Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How to Convert M4A to MP3 on Mac?

Below is step by step guide that shows you how to convert iTunes M4A to MP3 on Mac OS X with TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac.



Step 1. Download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac from http://mac.tuneclone.com and run it.



Note: During the startup, a virtual CD burner will be installed, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.



Step 2. Make settings in TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac



Go to top-left "TuneClone -> Preferences..." a window will appear as below:



tuneclone-preference.png



Step 3. Make settings in iTunes (iTunes 9.0.1)



Create a new playlist and add the songs you are going to convert.



Right click the playlist you just created and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Or you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the bottom right corner of iTunes interface.



In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", you can make settings as highlighted below:



burn-settings.png



Note: You need to tick the "Include CD Text" option to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names.



Step 4. Start to burn



Click the "Burn" button to start burning. After the burning get started, TuneClone will automatically convert the iTunes music to MP3 files. You can open the TuneClone manager screen to check out the burning status.



burning-status.png



Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.



Note: The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert music files automatically. It is especially easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.



Extracted from http://mac.tuneclone.com/convert-m4a-to-mp3-on-mac.php

Convert iTunes M4P to MP3 on Mac

You have purchased lots of music from iTunes Store and want to play your music with other mobile devices, such as MP3 Player, MP4 Player, PSP, Mobile Phone? TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac comes to the rescue! It is the iTunes DRM Removal Software that can help you convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4A to MP3, AAC to MP3 on Apple Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) with CD quality at high speed.



Below is step by step guide that shows you how to convert DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3 on Mac OS X with TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac.



Step 1. Download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac from http://mac.tuneclone.com/tuneclone-mac.dmg and run it.



Note: During the startup, a virtual CD burner will be installed, which will be used to convert iTunes music files. The administrator authorization will be needed to install TuneClone virtual CD burner.



Step 2. Open iTunes and burn playlist to TuneClone virtual CD writer



Create a new playlist and add the songs you are going to convert.



Right click the playlist you just created and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Or you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the bottom right corner of iTunes interface.



In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", you can make settings as highlighted below:



burn-settings.png



Note: You need to tick the "Include CD Text" option to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names.



Step 3. Start to burn



Click the "Burn" button to start burning. After the burning get started, TuneClone will automatically convert the iTunes music to MP3 files. You can open the TuneClone manager screen to check out the burning status.



burning-status.png



Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.



Note: The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software can convert music files automatically. It is especially easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.

Removing DRM from iTunes Music on Mac

The following article will share with you four ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. You can choose your favorite method to help you convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 or (DRM free) AAC format for playback on MP3 Player, MP4 Player, Mobile Phone Player, etc.


Method 1. Remove DRM from iTunes music with burning-and-ripping method


1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive


2. Run iTunes, create a new playlist and burn it to make an "Audio CD"


3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc as whatever format (MP3, AAC, etc) you selected in iTunes preferences for importing.


Method 2. Remove DRM from iTunes music with Virtual CD Burner


You will need to download TuneClone Audio Converter for Mac first. Run this DRM Removal Software and it will let you install a virtual CD burner, which will be used to convert iTunes music files.


Run iTunes, create a new playlist and add the DRM protected iTunes songs to the playlist.


Right click this playlist and choose "Burn Playlist to Disc". Alternatively, you can click the "Burn Disc" button at the lower right corner of iTunes interface.


In the pop-up dialog of "Burn Settings", select "CDWriter TuneClone" as default CD Burner, choose "Audio CD" as Disc Format and tick "Include CD Text" ( to perserve the music metadata such as name, artist, album names ).


Removing DRM from iTunes Music on Mac


Tip: You can easily get the output MP3 files on your Mac machine by clicking the "Reveal in Finder" button on the manager screen.


Method 3. Remove DRM from iTunes music with iMovie '09


Run iMovie and create a New Project. In the iMovie window, select the 'Music' tab. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist/title.


Remove DRM from iTunes Music on Mac


Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline.


In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the 'Export using QuickTime…' sub menu item from found inside 'Share' in iMovie's menu bar.


Remove DRM from iTunes Music on Mac


In the Save as… dialogue, select "Sound to AIFF" in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select 'Save'.


Remove DRM from iTunes Music on Mac


Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select "Create MP3 Version". Once completed, 'Get Info' on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.


Method 4. Remove DRM from iTunes music with FairGame


FairGame is freeware to remove DRM protection from iTunes music on Mac OS X. It will convert the DRMed songs you bought on the iTunes Store to an unprotected format (using iTunes default encoder) and keep all the original metadata, lyrics and artwork. FairGame doesn't do lossless DRM stripping. It re-encodes protected AAC files purchased in iTMS into unprotected AAC file using Apple's iMovie software.


Remove DRM from iTunes Music on Mac


What you MUST DO (only once) to get FairGame to work:


enable "Access for assistive devices" in the "Universal Access" system preference


select "Place clip in Movie Timeline" in the "Import" preference of iMovie HD


Then you can simply:


select some songs in iTunes


click on the "Process songs" button


Don't touch anything and wait until it's done…(FairGame is scripting iMovie's interface to process the songs, don't interfere)