Is it possible to convert a song bought from the Itunes store into an mp3 even though its protected?

Well i want to convert some music that i bought from the itunes store but its all protected and its in m-peg layer 4 format and i want to put it on my phone but my phone won't recognise the file type! Is there a way to convert this annoying format into an mp3?|||Your songs wouldnt be in mp4 format. That is a video format. Your itunes purchases are in the protected aac format. You can easily get around this. First change the default on your itunes to be mp3 instead of aac. (this is just a good idea in general because only itunes and ipod uses aac and every program uses mp3)


Do this by opening itunes and under edit/preferences/advanced/import change from aac to mp3.





Then make a playlist of the protected songs (only enough to burn to 1 cd at a time which is 1.2 hours) and burn that cd. Once the cd is burned it will appear in your itunes. Click on that cd and import the cd. Dont take the cd out of the burner because if you do you will lose all the info. If you directly reimport the music without taking the cd out itunes will still recognize the song and artist, etc. If you take the cd out and then put it back in, it wont. It will just say track 1, 2, etc.





After you have reimported the songs the music will now be in the unprotected mp3 format.





It sounds a bit complicated but it only takes about a minute to set it up and then the time to burn the cd and reimport.





I always do this with all the music I buy on itunes. Now all my music is unprotected and in the mp3 format.|||Thank you so much!!! I've had a nightmare sorting Itunes onto MP3 for my daughter and your answer sorted it no problem. Top guy!..

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|||This guide describes how to remove DRM protection legally and convert iTunes M4P, M4V, WMA, WMV, AAC, M4A, AA and M4B to unprotected MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV or OGG file