How To Convert a Cassette Tape to a Mac

[truthbtoldude]

when i open sound recorder there is no link saying 'line in' - am i doing something wrong

[LittleSusie95]

But can you transfer videos from a cassette to a Mac?

[TheColddesi]

really great thanks a lot

[ktgayle18]

I just used your tutorial and it worked great! My problem how ever is that I can't put it in iTunes. I read the comment below where you suggested converting it to a .m4a and I did that and it didn't help. I need to put the files on CDs and when I put the mp3s on the CD, nothing plays but it does recognize that there is 76 min on it. PLEASE HELP!!!

[litlgeezer]

Along with many others, I too don't have a line in on this Mac laptop. What do I need to do now?

[JPR2473]

I luv ur cassette player.

[dustyjane]

Thanks so much for this great video! You made it so easy. I've been wanting to convert a cassette for quite awhile and you made it possible!!! Look forward to watching all your other tutorials and learn more cool things!

[TheTeacherLola]

I don´t have a line in in my macbook :(

[Sundancer213]

MY MACBOOK PRO MY 13 inch MACBOOK PRO DOSN'T HAVE LINE IN!

[Sundancer213]

1:40 No u can use Garage Band!

[cretsina]

This was great. I found that converting the files to AIFF worked the best on my Mac. Thanks a lot for saving me the trouble buying one of those converters

[RickyCapote]

I don't have a mic jack only headphones. no line in. any suggestions or ideas on what to do?

[lrritated]

Will This convert My Cassete Into A Macbook Air Or Pro ?

[noblsht]

dude i would lick your ****'s,the software works well,that golden records crap would cut the recording off half way thruoght the first some ,,it does have a little more functionality, but if it doesn't work it is not worth the time let alone the money

[hambone9119]

i AM 23 I embrace the 4 most common formats Cd Cassette Vinyl and Mp3, It is so much easier for me to have a working tape deck and listen to my tapes then fuck around and convert them i have a tape deck in my car alas with a Usb slot for my mp3 music, the cassette slot in the system in my car is there, because its here for me to dub an album from vinyl to a tape then fuck around converting. And people dont want ot steal a dam tape deck from a car.

[Gauraonline]

After I download the software link to my Mac, how do I install it please ?

[macandcomputerhelp]

@Gauraonline If the window to open the software doesn't automatically come up, double-click on the white icon (the DMG) right below your Macintosh HD, then just follow the rest of my video.

[alexis7966]

HI - I have a Macbook Air. I tried your video, but got to the line in part and... it looks like I only have a headphones jack. When I opened the software, it did not offer me the "line in" option that you selected - it only had a microphone option.

Is there anything I can do?

Thanks!

Alexis

[Gauraonline]

Thank you very much for this. I have hundreds of tapes that I will need to convert to my Mac. Is the Monkey Breads software jsut as good as AUdacity, Taste, SPin Doctor, etc...? I dont know how good those others are but I heard of them. Once I follow your advice and get started , I will need to know how to divide a side of a cassette into separate songs.

[Rick951]

I followed all the instructions and my cassette tape did not convert to a Mac as indicated in the title; it is still a cassette tape. :(

[AustinBio1]

You are such an idiot. useful info but why go so slow? it's condescending and infuriating. I want to get useful info, not listen to you talk for 30 seconds about how to plug an aux. cord in and load a tape cassette. Good grief. You're an aggrivation just like the rest of the conceited Mac geeks. Get a life.

[tiger507]

You can also use smart converter from the app store. its free and easy to use! :)

[faj3251]

Great video,have a macbook pro,at the end i used miro to convert it to mp3 then burned it to disc. Thank You

[pwmaine]

Loved the video. Could not get the files to drop into iTunes as .mP3 but discovered that they drop right in if I rename as.MPEG. Hope this helps others.

[talkaboutcharm]

What if you wanted to record on to a cassette tape FROM your MacBook?

[mboltwood1]

I have a Mac Book. I followed your excellent video and at the end, I changed the files from .mov to .mp3 but each side of a cassette is taking up over 600 mb of space and now my start disk is over-full. Any suggestions?

[macandcomputerhelp]

@mboltwood1 Yeah, check out Miro Video Converter. It is free & allows you to convert to .mp3. It also is extremely easy to use.

[claireandmatt1]

Good news = You can still use GarageBand for this experiment. You don't really need additional software, but you 'do' need the auxilary cable, a cassette player, and an iMac / MacBook Air / MacBook Pro (and of course, software like GarageBand / Logic Express / Logic Pro). :-)

[claireandmatt1]

watch?v=5TBT75Mo1Ow

[candacegre]

This was awesome, thank you for the information. One question...I do not have a line in port next to the head phone jack. I only have the head phone jack on MacBook Pro. I tried this with that port and it didnt work. Any suggestions.

[tiger507]

@candacegre The only headphone jack we have on the mac book is for input and output. Atleast thats the specs on the apple website. should work.

[Themarcus1005]

Thank's a lot that was a great tutorial and now I know how to convert all my old cassettes to my mac

[silvicurlytop]

great!!! it was easy! thank you very much!!!

[mininananana]

I want to do the reverse

[claireandmatt1]

Will this work with GarageBand aswell?

I'm sure it would, because that app records your voice and stuff. :-)

[nobux60]

You might want to take a look at the Polderbits sound and editing software. It does a whole lot more than this. The problem with the illustrated recorder being in this video is that you will record everything in monophonic (non-stereo) To convert stereo music tapes, you need a stereo cassette player. Polderbits allows you to save the sound format you want (.mp3, .wav, etc)

[hugo23amsterdam]

thanks a lot!

[Inidentificado]

Once again, The internet showed me that it have ALL the answers.

Thanks

[guitarhero666759]

you do realise you can just use Garageband right?

[korgpadude]

just what i was looking for lol

[dridesharley]

what web address do I use to get this software, sound recorder mac?

[gladieola]

thanks a bunch 

[BrainSeepsOut]

Well, that won't be the best quality, but neither are the cassettes.

Still, not the same thing ;_; Cassette nostalgia.

Also, why even bother putting them on iTunes? Oh right, you're on MacOS.

[jhoppa11]

Tried saving in mp3, mp4 and m4a formats (couldn't import any of these to iTunes), tried using Prism (didn't work - message says can't open source video file). So the only way to play the file is using Sound Recorder Mac? Was hoping to burn this file to a CD somehow...

[fluffthebunny]

You can also just record it to GarageBand as well, at least that's what I do.

[sedrickh123]

@fluffthebunny How is the quality of the garage band recording?

[chercall]

When I tried to add my mp3 recording to my iTunes library, nothing happened.  I can play it from my desktop, but not with iTunes. Any suggestions?

[macandcomputerhelp]

You could try converting it to .m4a file format then putting it into iTunes. Prism is a good Mac file converter.

[Acadianiste]

pfffff, tapes are great and soulfull.... just get Apple to market the "i-Cassette Player". millions of apple geeks would have the joy of having another Apple toy to buy at the Apple Store.

[GadgetTrish]

This is very helpful, thank you for posting.

[dancingvix]

hey this is Great! but how can I get it to play on my itunes?

[macandcomputerhelp]

Just drag and drop the file, from the folder where you saved it, on the iTunes library.

[vastoceanblue]

coolbeans

[newestappleman]

Thanks for the video. It worked

[Joethemonkey101]

so this won't work with a mid 09 mbp?

[WierdmanProductions]

cool

[Joethemonkey101]

also what if u don't have the auxillary cable u used?

[macandcomputerhelp]

any auxiliary cable will work

[Joethemonkey101]

yeah i don't know what that is...

[Phineasflynn1416]

The same kind of wire you use to play your ipod in the car or on a idog will work.