Finally, you can listen to Apple Music losslessly on Windows.
Prerequisites:
- The system should be a newer version of Windows 10 (such as 22H1).
- Go to "Settings - Update - Developer options" and enable the "Developer mode - Install apps from any source, including loose files" switch.
Steps:
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Download the offline MSIXBUNDLE installation package.
Go to https://store.rg-adguard.net/ and enter "9PFHDD62MXS1" in the search box. Select "ProductId" from the dropdown menu on the left and select "Fast" from the dropdown menu on the right. Click the rightmost checkmark to search and download the largest MSIXBUNDLE file. -
Extract:
- Use software like 7-zip to extract the MSIXBUNDLE to your local drive.
- In the extracted folder, find a file similar to "MusicPackage_1.0.9985.0_x64.msix" (the file without the "scale-xxx" part at the end, usually the largest file). Extract it again to a directory.
- Rename the second extracted folder to "Apple Music" and place it in a folder that you won't touch unless you're out of your mind, such as "C:".
- Modify:
In the second extracted folder, modify the "AppxManifest.xml" file:
- Open this file with a code editor like Notepad3, Sublime Text, or VSCode. Don't use the garbage Notepad that comes with Windows. If there's a problem, you're on your own
- Press "Ctrl + F" to find the "TargetDeviceFamily" field. Once found, don't touch it randomly. Look at the corresponding "MinVersion" after it. Change the part after "10.0." in that number to your own Windows version number. For example, I changed it to 19045.2486. (How to check the Windows version number: https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/ea24bc39f5ab839b63b3311d.html)
- Save and close the file.
- Delete the "AppxBlockMap.xml" file, "AppxSignature.p7x" file, "[Content_Types].xml" file, and "AppxMetadata" folder in the same directory.
- Install:
- In the "Apple Music" folder, hold Shift and right-click the mouse. Select "Open PowerShell window here".
- Enter "Add-AppxPackage -Register" and then drag the modified "AppxManifest.xml" into the window and press Enter.
- If there are no errors, check the Windows Start menu. Apple Music should now appear.
- Supplementary:
- If the error message indicates that something is not installed, please download and install a runtime library from here.
Enjoy~
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Postscript:
[2023/3/26] Apple Music Preview is still too much of a preview... I have switched back to Cider (https://cider.sh).