Apple music mp3 download on a Windows PC?

The most straightforward way for Apple music download mp3 is to purchase music from stores that sell DRM-free MP3, use a subscription service that includes downloads (like Amazon Music Unlimited), or rip CDs you own. That is the clear, legal, and ethical path.

Building on that excellent summary, here are more detailed command-line approaches for the scenarios you mentioned, assuming you are working with content you have legally acquired.

The ultimate command-line tool for this is ff---mpeg.

ff--mpeg -i "input.m4a" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 "output.mp3"

-qscale:a 2 sets a high variable bitrate (VBR) quality (scale is 0-9, where 0 is best). You can also use -b:a 320k for constant 320kbps bitrate.

Batch convert an entire folder:

for f in *.m4a; do ff---mpeg -i "$f" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 "${f%.m4a}.mp3"; done

Services like Amazon Music Unlimited or Napster that offer "apple music mp3 downloads" with a subscription almost always include their own form of DRM for those offline files. They are not portable, universal MP3s.