscription already expired.

Upload Apple Music to iCloud Drive
Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

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