How to Get Music from YouTube to iPod for Offline Listening?

Apple's iPod gives you an amazing listening experience with its good sound quality and portability. You can access millions of songs through your Apple Music subscription on your iPod. However, other music streaming services like YouTube Music are incompatible with most iPod models. How to get music from YouTube to iPod? Can you sync YouTube Music songs to iPod for streaming offline? This post will give you all the answers and the manipulation guide. Please scroll down and read.

Contents Guide Part 1. Can You Play YouTube Music on iPod?Part 2. How to Download YouTube Music Songs to iPod?Part 3. How to Sync YouTube Music Songs to iPod?Part 4. Summary

Part 1. Can You Play YouTube Music on iPod?

Actually, YouTube Music was incompatible with all types of iPod models. For now, you can't install the YouTube Music app on iPods. So you can't play YouTube Music on the iPod directly.

On the other hand, although iPods can be used as storage devices to store files, you can't sync YouTube Music song files to iPod directly due to digital rights management (DRM). The songs you download with a YouTube Music Premium account are only available to stream inside of the YouTube Music app as they are DRM-protected and can only be read by the app, even if you transfer your YouTube Music to iPod, you can't play them at all.

In this case, how to get music from YouTube to iPod? To play YouTube Music downloaded songs on iPod or listen to them without any limitation, you are required to remove the DRM encryption applied to the songs. After that, download them in iPod-supported formats like MP3, AAC, AIFF and more, then transfer them to your iPod using iTunes. Let's focus on the next part to finish the process.

Part 2. How to Download YouTube Music Songs to iPod?

How to get music from YouTube to iPod if songs are DRM-protected? When you encounter such limitations and desire to download YouTube Music songs for saving to iPod devices, AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter can help. This software is compatible with YouTube Music Free and Premium accounts.

AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter functions with the DRM unlocking feature, enabling you to download YouTube Music songs and export them to regular audio formats, including MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, and AIFF. To facilitate more convenient manipulation, the program has embedded the official YouTube Music web player within the converter, so that you can directly browse your music library. Speed up the conversion performance to 35X faster in batch.

This top YouTube Music downloader can fully retain the ID3 and metadata information for all downloaded YouTube Music songs, enabling you to flexibly customize the output files based on the ID3 info and create a new folder or rename the song's name. Now, please continue reading and take the manipulation guide to see how to get music from YouTube to iPod easily with AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter.

Step 1. AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter is available for Windows and Mac operating systems. You can choose the appropriate version to install on your computer. By the way, this software works for both YouTube Music free and Premium users.

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Step 2. Launch the software and open its built-in YouTube Music web player for logging into your YouTube Music account. Find the music you want to play on the iPod, then directly drag the songs or the playlists to the "+" icon.

Step 3. Now, select the output format for downloading YouTube Music to the iPod. It is recommended to choose MP3 as the format for outputting the songs.

Step 4. Next, simply tap the Convert button to initiate downloading YouTube Music songs to computers. You will access the downloaded music files under Finished module and click on the View Output File button.

Part 3. How to Sync YouTube Music Songs to iPod?

Now DRM-free YouTube Music songs have been downloaded on your desktop via AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter, so how to get music from YouTube to iPod? iTunes is the ideal program to transfer YouTube Music to iPod for both Windows and Mac users. Let's check how it works.

Sync YouTube Music Songs to iPod Using iTunes

Step 1. Launch iTunes and add the local YouTube Music files to iTunes Library by clicking on File > Add File to Library on the menu bar.

Step 2. Connect your iPod to your computer with a USB cable. Click the device icon in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window.

Step 3. From the list under Settings on the left side of the iTunes window, click Music and check Sync Music.

Step 4. Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window.

Sync YouTube Music Songs to iPod Using Finder

If you are using a Mac running with macOS Catalina or later, you can try to sync all or a selection of your music using the Finder. Learn how to get music from YouTube to iPod on Mac.

Step 1. Connect your iPod to Mac using a USB or USB-C cable

Step 2. In the Finder on your Mac, select your iPod in the Finder sidebar.

Step 3. Click Music in the button bar.

Step 4. Select the "Sync music onto [iPod name]" tickbox to turn on the syncing of your music. With the tickbox selected, syncing is set to transfer all your music to your iPod, including the YouTube Music songs you added to Mac before. When you’re ready to sync, click Apply.

Part 4. Summary

We have shared the proper process of how to get music from YouTube to iPod. With AMusicSoft YouTube Music Converter, it’s easy to download DRM-free songs from YouTube to iPod for listening. If you are eager to play YouTube Music on more devices, give AMusicSoft a try now!

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