How to Unprotect iTunes Songs - Remove DRM from iTunes Music

The songs you purchased from the iTunes Store were protected by Apple's FairPlay Digital Rights Management before 2009. These restrictive MPEG-4 audio files can not be played on an unauthorized computer. At Macworld Expo of 2009, Apple finally decided to remove the DRM from the iTunes music library. But the songs purchased before this decision are still wrapped in DRM.

If you want to release the purchased music from the DRM restriction, you have come to the right place. This guide will show you how to unprotect iTunes songs easily. After that, you can transfer or put the iTunes songs on the device you want.

How to Unprotect iTunes Songs

First of all, we need TuneFab Apple Music Converter to help us unprotect iTunes songs. This is a professional software to convert iTuens protected M4P to MP3 legally. As you know, MP3 songs are flexible to copy and share.

Step 1 Select the iTunes songs you want to convert

Install and launch iTunes Music Converter. Once the program started normally, the itunes will be lauched automatically at the same time.

In the main interface, go to "Playlist" and click on "Library" to select songs or albums.

Note: iTunes installation is required. Please install iTunes first. Then, you must make sure that the iTunes songs you want to convert are available in iTunes.

Step 2 Set output format for converted iTunes music

Click on "Output Format" and, in the drop-down list, select MP3. From the right side, you can adjust the codec, the bit rate, the sampling frequency, the channels.

Step 3 Convert songs from iTunes DRM-ed to MP3

Make sure that all the parameters you have configured meet your requirements. Then touch "Convert" to begin the conversion.

This is the entire process of unprotecting iTunes songs. After successfully converting, you can get iTunes songs in the MP3 format, whose DRM protection is removed by TuneFab Apple Music Converter.

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Frequently asked questions about iTunes songs without DRM and without DRM

Q1. What is are iTunes songs with DRM?

The purchased multimedia files, such as music, videos and audiobooks, are generally encrypted with DRM (Digital Rights Management) to protect digital content legally and efficiently. All songs purchased from the iTunes Store are encrypted with DRM before 2009.

Q2. What is iTunes Songs without DRM?

Songs purchased from the iTunes Store are currently in iTunes Plus: M4A format. They are not encrypted with digital rights management protection and the bit rate of downloaded music is twice the resolution of the original iTunes standard.

Q3. How to identify which songs have DRM protection?

In your library, use the "Songs" view, and look at the "Type" column for those with the word "Protected." If you do not see Type, enable it by going to "View> View options".

Q4. Does the lack of DRM mean that I can copy iTunes songs unlimitedly?

No, the copyright law is still valid. DRM can not give you the flexibility to judge what is right and what is wrong. But the lack of DRM can help you do this.

Q5. Are there ways to update old DRM-ed songs?

Yes, but not free updates. Apple allows you to update songs to iTunes Plus by charging you a $ 0.30 fee for each song. But that option disappeared silently when iTunes Match was released in 2011. Therefore, it is not possible to update old songs with DRM to iTunes Plus now.