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iPod: The Missing Manual, 7th Edition
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iPod: The Missing Manual, 7th Edition

by J.D. Biersdorfer, David Pogue
October 2008
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
9h 25m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Change a Song's File Format

Sometimes you've got a song already in iTunes whose format you want to change—maybe you need to convert an AIFF file before loading it onto your iPod Shuffle. First, head over to Edit→Preferences (iTunes→Preferences), click the General tab and then the Import Settings button. From the Import Using pop-up menu, pick the format you want to convert to and then click OK.

Now, in your iTunes library, select the song you want to convert and then choose Advanced→Create MP3 Version (or AAC, AIFF, or whatever format you just picked).

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If you have a whole folder or disk full of potential converts, hold down the Shift (Option) key as you choose Advanced→“Convert to AAC” (or your chosen encoding format). A window pops up, which you can use to navigate to the folder or disk holding the files you want to convert. The only files that don't get converted are protected ones: Audible.com tracks and tracks from the iTunes Store that still have copy-protection built in. If you bought the track after January 2009, though, odds are you have a high-quality iTunes Plus track (page 141) that's delightfully free of such restrictions.

The song or songs in the original format, as well as the freshly converted tracks, are now in your library.

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