How to Enjoy Apple Music on iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle?

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Many users tried to sync downloaded offline Apple Music songs to iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle, and what they got was a message that “Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod”. 

Still waiting for Apple Music’s official support for iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle? No way! On July 27, 2017, Apple removed the iPod nano and iPod shuffle from its website and online store around the world, and it has since confirmed the iconic portable media players have been discontinued.

If you want to enjoy Apple Music tracks on iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle, you can use TuneMobie Apple Music Converter to convert the songs to MP3 or M4A, then sync the output songs to iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. It’s quite easy, just follow the steps below.

Step 1: Download, install and launch TuneMobie Apple Music Converter
Here are download links for Windows version and Mac version. After installation, launch TuneMobie Apple Music Converter and iTunes will be automatically launched as the program needs to load iTunes media library and integrates the playlists in software interface. All iTunes media files, including Apple Music tracks, Apple Music playlists, audiobooks, TV shows, home videos, music videos, podcasts, etc. will be displayed in left panel. And Apple Music Playlists created by Apple will be listed as separate lists in the bottom of the left panel.

Step 2: Choose Apple Music Tracks
Click a playlist and choose any Apple Music tracks in the playlist by ticking the checkbox. You can also tick the first checkbox on the top to choose entire playlists. You can choose tracks in different playlists. If you have got plenty of Apple Music tracks in your iTunes library, then built-in search box will be the best assistant to find any tracks quickly, as you can search song title, album, artist, etc. and search results will be displayed in one or two seconds. You don’t need to download Apple Music tracks to PC, but make sure you have add them to your iTunes library.

Step 3: Convert to MP3 or M4A for iPod Nano/Shuffle
The best audio format for iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle is MP3 or M4A. Depending on your habit, you can either choose MP3 or M4A. If you are using an iPod Shuffle with only 2GB storage and want to hold as many songs as possible, you may need to consider output quality as well. TuneMobie Apple Music Converter allows you to choose audio quality in profile list, or simply select a bitrate value. If audio quality is what you concern most, then 320kbps MP3 or 256kbps M4A will be good enough as this leads to lossless conversion.

If necessary, set output folder for your songs, and click Options button to adjust conversion speed and set custom file names and folder structures by ID tags and characters. Generally speaking, there won’t be any problem using 16X faster speed, but if your internet connection is unstable and slow, you may need to slow down conversion speed for those Apple Music tracks you haven’t downloaded to PC.

Step 4: Start converting Apple Music to MP3 or M4A
Now, simply click “Convert” button to start converting Apple Music tracks to MP3 or M4A. After conversion, you can click “Open output file” to locate converted Apple Music tracks.

Step 5: Sync converted Apple Music tracks to iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle with iTunes
Now you can exit both TuneMobie Apple Music Converter and iTunes. Then restart iTunes and add the converted Apple Music tracks to iTunes library. As output MP3 and M4A files preserve ID tags, they may look the same as original Apple Music tracks. We recommend you delete the Apple Music tracks or playlists which have been converted. And you can add them back to your iTunes library whenever it’s necessary.

Connect your iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle with USB cable, create a playlist to include all the converted Apple Music tracks you want to enjoy, then sync to the device. When the syncing is done, you can now enjoy Apple Music tracks on iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle without any problem.

Source: How to Enjoy Favorite Apple Music Songs on iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle