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

Learn how to catechumen a vocal to a different file format and keep a re-create of the original.

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

You shouldn't notice reduced audio quality when you:

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

Y'all might notice reduced sound quality when y'all:

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

Learn more than about audio pinch.

For all-time results, if you want your music in a unlike format, import over again from the original source using the new encoding format.

Y'all can catechumen the format of songs that are in your music library, in a folder, or on a deejay.

Convert songs in your music library

Follow the steps below for your device.

On your Mac

  1. Open the Apple Music app.
  2. In the menu bar, cull Music > Preferences.
  3. Click the Files tab, so click Import Settings.
  4. Click the menu next to Import Using, then choose the encoding format that you want to catechumen the vocal to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the songs in your library that you lot want to convert.
  7. Choose File > Catechumen, 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 menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
  3. Click the General tab, then click Import Settings.
  4. Click the menu next to Import Using, so choose the encoding format that you desire to convert the song to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the songs in your library that you want to convert.
  7. Choose File > Catechumen, so Create [format] Version.

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

Convert songs from files in a folder or on a disk

You can import songs into the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows and convert them at the aforementioned 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 folder or on a deejay, follow the steps below for your device.

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

On your Mac

  1. Open the Apple Music app.
  2. In the menu bar, cull Music > Preferences.
  3. Click the Files tab, and so click Import Settings.
  4. Click the carte adjacent to Import Using, then choose the encoding format that yous want to convert the songs to.
  5. Click OK.
  6. On your keyboard, concur downward the Selection central and choose File > Convert > Convert to [import preference].
  7. Select the folder or deejay that contains songs that you want to import and convert.

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

On your PC

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

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

Learn more

When you catechumen a file with the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows, the original file remains unchanged in the same location. The Apple tree Music app and iTunes for Windows creates the converted file from a copy of the original.

Nearly compression

When you lot convert a song to certain compressed formats, some data might be lost. These compressed formats give you lot a much smaller file size, which lets you store more songs. Only, the sound quality might not be as skilful as the original, uncompressed format.

Yous might non hear a departure betwixt a compressed and uncompressed song. This can depend on the song, your speakers or headphones, or your music device.

If you shrink a vocal and it loses information, you can't uncompress it to recall the information. If you convert a song from a compressed to an uncompressed format, its quality doesn't better. The file only takes up more disk infinite. An case is when you convert a song in MP3 format (a compressed format) to AIFF (an uncompressed format). The song takes up much more than space on your difficult disk, only sounds the same every bit the compressed file. To take advantage of uncompressed formats, you should import songs in these formats.

About copyright

You tin use the Apple Music app and iTunes for Windows to reproduce materials. Information technology is licensed to you but for reproduction of:

  • Non-copyrighted materials
  • Materials for which you own the copyright
  • Materials yous are authorized or legally permitted to reproduce

If you are uncertain about your right to copy any material, y'all should contact your legal advisor. For more information, see the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

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