If you have a lot of songs or audio files purchased from the iTunes Store, you may have noticed that they are in the m4a format, which sometimes tends to not play well with non-Apple devices.
The solution, of course, is to convert your m4a purchases into an mp3 file, which is universally accepted by any app or device.
Related: Learn how to convert your MP4 files to MP3.
Even better: Many users may not be aware of this, but you can actually do this conversion pretty easily using iTunes, which will save you time and money if you’re thinking about it. the purchase of specialized conversion software.
Let’s go into the steps you need to take to make this conversion.
Set up iTunes
Step 1: First you need to tell iTunes that all converted files need to be in mp3 format from now on. To do that, go to iTunes Interest and there click overview navigation. You will find a button labeled Enter settings… Click it.
Step 2: On the next window, click the drop-down menu named Enter use. There, select ‘MP3 Encoder’ from the available options and click ALRIGHT both in this window and in the main options panel to close them.
Prepare for the transformation
Step 3: Before converting your audio files from m4a to mp3, you should put them all into a separate playlist for organizational purposes.
The reason for this is that when iTunes converts the m4a file, it actually creates an mp3 copy of that file so it doesn’t delete the original m4a file. Now, while it’s nice to keep all your original m4a files, the problem is that if you have to convert a large number of them, you can get a nasty mess of m4a and m4a files. mp3 which you will have to find and find manually. check them one by one to find out which one is the mp3 version.
Thus, with your playlist created, all the files will be there and still easily accessible.
Convert your M4a audio files to Mp3
Step 4: Converting your m4a file is really a piece of cake once you have done the steps mentioned above. To do so, go to your playlist and select all m4a songs.
Step 5: Then right click on them and from the available options select Create MP3 version. Wait a while and your converted files will be ready.
Find your Mp3 files fast
Step 6: You’ve created all your new mp3 files, but now you have to actually get hold of them. If you haven’t created a playlist, this can be a nightmare task, as you’ll have to manually find each song and then check each song to verify if it’s the mp3 or m4a version.
Thankfully, with your playlist, this is no longer an issue. What you have to do here is just right click on any song and select Show in Finder from the options displayed.
You will then see a Finder window containing both the m4a and mp3 versions of your audio file.
Now just grab your new mp3 files and enjoy them!
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