How to Download Tidal Music in High Fidelity on Mac

Part 1: How to Download Tidal Music in High Fidelity on Mac for Tidal HiFi or HiFi Plus?

If you're a Tidal subscriber (HiFi or HiFi Plus), you can use the Tidal desktop app on macOS to cache songs, albums, or playlists for offline playback.

Now you can play the downloaded music offline at any time in the "Download Content" column.

This method only caches encrypted files and cannot be exported, copied, transferred, or converted to MP3/FLAC. Offline playback is limited to the Tidal client.

Part 2: How to Download Tidal HiFi Music as FLAC/MP3 Files?

If you want to actually download and save Tidal HiFi music as local files on your Mac so that you can import it into iTunes, USB flash drives, car players, DJ software, and other devices for playback, we recommend using a third-party professional tool - Sidify Tidal Music Converter.

Sidify Tidal Music Converter is a desktop application that allows Tidal subscribers to download and convert tracks to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF or ALAC format. It has built-in with the Tidal Music player where you can directly listen to the music tracks. Moreover, this wonderful tool is dedicated to downloading Tidal music with ID3 tags kept, as well as keeping original audio quality (including HiFi audio quality), offering Tidal subscribers a great experience to enjoy music offline.

Key Features of Sidify Tidal Music Converter

Sidify Tidal Music Converter

• Download Tidal music to the computer.
• Export Tidal songs as MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC files.
• Keep source audio quality and ID3 tags after conversion.
• Fully support the latest Windows 11 & macOS 15 Sequoia.
• Free updates & technical support.

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If you want a tool to convert any streaming music (including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, DailyMotion …) to MP3, Sidify All-In-One is the go-to choice.

With Tidal Music Converter, you can save your Tidal music as MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC files on your Mac computer with only 4 easy steps. Here’s the step-by-step tutorial:

Step 1Launch Tidal Music Converter

Launch Tidal Music Converter, and Tidal App will pop up. Also you can switch to Tidal Webplayer.

Step 2Choose the Output Format and Customize the Output Path

Click the "Settings" button in the lower left corner. Here you can choose the output format (MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF or ALAC) & customize the output path. Besides, you can organize the output files by Artist, Album, Artist/Album, Album/Artist, Playlist/Artist or Playlist/Album.

Step 3Import Tidal Music

Go to a playlist, artist or album, then click the musical note icon to view the list of tracks you can download. The button is located at the right-side panel for macOS.

Step 4Save Tidal Music to Computer

Tick the songs you want to download then tap the "Convert" button to start saving them to your local Mac computer. Once the download is complete, you can click the "History" icon to find and play the well-downloaded Tidal music.