How to Screen Record Apple Music on iPhone, Mac, and Windows

You can screen record the Apple Music app interface on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, but the song audio is usually muted or excluded because Apple Music uses DRM protection. This means a normal screen recording may capture album artwork, lyrics, playlists, and app navigation, but not the internal music audio. 

If you only need visual footage for a tutorial or app demo, the built-in screen recorder is enough. If your goal is to save Apple Music songs as playable audio files, screen recording is not the best method because it is real-time, unstable, and often blocked. For users who need local audio files for personal offline listening or file management, MusicFab Apple Music Converter is a more practical alternative. It can save Apple Music tracks, albums, and playlists to common formats such as MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and OPUS.

Why can't you screen record Apple Music?

Apple Music mutes or blocks its audio during screen recordings because the stream is protected by DRM. Your iPhone or Mac can record the visuals, but the audio track from Apple Music is excluded by design.

How to Screen Record/Save Apple Music?

The best option in this context would be to use Apple Music Converters. These specialized software tools are using a recording or downloading method.

They convert Apple Music tracks into standard, universally playable audio formats that you can truly own and manage.

Let us explore a few screen recorders and downloaders that you can use.

1. MusicFab Apple Music Converter

MusicFab Apple Music Converter allows you to convert tracks into common audio formats like MP3, M4A, WAV, or FLAC up to 320 kbps/24-bit.

How to use MusicFab Apple Music Converter to download Apple Music?

• Step 1. Download and install MusicFab on your computer
• Step 2. Choose Apple Music

From among the available streaming services, choose Apple Music. Sign in to your Apple Music account. You may create a new Apple Music if you so desire.

• Step 3. Search for the track that you want to download

Use the built-in search option to find the track that you want to download. This should bring up the download parameters dialog box. You can configure download resolution, file format, and other parameters as per your preferences.

• Step 4. Download the track

Click on Download Now or click on the download arrow to download the track. You can even schedule your downloads for a later time.

2. Audacity

Audacity is a free, open-source audio recorder that can capture audio from different sources. However, it records audio played through your speakers, so the quality might not be identical. And it records in real time, it's not suitable for those who have lot of songs to save.

Here is how you can use it -

• Launch Audacity on your device. You can download it from official website.

• Go to Apple Music and choose the songs that you want to record.
• Go back to Audacity and click on the Red Record button.

Once done, click on the Stop button to end recording.

3. ApowerSoft

Apowersoft Online Screen Recorder is a web-based tool that records the activity on your screen. However, it is a free tool, and you will get MP3 recordings in a lossy file format. 

Use the steps below to record your tracks -

• Launch any of your preferred browsers and visit the Apowersoft online screen recorder

• Enable Screen and System Sound on the interface.

• Click on Screen Recording.
• Go to Apple Music web player and play yur favourite song.
• The Audio recorder will continue recording your screen.
• Once done, click on Stop to end recording.

Want more online Apple Music downloaders? Please refer to this post.

3. Comparison of Apple Music Recorders & Converters

Here is a table that helps you differentiate between the MusicFab Converter and other screen recorder methods:

Key Takeaways

• Apple Music can usually be screen recorded visually. You can capture the app interface, album artwork, lyrics, playlists, and navigation.
• Apple Music audio is usually blocked during screen recording. DRM protection prevents standard iPhone, iPad, or Mac screen recording from capturing the internal song audio.
• Screen recording is useful for tutorials, not music saving. It works best when you only need to show how the Apple Music app looks or works.
• Real-time audio recording is unstable and lower quality. Tools like Audacity or online recorders may depend on system audio settings and usually record in real time.
• MusicFab is better for local audio files. If you want to save Apple Music songs, albums, or playlists as MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, or OPUS, use a dedicated converter instead of screen recording.
• Always follow copyright rules. Keep converted or recorded files for personal use only and do not redistribute copyrighted music.

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