Summary
Have you ever encountered the error message “Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod”? Wanna listen to Apple Music on iPod Nano/Shuffle? This article will help you solve the problem and transfer Apple Music songs to any iPod device for listening, including the old iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, iPod Mini, iPod Touch.

iPod is not only a portable and multifunctional electronic device, but also a wonderful music players for music lovers. Most people would like to sync Apple Music to iPods for listening while running, working, outside, etc. However, most people encounter the error message when transferring Apple Music songs to iPod devices. most of them encountered an error message ‘Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod’. Actually, “Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod” is neither an error nor a bug. This is what Apple has done to protect the copyright of digital music. This article is written to help Apple Music users solve this problem. Keep reading, you will get an effective method to put Apple Music on any iPod device, including the old iPod Nano, Shuffle, Classic, Touch, etc.

Apple Music Songs Cannot be Copied to an iPod, How to Solve?

Currently, Apple Music is not available on iPod except the iPod Touch (5th gen or above). Apple Music is a subscription service, it need network to verify users’ account. But the old iPods don’t have Wi-Fi or network. On the other hand, Apple Music songs are in M4P format protected by DRM, all Apple Music users can only access their music library within Apple Music app or iTunes. To make matter worse, all the downloaded Apple Music tracks cannot be kept any more when you stop/cancel the subscription, as they are cache files.

How to put music onto iPod Nano with Apple music? Although there is no Apple Music for iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle, you can find another alternative method to transfer Apple Music songs to iPods. The iPod series can play a variety of audio formats, including MP3, AAC/M4A, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless and Audible audiobooks. In other words, if you could convert DRM-protected Apple Music songs to common MP3, M4A, AAC or other iPod compatible formats, then you’ll be able to transfer/copy Apple Music songs to your iPod device. To get it done, you can ask help from an Apple Music to iPod Converter. We do recommend TunesBank Apple Music Converter

TunesBank Apple Music Converter Lets You Play Apple Music on Any iPod

What is TunesBank Apple Music Converter? As its name suggests, TunesBank Apple Music Converter is a professional and powerful Apple Music Converter for all Apple Music users. In addition, it is also a lossless DRM Removal tool. It is capable of removing DRM from Apple Music and converting Apple Music tracks, albums & playlists to unprotected MP3, M4A, FLAC, etc. Compared with traditional audio recorders, it will preserve the output audio quality (up to 320kbps bitrate)while retaining ID3 tags and metadata. After getting Apple Music songs into DRM-free MP3/M4A formats, you can easily put Apple Music songs on your iPod Nano/Shuffle/Classic for offline listening.

Guide: Convert and Copy Apple Music Songs to iPod

Follow this complete guide to convert your Apple Music tracks or playlist to MP3, M4A files, and then put Apple Music on iPod Nano/Shuffle/Classic for playback.

Step 1. Download and Install TunesBank Apple Music Converter
To solve the problem of ‘Apple Music Songs cannot be Copied to an iPod’, first you need to download and install the TunesBank Apple Music Converter for your Mac or Windows PC. Login to your Apple ID.

launch the converter and sign in Apple ID

Step 2. Choose The Apple Music Songs/Playlist
Once you get its interface, you can now choose the Apple Music songs you wanted to be copied on your iPod. Just click any songs or playlist, and drag it to the “+” icon.

add Apple Music playlist

You can select a bunch of songs or an entire playlist one time.

Select Apple Music Songs

Step 3. Customize the Output Settings
When the songs are successfully added, you can customize the output settings like Output Format, Output Quality, Sample Rate, Bitrate, etc.

customize Bitrate and Sample Rate

To copy Apple Music songs to an iPod successfully, you need to set the output format as MP3 or M4A.

Select MP3 Output Formats

Step 4. Head To Conversion Process
Now you can start the conversion. This can easily be done by clicking the “Convert” button. During the conversion, TunesBank allows to continue to add more music tracks.

Convert Apple Music to MP3

After a few minutes, you can tap “Finished” option to get the converted Apple Music songs. Tap “View Output File” to locate its output folder.

Apple Music to MP3 conversion completed

Step 5. Transfer & Copy the Converted Apple Music Songs to iPods
Now you can transfer all these converted Apple Music songs to your iPod device. First of all, open iTunes on the desktop, add the DRM-free Apple Music songs to iTunes library by dragging & dropping. Then connect your iPod Nano/Shuffle/Classic/Touch/Mini to iTunes using USB cable. Finally, sync the Apple Music songs to your iPod device!

sync apple music to ipod

In addition to transferring Apple Music songs to iPods, you can also transfer Apple Music to MP3 players, such as Sony Walkman, SanDisk, iRiver, Onkyo Receiver, TIMMKOO MP3 Player, Astell & Kern A&norma SR25, Zune, PSP, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox, Activo CT10, etc.

Copy Apple Music to iPods

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