How to Download Music to a USB for Backup and Convenient Playback

Before start, please free downloadfree download the software on your PC.

Step 1. Open the Music Downloader

Launch WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory, select “Downloader” on the home screen, and a Video Downloader window appears. Hit “+ New Download”.

Step 2. Copy the URL of the Target Music

Open the web page you want to download music from. Here we show you how to download music from YouTube. By the way, you can make use of YouTube search filters to find out kinds of songs. After opening the target song on a page, copy its URL, namely web address.

Step 3. Paste and Analyze the URL

Then go back to the music downloader, click “Paste and Analyze”. Soon, it will display all formats for the music that you can download. Head to “Download Audio” and select a download option. Click “OK.”

Step 4. Download the Music

By repeating the steps above, you can add multiple download tasks. After you have finished analyzing all songs and added the corresponding download tasks, click the “Download All” button.

Step 5. Optionally, Convert Music to More Formats

If there is no desired audio format, when the download process is complete, you can convert the music to MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, M4A and other formats, as follows:
Click “Converter” on the startup window, hit “Add Files” and import the downloaded music, click the output format icon on the right side, choose the desired audio format under the Audio tab. If you have inserted your USB device into the computer, you can set it as the target output path to download music to USB by clicking the inverted triangle button, or choose any folder you can easily find on your computer as the output destination. Finally, hit “Run” to start the conversion.

Since you have downloaded songs on your computer, it’s time to transfer them to your USB drive.

On Windows:

Step 1. Insert the USB drive into one of the USB ports on your computer.

Step 2. If you have connected the USB drive with your computer properly, it will prompt that a USB drive is inserted and an auto-play dialog pops up. Select “Open folder to view files” and open the USB drive. Or you can click on “This PC” or “Computer” on your desktop, then all the drives connecting to your computer will be displayed. Click and open the USB drive folder.

Step 3. Head to the folder containing your downloaded music files. If you have used WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory to download online music and doesn’t change the output destination, the default path should be C:\Users\Documents\WonderFox Soft\HD Video Converter Factory\Download. Copy all the music files you want to put into the USB drive.

Step 4. Switch to the USB drive folder, right click, select Paste or press Ctrl+ V to transfer the files.

Step 5. It may take a while before the transfer process. When it ends, right click the USB icon on the System Tray and select Eject.

On Mac:

Similarly, you can put music on a USB drive as follows:

Step 1. Connect your USB drive with your Mac.

Step 2. Open Finder, click the USB drive’s name and the USB drive window will be opened.

Step 3. Open the folder saving music files, click and drag the files into the USB drive window.

Step 4. When the transfer is complete, click on the drive icon on the desktop and select “Eject”.