Convert a vocal to a unlike file format with the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows

Learn how to convert a song to a dissimilar file format and keep a re-create of the original.

You tin can use the Apple Music app on Mac or iTunes for Windows to catechumen song files between compressed and uncompressed formats. For example, you might want to import some uncompressed files into your music library every bit compressed files to save disk space. Examples of compressed formats are MP3 and Apple Lossless Encoder. Examples of uncompressed formats are AIFF or WAV.

Y'all shouldn't discover reduced sound quality when y'all:

  • Catechumen betwixt uncompressed formats
  • Go from a compressed to an uncompressed format

You might notice reduced sound quality when you lot:

  • Convert between compressed formats
  • Get from an uncompressed to a compressed format

Learn more about audio compression.

For best results, if you desire your music in a different format, import again from the original source using the new encoding format.

You can convert the format of songs that are in your music library, in a folder, or on a disk.

Catechumen songs in your music library

Follow the steps below for your device.

On your Mac

  1. Open the Apple tree Music app.
  2. In the carte bar, cull Music > Preferences.
  3. Click the Files tab, then click Import Settings.
  4. Click the menu next to Import Using, and then choose the encoding format that you want to catechumen the song to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the songs in your library that yous want to catechumen.
  7. Choose File > Convert, and then Create [format] Version.

New song files appear in your library adjacent to the original files.

On your PC

  1. Open iTunes for Windows.
  2. In the card bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
  3. Click the General tab, and so click Import Settings.
  4. Click the menu adjacent to Import Using, then choose the encoding format that yous want to convert the song to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the songs in your library that you want to convert.
  7. Choose File > Convert, then Create [format] Version.

New song files appear in your library next to the original files.

Convert songs from files in a folder or on a disk

You lot can import songs into the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows and catechumen them at the same time. This creates a converted re-create of the file in your music library, based on your preferences in the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows.

To convert all of the songs in a binder or on a disk, follow the steps below for your device.

Older purchased songs are encoded in a Protected AAC format that prevents them from being converted.

On your Mac

  1. Open the Apple Music app.
  2. In the carte du jour bar, cull Music > Preferences.
  3. Click the Files tab, so click Import Settings.
  4. Click the carte next to Import Using, so choose the encoding format that you lot want to catechumen the songs to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. On your keyboard, agree downward the Option central and choose File > Convert > Convert to [import preference].
  7. Select the folder or disk that contains songs that you want to import and convert.

The songs in their original format and the converted songs appear in your library.

On your PC

  1. Open iTunes for Windows.
  2. In the menu bar, cull Edit > Preferences.
  3. Click the Full general tab, and so click Import Settings.
  4. Click the bill of fare next to Import Using, then cull the encoding format that you want to convert the songs to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. On your keyboard, hold down the Shift key and choose File > Convert > Convert to [import preference].
  7. Select the folder or disk that contains songs that you want to import and catechumen.

The songs in their original format and the converted songs appear in your library.

Acquire more than

When y'all convert a file with the Apple tree Music app or iTunes for Windows, the original file remains unchanged in the aforementioned location. The Apple tree Music app and iTunes for Windows creates the converted file from a copy of the original.

Well-nigh compression

When you lot convert a song to certain compressed formats, some data might be lost. These compressed formats give you a much smaller file size, which lets you shop more than songs. But, the sound quality might not be every bit good equally the original, uncompressed format.

You might not hear a departure between a compressed and uncompressed song. This can depend on the song, your speakers or headphones, or your music device.

If you lot compress a vocal and information technology loses data, yous tin can't uncompress information technology to call up the data. If you lot convert a vocal from a compressed to an uncompressed format, its quality doesn't improve. The file merely takes up more disk space. An example is when yous convert a song in MP3 format (a compressed format) to AIFF (an uncompressed format). The song takes up much more space on your hard disk, just sounds the same as the compressed file. To take reward of uncompressed formats, yous should import songs in these formats.

About copyright

You lot tin use the Apple Music app and iTunes for Windows to reproduce materials. It is licensed to you only for reproduction of:

  • Not-copyrighted materials
  • Materials for which yous ain the copyright
  • Materials you are authorized or legally permitted to reproduce

If you lot are uncertain about your right to copy whatsoever cloth, you should contact your legal advisor. For more than data, see the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

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