Can I convert to AAC after import?

I have been importing all my music files as Apple Lossless and I wanted to convert them to AAC to save space. Is this possible or do I have to re-import the same CDs again?

Yes, change your importing options to AAC in Edit > Preferences.
Then select/highlight a song, right-click and choose "Convert selection"

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can i convert to aac format without conecting phone on No Music Manage?? how? pls help me.

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can i convert to aac format without conecting phone on No Music Manage?? how? pls help me.
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For whatever reason, several hundred AIFFs, which I just ripped directly from my CD collection, apparently cannot be converted to AAC. The option is simply not there. Instead, iTunes wants to convert them to AIFF. But they're already AIFF. If I let iTunes convert one to AIFF, the newly "converted" file still cannot be converted to AAC.
What the heck is going on? I just ripped several hundred tracks two weeks ago and I was able to convert them to AAC. At first, the option was not there.. only "convert to AIFF" like I am seeing now.
I have no idea what I did to enable the option to convert to AAC. As far as I am concerned it should be available right now, but it's not.
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Thank you for your reply, however I WANT my songs imported to AIFF format. However, I should still be able to convert the AIFFs to AAC. For whatever reason the conversion option being offered is "Convert to AIFF" even though the files are already AIFF (and if I "Get Info" on a song it's clear that even iTunes recognizes that they are AIFF).
Something else needs to be done before the "Convert to AAC" option will appear. I remember I already had this problem when converting a previous batch of AIFFs to AAC. I simply don't remember what I did ... if anything ... it seems to be simply a program glitch.
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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.
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I want to make an mp3 cd to play in my car, the stereo in my car supports no aac, itunes does not allow to convert aac to mp3, in this way I can not use the songs I bought in the itunes store to be played in my car.
Who has a solution?

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