Add and download music on Windows
As soon as you subscribe to Apple Music, you can add songs, albums, playlists, and music videos from Apple Music to your music library, which is accessible from your Windows computer, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Android device whenever you’re signed in to Apple Music.
After you add music to your music library, you can download it to your computer or device to play at any time, even when you’re offline.
Note: Apple Music and lossless aren’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
Add music to your library
In the Apple Music app
on your Windows computer, do any of the following to find music you want to add:View recommendations tailored for you: Select Home in the sidebar, then find music you recently played, personal playlists created for you, genres you might like, and more.
See what’s new in Apple Music: Select Browse in the sidebar, then find music by mood, new releases, charts, and more.
Search the Apple Music catalog: See Search for music.
To add music to your music library, do one of the following:
Select the Add button.
Move the pointer over an item (such as a song or album), select the More button
, then choose Add To Library.Drag the item to the sidebar.
For example, when you drag a song, you can add it to the library or to a specific playlist.
Note: When you add an Apple Music playlist to your library, the songs in the playlist are updated whenever the owner updates them; however, the individual songs don’t appear in your list of songs.
If you don’t see these options, either you’re not signed in to Apple Music using your Apple ID, you haven’t joined Apple Music, or the “Sync library” option isn’t selected in Apple Music settings: select the Sidebar Actions button
at the top of the sidebar, choose Settings, select General, then make sure “Sync library” is turned on.
Download music to your computer
In the Apple Music app
on your Windows computer, select any option below Library in the sidebar. For example, select Songs to see all the songs in your library.To download music you’ve added to your music library to your computer, move the pointer over an item, then do one of the following:
Select the Download button
.Select the More button
, then choose Download.
Note: Music you download from Apple Music to your computer can’t be burned to a disc or transferred manually to a device, such as iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Music can only be downloaded to a device directly from Apple Music. See Intro to syncing your Windows device and Apple devices.