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I recently had to reconstruct my iTunes library (new machine, new installation) and so I did an "Add to Library" of my library folder into an empty iTunes library. After import, I've discovered that for about 215 songs which I've purchased from the iTunes Store, I have both .m4a and .m4p versions of each of these songs. If I view the "Kind" of each song within iTunes, the .m4a shows a "Kind" of "Purchased AAC Audio File", and the .m4p version shows a "Kind" of "Protected AAC Audio File". If I show the Bitrate, each copy of each song is the same, 256 Kbps. If I view each song file in the Finder, the .m4a is about double the size of the .m4p. I have a few questions surrounding this:
1. Why are the sizes of the song files so drastically different?
2. Some time ago I took advantage of that DRM-free promotion, so I am suspecting that this may have had something to do with me having both protected and non-protected copies of these files. However, I am curious why both files now show in my library, whereas before, they did not -- only one copy showed. Does anyone know why both song copies are now showing?
3. Should I keep both of these files?
4. Is there a way to manage these files in iTunes so that only one copy shows? They both show when duplicates are hidden, because they are different, or iTunes doesn't know of the association I suppose. But of course that messes up trying to play an album -- every song plays twice.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Brad

No--nothing gets deleted when you convert. You get two copies of the song in your library. (On Edit: I haven't done this with the latest version of iTunes. I assume nothing gets deleted just like before. To check--maybe you should convert ONE song and see if you get a duplicate in a smaller version, or just a smaller version! I've always gotten duplicates!)
I did leave out a few steps on how I do this--but if you're interested here's how I do it. Make the playlist. Then go to Edit>Select All. Then I go back to the top line: Advanced>Convert Selection to AAC. (To be able to do this you have to have your import option set to AAC 128 kps under the advanced tab in your Preferences settings. After you do the conversion make sure you set this tab back to your preferred lossless import option!)
You will get two copies of the songs in your library. Your original playlist will contain the lossless songs, so you'll have to pull the AAC songs back out into a play list. You can find them easily by sorting your library by "Kind" and then pulling the AAC files into a playlist. You can label this iPhone--or whatever.
After you load the playlist onto your iPhone, uncheck it so the songs are not duplicated in your library. If you ever want to delete them, you have to do this inside your library or the file will remain on your computer. (It does take a while to run the conversion--so I rarely delete things afterwards if I think I'm going to use the file again.)
Post back if you still have other questions.

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