How to Convert AAC (ITunes) Format to MP3, No Download!

Have a MP3 player thats not an IPod But don't want to risk downloading LimeWire, Kazza etc?....

If you right-click on a music track in iTunes, there is an option to Convert Selection to some other format.

Probably it says "Convert Selection to AAC", which is useless because your iTunes tracks are already in AAC format!

You'll need to change your import settings to get iTunes to import the track as MP3. In iTunes 8, go to Edit / Preferences / General and click the Import Settings button. In older versions of iTunes, click on Edit / Preferences / Importing (or Edit / Preferences / Advanced / Importing). Your goal is to change the Import Using from the default setting to "MP3 Encoder".

Click OK to save this setting.

Now when you right-click on a music track, there is an option to Convert Selection to MP3. But just try it... iTunes will tell you that "Protected files cannot be converted to other formats."

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[TheAndrewj96]

Thanks for the ear rape.

[mrharocesar]

cant find import setting!!!!!!!help plz!!!!! :'(

[Hi88378]

OMG!!! Thank you soooo much!!! I have an apple so the places where things were, were a bit different but you definitely helped!!! I'm doing a project for school and the computers at my school only work with mp3 formats so I was going to be so bummed! So thank you so much!

[TheSlipKnot981]

@randyana to put on, say, your kindle touch.

[naa415]

@randyana most music editing software doesnt support ACC format.

[randyana]

yes, but why you wanna do the conversion if ACC sound quality is way better than MP3`s

[BanterClausGaming]

This works awesome.

[funkyange]

thanks sooooooo much! I almost purchased some software on line! you are legend!

[akhutchison]

put it on MUTE, and everything is ok :)

[akhutchison]

thanks, this really helped :D

[reverbman100]

Please cut the music and talk!

[jamesfitness]

Thanks for the tutorial! Might want to look in to getting checked out for schizophrenia though. You can't possibly think that audio was appropriate can you? I would have rather gotten Rick rolled.