apmyx

A GUI-based Apple Music downloader for Atmos, Lossless, and AAC formats (needs to be built from source for MacOS, Linux).

Get the latest Windows app from releases. Please refer to the Installation section before starting the GUI to avoid any errors.

About

Easily download your playlists, songs, albums, artist discographies up to Lossless 24-bit/192kHz, and music videos up to 4K.

For music videos, lyrics downloads, and AAC LC 256, you only need a token and do not need to install the wrapper.

The wrapper is required for ALAC, Atmos, AAC Binaural, and Downmix formats. To install the wrapper, follow the guide for MacOS or Windows.

Features

Easy Search

Search for your favorite songs and artists directly in the app.

Quality Selection

Check available audio qualities directly in the GUI before downloading.

Artist Discography Download

Download complete artist discographies with one click.

Sync Your Music Library with Lyrics

Select Tracks, Albums, and Music Videos

Choose specific tracks, albums, or music videos to download.

Requirements

You need an active Apple Music subscription to download music.

Getting Your Media User Token

You need a media user token for downloading AAC LC quality and lyrics.

Method 1: Using Developer Tools

1. Open the Apple Music website and log in with your subscription account.
2. Open developer tools (press Ctrl+Shift+I or Cmd+Option+I on Mac).
3. Navigate to the Application tab. If you don't see it, click the >> symbol in the dev tools tabs to find it in the dropdown menu.
4. Expand the Storage section and select Cookies, then click on https://music.apple.com.
5. Find the cookie named media-user-token and copy its value.

Method 2: Using Cookie Export Extensions

For Chrome:

1. Install the Get cookies.txt LOCALLY extension.
2. Open the Apple Music website and log in to your account.
3. Click the extension icon and then the export button to save the cookies.txt file.
4. Open the file and find the line containing media-user-token.
5. Copy the long value from that line.
6. Paste the value into the apmyx settings field.

For Firefox:

1. Install the Export Cookies extension.
2. Open the Apple Music website and log in to your account.
3. Click the extension icon and choose to export cookies for music.apple.com.
4. Open the saved file and find the line containing media-user-token.
5. Copy the long value from that line.
6. Paste the value into the apmyx settings field.

Important Notes:

• Do not include leading or trailing spaces when pasting the token. Paste it exactly as it appears (for example, ending with ==, not == ). Extra spaces will cause errors.
• You can also enter the token manually in config.yaml.
• Without this token, you can only download higher quality formats like ALAC and Atmos (when using the wrapper). AAC LC and lyrics will not be available.

Installation

Basic Setup

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page
2. Extract the file using 7-Zip or WinRAR
3. Run the apmyx.exe file
4. Enter your media user token in the settings

Required Tools

You need these tools installed on your computer for apmyx to work properly.

Installing mp4box (Required for Music Video Muxing and Tagging)

1. Visit GPAC Downloads
2. Download the Windows installer
3. Install GPAC to the default location (usually C:\Program Files\GPAC)
4. Add to PATH:
   • Search for Edit the system environment variables
   • Click Environment Variables
   • Under System variables, select Path and click Edit
   • Click New and add C:\Program Files\GPAC
   • Click OK on all windows

Installing mp4decrypt (Required for Music Video Downloads)

1. Visit Bento4 Downloads
2. Click Binaries for Windows 10
3. Download and extract the zip file
4. Create a folder at C:\bento4
5. Copy the contents to C:\bento4
6. Add to PATH:
   • Search for Edit the system environment variables
   • Click Environment Variables
   • Under System variables, select Path and click Edit
   • Click New and add C:\bento4\bin
   • Click OK on all windows

Installing FFmpeg (Required for Animated Artwork)

1. Visit the FFmpeg download page
2. Click on the Windows logo
3. Click Windows builds from gyan.dev
4. Download ffmpeg-git-full.7z (latest version)
5. Extract the downloaded file using 7-Zip
6. Rename the extracted folder to ffmpeg
7. Move the folder to C:\ffmpeg
8. Add to PATH:
   • Search for Edit the system environment variables
   • Click Environment Variables
   • Under System variables, select Path and click Edit
   • Click New and add C:\ffmpeg\bin
   • Click OK on all windows

Important: Restart your computer after adding all tools to PATH.

Wrapper Installation (Windows)

The wrapper is only needed if you want to download these formats:

• ALAC (Apple Lossless)
• Atmos
• AAC Binaural
• AAC Downmix

Step 1: Download and Install WSL

Download the required files from the link below:

Download AMDL WSL1 ALL IN ONE.zip

1. Extract the downloaded zip file
2. Run the batch script named 0-1 Install WSL1(need to reboot later).bat
3. This will install WSL on your computer
4. Important: Restart your computer after installation completes

Step 2: Install Ubuntu and Dependencies

1. After restarting, run the script named 0-2 Install Ubuntu-AMDL(only once).bat
2. This will install Ubuntu on WSL and all required dependencies for the wrapper

Step 3: Configure and Start the Wrapper

1. Open the script 1. Run decryptor (!!!need to replace username and password in this file).bat in a text editor like Notepad
2. Find the text username:password and replace it with your Apple Music credentials. Make sure to enclose your credentials in quotes.
   • Example: "youremail@example.com:yourpassword"
3. Save the file
4. Run the script 1. Run decryptor (!!!need to replace username and password in this file).bat
5. Wait until you see "response type 6 and listening status" in the wrapper window
6. Keep this window open while using apmyx

Step 4: Start apmyx

Download the app for Windows from releases, extract it, and open apmyx.exe.

OR

Run from source code:

git clone https://github.com/rwnk-12/apmyx-gui.git
cd apmyx-gui
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd src
python main.py

Wrapper Installation (MacOS)

The wrapper is only needed if you want to download these formats:

• ALAC (Apple Lossless)
• Atmos
• AAC Binaural
• AAC Downmix

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Open the terminal and run the following command:

brew install go gpac git docker

Step 2: Login to Wrapper

Use the Docker command to log in to the wrapper. Replace username:password with your Apple Music account credentials (Subscription required , username = email).

docker run -v ./rootfs/data:/app/rootfs/data -e args="-L username:password -F" --rm ghcr.io/itouakirai/wrapper:x86

Note: If you have enabled 2FA verification:

1. Wait to receive the verification code
2. Open a new terminal and follow the prompts to enter the verification code
3. If the response shows type 6, the login is successful
4. Close all terminal windows

Step 3: Start the Wrapper

Open the terminal and execute the wrapper run command:

docker run -v ./rootfs/data:/app/rootfs/data -p 10020:10020 -p 20020:20020 -e args="-M 20020 -H 0.0.0.0" --rm ghcr.io/itouakirai/wrapper:x86

Keep this terminal window open while using apmyx.

Step 4: Start apmyx

Run from source code:

git clone https://github.com/rwnk-12/apmyx-gui.git
cd apmyx-gui
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd src
python main.py

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This guide was created by itouakirai up to step 3 (before step 4). This section has been extracted from their docs. If you encounter any issues with the wrapper installation, please open an issue here.

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Building from Source

For developers, contributors, or users on macOS and Linux, you can run the application directly from the source code.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Go: Version 1.18 or newer (Download here)
• Python: Version 3.9 or newer (Download here)
• Required Tools: FFmpeg, mp4box, and mp4decrypt (follow the installation steps for your OS above)

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/rwnk-12/apmyx-gui.git
cd apmyx-gui
cd scripts

2. Build the Backend

This step compiles the Go program that handles all downloading and processing.

# For macOS & Linux (make the script executable first)
chmod +x build_go.sh
./build_go.sh

# For Windows (using Git Bash or WSL)
./build_go.sh

A downloader (or downloader.exe on Windows) file will be created in the src/core/ directory.

3. Set Up the Python Environment

This creates an isolated environment and installs the Python libraries needed for the GUI.

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate the environment
# On macOS & Linux:
source venv/bin/activate

# On Windows:
.\venv\Scripts\activate

# Install the required libraries
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the Application

Once the backend is built and the Python environment is set up, start the app:

cd src
python main.py

The application window should now appear.

Support

For issues or questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

Credits & References

• zhaarey/apple-music-downloader
• zhaarey/wrapper
• itouakirai/apple-music-jshook-script