Cassette to mac ,cont.

After copy, cassette to 13 " Mac, I plan to again copy to an ipad or ipod, since you suggested quicktime ,will it also work . Great response .Bill

Quicktime saves the audio files as ".mov" by default and NOT as MP3. You'll likely need to "convert" them in iTunes before using them in other devices.
Before I got professional audio editing software, I used QT for recording analog to digital, and theat way how I did it.
These days I use WireTap Studio from Ambrosia to record, and Audition from Adobe to do my final edits, but I'm doing them for clients, and it was a necessary investment. For personal use, you may not be able to justify the expense unless you're talking about a LOT of cassettes to convert.

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