How to open Apple Music in Linux

Can I really open Apple Music in Linux? The answer is yes. It's just that this will be a bit more difficult and requires some resolution.

iTunes is the main way used by iPhone and iPod owners to synchronize media files like movies, music and other data between devices. Unlike Spotify with the original Linux client, Apple has no original iTunes version for the Linux operating system. What's worse is that users can't even transfer any downloaded Apple Music songs to Linux to enjoy because they are DRM-protected.

Apple has yet to show any interest in this support. However, even without Apple support, this can be fixed in other ways. There are two main methods of opening Apple Music in Linux:

Remove DRM protection
Install iTunes on VirtualBox or with Wine

1. Remove DRM protection

Like other Apple digital media sold on iTunes, Apple Music is locked by Digital Rights Management, also known as DRM protection. With DRM protection, users can only play music with Apple ID on authorized devices. This means that if users want to listen to those tracks on other platforms, users must pass DRM protection from Apple Music and copy unprotected music to Linux without installing. iTunes.

To do this, users will need a tool to remove Apple's Music DRM protection like TunesKit Apple Music Converter, the latest version of iTunes installed on computers, Windows or Mac OS computers and drives. USB flash.

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TunesKit is available on Windows and macOS, can convert DRM-protected Apple Music tracks without losing popular formats, including MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC and other formats supported by Linux.

Follow the steps below to remove DRM protection.

1. Launch TunesKit Apple Music Converter on your computer.

2. Click on the '+' in the middle of the top (this section loads songs offline from Apple Music to TunesKit) or drag them to the conversion window.

3. Click 'Format' (bottom left).

4. Select the desired output format.

5. Adjust parameters such as channel, codec, sample (sample) or bit rate if desired.

6. Click 'Convert for TunesKit' to convert Apple Music DRM tracks to non-DRM formats.

7. Go to the History folder to find songs without DRM.

8. Connect USB flash drive to Linux.

9. Copy songs without DRM to Linux.

When all this is done, users can comfortably enjoy Apple Music without needing iTunes on their Linux machine.

2. Run iTunes on Linux via VirtualBox or Wine

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To know how to run iTunes on Linux via VirtualBox or Wine, please refer to the article: How to use iTunes on Linux? For more details

The above is probably the best way at the present time or at least until Apple decides to release iTunes version for Linux (but probably never) to open Apple Music on Linux.

Now you can listen to your favorite music on iTunes from your Linux computer.

Hope you are succesful.

Linux Apple Music

Isabella Humphrey

Update 26 May 2019

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