Music to Convert in iTunes, add
Of course, the music files you want to convert, locally on your Computer or directly connected to your Computer disk. Your music files are stored only on iTunes Match in the iCloud, so you need to download this first.
Music Track in iTunes, convert
With the following steps, you can convert your iTunes files in the formats AIFF, MP3, WAV, AAC, and Apple Lossless Audio Codec Files with the formats mp4, or m4a.
- Open the iTunes preferences. To do this, click on your Mac, click the menu "iTunes" on a PC on the "edit" menu. Then select the "settings" button.
- Then click on the tab "General" button on the bottom right "import settings".
- Select in the Drop-Down menu next to "Import using:" in what Format you want your title to convert. "OK" to save the settings.
- Now select the title that you want to convert like.
- On your Mac, open the "file" menu or on your PC the "file" menu. Under the menu item "create New Version" (Mac) or "New working-copy" (Windows) you can convert your music file into a previously set Format.
- The original Version you get. If you no longer wish to use it at all, you can delete this. Check beforehand the quality of the new Audio Tracks.
Audio file at a time in iTunes to import and convert
- Select the file menu (Mac) or file (Windows).
- Select "New create working copy" (Windows) or "create New Version" (Mac).
- Press the alt key (Mac) or shift key (Windows) and hold it down. For example, click "convert to AAC" if you have previously selected AAC as the conversion Format.
- Now you can choose which music Files you want to import and convert. Then click on "Open".
Conversion and music quality
- From a compressed to uncompressed file format, no quality there is likely to be a loss. However, there may be a reduction in the quality, if you want to convert files in a compressed Format. If the output format is not, or is compressed, does not matter.
- "Lossy formats" to reduce the storage space of your iTunes songs strong, but can also affect the quality of your music collection.
- If you only have the compressed track, you can make any file, which has the original sound quality.
In a further practical tip we can tell you what you can do if the iTunes album art is not loading.
