How to play Apple Music on iPod Shuffle?

Apple Music songs are only accessible via Apple Music app or iTunes(on Mac and Windows). For the devices that can't install Apple Music app, you can't enjoy Apple Music's music catalog on them. iPod shuffle is one of them. According to Apple, Apple Music is available on:

• iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 8.4 or later, Apple Watch(Update from a paired iPhone), Apple TV(4th generation) or later, CarPlay, Sonos
• iTunes for Mac or Windows 12.2 or later
• Android phones with Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) or later

Even though you have downloaded many Apple Music songs for offline listening, you can't sync them to iPod shuffle via iTunes since the songs are DRM protected. What to do if you want to play Apple Music songs on your iPod shuffle? Well, you can remove DRM from the Apple Music songs and turn them to ordinary DRM-free MP3 songs and then sync them to your iPod shuffle via iTunes.

Ondesoft iTunes Converter is such Apple Music DRM removal tool that allows you to easily remove DRM from Apple Music songs and convert Apple Music M4P songs to MP3 at 16X speed on your Mac or Windows. What's more, you don't need to download the Apple Music songs to convert them since Ondesoft iTunes Converter automatically syncs with iTunes Library and Playlists.

This tutorial will show you how to remove DRM from Apple Music M4P songs to play them on iPod shuffle . We will take Ondesoft iTunes Converter Mac version as example.
Related: How to get free Apple Music?

Steps to play Apple Music songs on iPod shuffle

1. Download and Launch Apple Music Converter

Download, install and launch Ondesoft Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.

2. Sign in your Apple Music account

Click the Sign in button and enter your Apple ID.

3. Change output format(optional)

The default output format is lossless M4A. Ondesoft Apple Music Converter also supports converting Apple Music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. You can also customize output file name with any combination of title, artist, album, playlist index and track ID.

4. Select music

Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the playlist or album you want to convert.

Click Add songs.

5. Start Conversion

By default, all songs in the playlist/album will be checked. If there are songs you don't want to convert, please uncheck the box. Then click Convert button to start downloading songs to the format you choose.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the downloaded songs.

After conversion, you can sync the DRM-free Apple Music songs to your iPod shuffle, iPod Classic or iPod nano and enjoy them anytime, anywhere you want. Besides, you can also play the DRM-free Apple Music songs on any device you like, such as MP3 player , USB driver , Amazon tablet , iPhone 4 , etc.

Free trial version allows you to convert 3 minutes of each song, to get the full version, please purchase a license.

Features of Ondesoft Apple Music Converter:

Automatically synchronize with iTunes Library
Just add Apple Music tracks, playlists or albums to iTunes Library. Apple Music Converter will automatically load and show them on the interface. There is no need to download the tracks, playlists or albums if your internet connection is fast enough .

Customize profile settings
Apple Music allows you to customize Bitrate, Sample rate and Channels of the output song.

Fast Conversion Speed
The conversion speed can be as fast as 16X and you are free to set it as you desired.

Search Function
The powerful search function enables you to quickly find Apple Music tracks you need according to name, artist and album.

Customize file name format
Output file name can contain Title, Artist, Album, TrackID and DiskID and you are free to customize it as you like.

Save ID tags
ID tags such as song name, Artist name, Album, Album artist, Genre and Artwork will be saved to the output MP3 and M4A files.

Batch conversion
Batch conversion allows you to convert as many Apple Music tracks as you want at a time.