How to Convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac

YouTube Music is a popular streaming service for Mac and PC users, allowing subscribers to download songs for offline listening. However, these downloads come with limitations: they are encrypted and restricted to the YouTube Music application. This means users cannot save the files locally as standard audio or transfer them to other devices for personal use.

Fortunately, there is a simple solution to bypass these restrictions. This guide will demonstrate how to convert YouTube Music tracks to MP3 format directly on your Mac. By following these steps, you can save your favorite songs locally, transfer them to any device, and keep your music collection forever.

Part 1. How to Convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac

The regular ways can't help you convert YouTube music to MP3 on Mac, as only using a third-party YouTube music to MP3 converter can do it. For example, TunesKit Audio Capture. TunesKit Audio Capture is a professional audio capturing tool that works perfectly on Mac and Windows. With it, you can not only download lossless songs on YouTube Music without subscription but also convert YouTube Music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, and other formats.

In addition, it preserves the original quality of YouTube music with ID3 tags and allows you to merge, trim, and edit ID3 tags of YouTube music after you have finished downloading it. Please check the tutorial on how to use this YouTube Music converter to MP3 for Mac.

How to Convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac via TunesKit Audio Capture

Step 1Install and launch TunesKit Audio Capture

Download and launch TunesKit Audio Capture on your computer. You can tap the Chrome icon on the this interface to access YouTube Music web player or add the YouTube Music desktop software by clicking on the + button.

Step 2Set Output Format

The default output format is MP3. So you don't have to change to MP3 manually. But, if you want to preser other music parameters, such as codec, channel, bit rate, and sample rate, you can tap the Format button.

Step 3Record YouTube Music

Now, tap the Start button. When the YouTube Music player appears, you can play the target music and leave it to be recorded by TunesKit Audio Capture. When you finish, click on Stop.

Step 4Edit Recorded Audio

In the Capture list, you can merge the YouTube Music downloads by tapping Merge all into one. And you can click on the Edit button if you need to cut the length of YouTube music downloads or edit the ID3 tags.

Step 5Find Recorded Audio

When you finish, tap the Save button. Then you can find them in History list. To locate the destination folder, simply click on the Search icon.

Part 2. How to Use Online YouTube Music Converter to MP3 for Mac

If you don't want to download and install any additional YouTube Music to mp3 converter, is there no other way? Don't worry, you can also use the online free download music to mp3 converter from YouTube for Mac. In this part, we will introduce 4 useful online YouTube music to mp3 converters for your reference.

When you are using these online programs, just copy and paste the link from YouTube music into the search bar, and they will search the YouTube music directory and provide you with the results in a few seconds. Check out the table below to get a further overview.

Main Feautres	YTMP3	Y2Mate	Any Video Converter	oDownloader
Free to Use	√	√	√	√
Play Audio	√	√	√	√
Download to MP3	√	√	√	√
Download to MP4	√	×	√	√
Download to Other Audio Format	×	×	√	×
Audio Cutter	×	×	×	√
Various Audio Quality	×	√	√	√

How to Convert Music from Youtube to MP3 with Online Converter for Mac

Now, let's take YTMP3 as an example to show you how to convert YouTube music to MP3 file for free.

Step 1: Copy and paste the link of YouTube music, and paste it into the search bar. Then click on the Convert icon.

Step 2: After a few seconds, you can see the download options on the page. Simply click on the Download mp3 button.

Step 3: The YouTube music to MP3 song will be downloaded as soon as possible. And you can check the YouTube Music to MP3 downloads on the local folder of your Mac.

Part 3. FAQs about Converting YouTube Music

Part 4. Conclusion

We have summarized several effective methods to convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac. And here we still recommend TunesKit Audio Capture as the best YouTube Music to MP3 converter whether your computer is running Windows or Mac. Not only that, this program is capable of recording any type of internal audio from the computer, like music, shows, game voice call, etc. Feel free to give it a try.