How to Download Songs From Apple Music to Listen to Offline

If you have an Apple Music subscription, then you’ve probably already spent a good deal of time making new playlists and setting yourself up with easy access to your favorite songs and albums. While having all that music at your fingertips can be great, it can also be really difficult to access if you go somewhere without internet. So, the next time you have to travel somewhere with a less-than-stellar online connection, take advantage of Apple Music’s download option so you can listen offline.

How to download songs from Apple Music so you can listen offline

If you want to download songs and listen to Apple Music offline, you will first need to add music to your library. You can do this by looking up the song, album, playlist, or video that you want to add and then pressing down and holding on it until a list of options pops up.

From here, you’ll want to tap Add to Library, which will then save the item to your Apple Music library. Before you can start downloading songs, though, Apple says you’ll also need to turn on Sync Library within the Apple Music app. To do this, head to the Settings app on your iPhone and then find Music and turn on Sync Library. Once that is enabled, you can head back to the Apple Music app and start downloading music.

After something is saved to your library, you can make your way to the library in the Apple Music app and then select the playlist, song, album, or video that you want to download. You can either touch and hold down on the item, then select the Download button, or you can find the downward facing arrow at the top of albums and playlists to download them.

Once you’ve downloaded an album, playlist, or song from Apple Music, you’ll be able to go to the Downloaded section of your library to see everything you’ve saved to your device.

Now, if you ever get a new phone, you can make use of the quickest ways to redownload your Apple Music library to get back to listening without interruption.