Can I convert m4a (AAC) files back to mp3?

I have like 60 something songs that I want to fit all on one cd and that would definately not happen in AAC so I want to convert each song into mp3.

Depending on what bitrate you have set the AAC is about the same size as an MP3.
Do you perhaps have AAC confused with Apple Lossless, which is much larger?
But anyway, yes you can convert it. Go to iTunes preferences>Advanced (iT6)>importing and set the "import using" to MP3. Click OK
Now go back and select the song(s) and from the menu bar go advanced>convert to MP3.
The song will be duplicated, one AAC version and one MP3 version. Delete the one you don't want, or keep both to compare the size difference.
If your talking about purchased songs, you can't convert them to MP3. You have to burn an audio CD first and then rip it as MP3.
Just remember that converting a lossy format to another lossy format will reduce the quality. If it is AAC it probably isn't worth converting to MP3 if your only reason for doing so is to save space, because there is not much difference in the two.
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