“Can I download my Tidal music to my USB drive, so I can listen on my car?”
Tidal is a great streaming music service that stands out for its millions of songs with superior sound quality. While you can download Tidal music within the Tidal mobile app, it doesn't seem easy to put the music files on your own devices. How can I download my favorite music from Tidal to a USB drive? Keep reading, and we will show you an easy but useful way to take full advantage of the offline feature in Tidal.
What makes it difficult to download Tidal music to USB?
Many audiophiles prefer to save their favorite albums, playlists and tracks on their own devices, such as USB drives. However, downloading Tidal music directly to a USB drive is not supported by Tidal's official features. There are two main reasons why it is difficult to do that.
(1) You can’t locate the Tidal music downloads
Tidal offline mode is only available for mobile devices, that means you can download tracks in Tidal apps for iOS/Android. So many people will ask a question: Where are my Tidal music downloads stored? Unfortunately, you cannot locate the downloaded Tidal music files directly, as Tidal encrypts the downloaded music files to protect them. The downloaded files are stored in an encrypted format within the Tidal app's storage, making it difficult to locate them manually. You even don’t have access to downloaded Tidal music files, not mention to transfer them to a USB stick.
(2) You can’t directly transfer Tidal music to USB from a smartphone
It is not easy to directly transfer music files from a smartphone or tablet to a USB drive. First, your smartphone needs to support USB-OTG functionality. Additionally, this feature is still not present in the Tidal app. Generally, Tidal only allows you to sync your account information and stream music from the Tidal app to supported devices via Tidal Connect service. However, it is not compatible with many audio devices.
2 Easy steps to download and transfer Tidal music to USB
Many people want to download Tidal music and save it to a USB drive, no matter the reason. Here, we'll recommend an excellent tool and go over the steps of downloading Tidal music to USB.
Step 1: Download Tidal music and video to local computer
You can download Tidal music on a mobile device within the Tidal app, but sometimes you may not download all of your favorite music on the phone because of the very limited internal storage sizes. No matter why you decide to save Tidal music to a USB, the first step is to download Tidal songs to your local computer.
Epubor Tidal Downloader is such a great tool that allows you to download your favorite tracks, playlists, albums, and videos on PC/Mac with lossless sound quality. Transferring and saving Tidal to USB shouldn't be difficult, as long as you get the local music files.
Simply install Tidal Desktop on your PC/Mac and log into your Tidal account. Next, launch Epubor Tidal Downloader, it will automatically detect all the songs from your Tidal music collection and load them in the left panel.
Then you can select the songs you would like to download, and drag and drop them to the right column. Additionally,
Step 2: Transfer downloaded Tidal music to USB
When the download is successfully finished, you will find all the converted music files saved in separate folders named after the album, playlist, and artist. It's very helpful for people who have a music library with a large number of songs to back up and organize their music files easily.
Finally, you can connect a USB drive to your computer, then copy and paste the converted Tidal songs to the USB for portable usage.
Conclusion
While you can stream your favorite music with the Tidal app, USB is still a great option to download music for portable usage. It is a simple, portable, and affordable way to store your music files and easily transfer them between different devices. And, more importantly, you can easily download and transfer your favorite to the USB so you can enjoy them with any preferred device.
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