You can preview (listen to) the song files in the Finder.Ĭlick any of the song files to open them in the Preview column of the Finder.
mp3 extensions are the files that were converted in iTunes. aif extensions are the AIFF format files that were exported from GarageBand. Notice that you have two versions of each song. The last stop on your iTunes file sharing and converting tour is to actually see the files in the iTunes Library in the Finder.ĭouble-click your hard drive icon to open your hard drive.Ĭlick the Music button, located on the left of the Finder window, to open your Music folder.Ĭlick the Column View button to view your Finder as columns.Ĭlick the iTunes folder to open the contents, and then check the iTunes Music folder.Ĭlick the folder with your name (or the user name), and then click the GarageBand Lessons Album folder to view the album contents.
#AIF TO MP3 FOR MAC MAC OS X#
Your playlist is now ready to download to your iPod and can be shared with Mac OS X or Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers. When iTunes finishes, all of the songs in your playlist are still linked to the original AIFF files, and the new MP3 converted files are in the iTunes Library. Press Cmd-A to select all of the songs in your playlist (if they are not already selected).Ĭhoose Advanced > Convert Selection to MP3 to begin the conversion process.Ī playlist named Converting Songs appears while iTunes converts your songs. When you convert files, iTunes creates duplicates of the selected songs and changes the format of the duplicates. Now that you've changed the import format, let's convert your existing playlist songs from AIFF to MP3. You can also convert existing files to a different format. Let's change the preferences in iTunes to convert your songs to MP3 files.Ĭlick the iTunes icon in your Dock to launch iTunes (if it is not already open).Ĭhoose iTunes > Preferences to open the iTunes Preferences window.Ĭlick the Importing button at the top of the iTunes Preferences window to view the Importing pane.Ĭlick the Importing Using pop-up menu and choose MP3 Encoder from the file format options.Ĭhanging the import format in iTunes will convert any imported files to the current format setting. If you are using an earlier version of QuickTime or MP3 player, you can use the MP3 setting. If you plan to store your music on a hard disk or iPod, the AAC setting creates files that are usually less than 1 MB for each minute of music and will sound as good as or better than MP3 files encoded at the same bit rate.
How do you know which format to use? If you plan to use your music for video projects or to burn high-quality audio CDs, you should use AIFF encoding for the best results. If you are using an earlier version of QuickTime on your Mac, the default format is MP3 (or whatever you have set in the Importing Preferences). If you are using a Macintosh and QuickTime 6.2 or later or a Windows computer, the default encoding format is MPEG-4 AAC. The WAV encoder is used with Windows computers. The WAV and AIFF encoders do not compress the songs, so the songs are higher quality, and the files are several times larger than AAC and MP3 compressed files. MPEG-4 AAC (often referred to just as AAC) is a new compression format that rivals the sound quality of CDs (AIFF 44.1 kHz). There are currently four different choices for importing or converting audio files in iTunes: MPEG-4 AAC, AIFF, MP3, and WAV. Understanding the Different Audio Formats
To convert files from one audio format to another in iTunes, you need to set the conversion format in the iTunes preferences.
#AIF TO MP3 FOR MAC HOW TO#
Now that you know how to export your GarageBand songs to iTunes and how to use your custom music with the other iLife applications, let's look at how to convert your AIFF files to MP3 in iTunes.
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