How to copy AAC format to another hard drive but leave apple lossless

I've created duplicates of my mostly Apple lossless files as AAC versions in iTunes 11.1.4, that bit was easy. Now I only want to copy the AAC files and the folder structure to an SD card to play in Golf Mk VII that won't accept cable connection of an iPod. Finder sees all files as mpeg4 so I can't filter them in finder.
How do I go about this?

iTunes Preferences > Advanced, and set "iTunes Media folder location" to a new temporary place. Now do the conversions to AAC.
This puts the new AAC files in their own Artist/Album folders, not intermingled with the Apple Lossless originals.
Now, you can simply copy over those entire folders to your SD card.

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Okay, I am going to stop typing because you might just reply to me, "Oh, okay, forget it," and I don't need the exercise.
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