If you ever plan on downloading your Google Play Music library be sure to carve out a few weeks of time, because that's how long it could take.

Google Music users, you can breathe a slight sigh of relief, but don’t get too excited. Google has finally enabled a way for you to retrieve the music you upload to its new music storage locker ...

How can I download my iTunes library? Streaming music from cloud services such as Spotify and Apple Music is great, but sometimes it’s good to know that if your internet connection should falter ...

Lastly, you can either have your entire library downloaded or just download all of the free and purchased music associated with your account.

Sharon Profis/CNET Downloading songs. This is useful for when you don't have reception or want to use less data streaming music -- like when you're traveling. To download music, go to Your Library.

There's no shortage of subscription-based streaming services, but what if you want to own the music you download? These sites let you do just that.

One great benefit of a paid Spotify Premium subscription is being able to download music for offline listening. Here’s how to do it.

Freegal lets you download and keep music through your local library.

With the Library redesign, using the “Songs” filter just gives you every track downloaded to your device, including those that are part of playlists and albums.

In my situation, I’m an Apple Music subscriber with iCloud Music Library enabled on each device. How to download all Apple Music on iOS 10 Create a Smart Playlist on iTunes using Mac or PC.

You can turn off your iCloud music library to stop syncing your music across all of your Apple devices.