Changing wma music files to mp3?

I am transferring songs from my PC to my mac and some are wma files that I need to change to mp3 so that I can put them in my itunes library and add them to my ipod. Itunes won't open wma music files on my mac....does anyone know how to transfer them from wma to mp3? (I tried clicking on "get info" and just changing from .wma to .mp3, but that didn't work....I need to convert somehow)
Thanks so much!

Use EasyWMA to convert them. iTunes will not do this in Mac OS X, and no Mac software will if the WMA is protected.
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No simple, ideal, free solution except you should have done it on the PC where Windows iTunes will do it for free.
Switch (free basic version) - http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html - I'm not sure if this will do WMA
All2MP3 - http://download.cnet.com/All2MP3/3000-2140_4-190407.html - mixed success with WMA
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VLC - not really a converted but will do some in the export menu but may be slow and a bit of a learning curve.
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CONVERTING .WMA SOUND FILES TO MP3s ON A MAC

CONVERTING .WMA SOUND FILES TO
MP3s ON A MAC - Written 9/28/07
Here's some help on how to convert .WMA sound
files to MP3 sound files on a Mac. Hope it helps.
1. Open the .WMA sound file in Quicktime.
2. In the Quicktime menu tool bar, go to FILE and
select SAVE AS.
3. Save the .WMA sound file as a self-contained
movie .MOV file. Then create a folder on your desktop
to store the .MOV files that you created.
4. Open iTunes and create a new playlist by
going into FILE in the iTunes menu toolbar and
select NEW PLAYLIST. Then name your playlist.
5. From the folder created on the desktop,
drag the .MOV files into the specific playlist you
created in iTunes.
6. In the specific playlist you created in iTunes,
highlight the .MOV files with your mouse. Then go
to the iTunes menu toolbar and select ADVANCED.
7. In ADVANCED, select CONVERT SELECTION TO MP3**.
Then wait for the iTunes' "ding noise" to let you know the files
have been all converted.
**To have CONVERT SELECTION TO MP3
listed in ADVANCED:
(a) To have CONVERT SELECTION TO MP3 listed in
ADVANCED, go into iTUNES in the iTunes menu
toolbar and select PREFERENCES.
(b) In PREFERENCES, select the ADVANCED icon. In
the ADVANCED icon menu, click on IMPORTING.
(c) In the IMPORTING menu, go to the IMPORT USING line.
Now scroll down and select MP3 ENCODER. The click
on the OK button.
8. After the .MOV files have been converted to MP3 sound files,
erase the .MOV files listed in the specific playlist you created.
9. Take your mouse and click on the MUSIC icon in the LIBRARY section.
Now in the LIBRARY section, search for the converted files.
Once the converted files are found, be sure to highlight one at
a time-- you'll be making sure which ones are mp3s and which are not.
10. Once a converted file is highlighted, go into FILE in the iTunes
menu toolbar. Click on GET INFO and check which files are
.MOV or MP3 files. Delete each .MOV file found.
11. Now you're left with the converted MP3 files in the LIBRARY.
Highlight and drag all the converted MP3 files from the LIBRARY to your
specific playlist you created. Now you're done! Enjoy your
new MP3s!

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