Its frustrating to find that music purchased and imported in Apples iTunes the appliation won't work in mp3 players(except obviously ipods) as they are stored in Apples AAC format.

Programs like dBpowerAMP can convert the files but of course this can be expensive and time consuming.

iTUNES can convert them itself.

FOR music imported to CD

On the edit menu choose preferences,in the window that appears click on the advanced tab then the importing tab underneath it.

change the import using the drop down menu to mp3 encoder.click on ok and highlight the songs you want to converton the advanced menu choose convert selection to MP3,and your songs will be converted into the library.

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If you have downloaded music from the iTunes store though this method will not work-but there is a way around it.

first create a playlist of the songs to be converted to mp3,then go to edit,followed by preferences and click on the advanced tab.

Now click on the burning tab and ensure that audio CD is selected,return to the itunes main screen,select the playlist you want to convert and click burn disc in the bottom right hand corner. then after it has burned follow the steps above.

I hope this helps.....jimmy