How to Download iTunes Episodes for Free

As one of the most popular online digital stores in the world, iTunes plays a big role in providing us with the largest number of movies and TV shows, from classic to the hottest. For a long time, iTunes has been offering the users two ways to get the videos via purchasing or renting. It provides free apps, podcasts and books sometimes. But never with the movies and TV episodes until November 2014 when Apple launched a new iTunes section called "Free on iTunes" where iTunes users have access to a great many of free full-length TV episodes. Now, some premium items are offered time from time for free too. If you haven't downloaded any free iTunes media files before and have no idea on how to get free iTunes episodes, you head to the tutorial below to learn how to download free videos from iTunes in a few clicks step by step.

Tools You'll Need to Download Free iTunes TV Shows

Firstly, you should pay attention to the requirements before getting started. Typically, to make it work more smoothly, you need to have the following 3 tools prepared in advance.

A Windows or Mac computer. Usually you can download videos from a mobile device as long as it supports iTunes. But to make it easier to locate and download iTunes videos, we'd recommend to use a computer.

Latest version iTunes. If you have a Mac computer, the iTunes is already built in the system, you just need to go to iTunes top menu > Click 'Check for Updates' to update to the latest version. For a Windows computer, you can download and install the latest version from Apple official website.

An Apple ID. If you don't have one, you should sign up firstly. It is not difficult at all, just go to 'Sign In' page and then click 'Create New Apple ID' and then input your personal info and credit card info to register a new free account.

Complete Tutorial: How to Download Free Videos from iTunes

1. Open iTunes application on your Mac or Windows by double-clicking the app icon. Then click "TV Shows" > "iTunes Store" option on the top of iTunes interface.

2. Pull down the store page of TV Shows till you see the "Free on iTunes" section.

3. Now you will see the free music and TV shows listed on the page. Simply select the one you want to download and click to get more info of that free episode.

4. You can click "Get HD" button behind the name of the shows and start to download the free full-length iTunes TV episodes automatically.

More Useful Tips: Get Your Free iTunes TV Shows More Free!

Before you go, you should know that iTunes movies and TV shows, including the free episodes are only allowed to play on Apple's devices, or in other words, the iTunes compatible devices. That's to say, it's impossible to play the free iTunes TV shows on Android or other popular devices and players, unless we remove the restriction, called DRM from those videos. Fortunately, there are many solutions for iTunes movies, here we mean DRmare M4V Converter which will help you completely crack DRM encryption from all iTunes videos and losslessly convert the locked iTunes M4V files to common MP4, M4V, MOV, etc. for playing on any device.

Find the complete tutorial here: How to Convert iTunes M4V Videos to MP4.