Itunes and mp3 players

Help! I can't seam to copy my playlist to my mp3 player (SanDisk). I finally got the file onto my desktop and dragged songs over to the SanDisk icon. I checked to see if they were in fact there and they were, but after ejecting the mp3 from the mac, I see that they were not converted to the player even though they say there there in the icon. What's up?

Let's find out what format these songs are in.
1. Go into iTunes and click Music beneath Library in the left-hand column
2. Click View > View Options
3. Select 'Kind' and click OK
This should have added a new column to your library, and I'm thinking they will say AAC Audio File. If they do not, let us know what's listed there. If they do show AAC, do the following:
1. Click iTunes > Preferences > Advanced tab > Importing tab
2. Change "Import Using" to 'MP3 Encoder'
3. Click OK
4. Select the AAC songs in iTunes (you can click the first one and hold shift while you click the last one to include everything in between)
5. Click Advanced > Convert Selection to MP3
This will create duplicates of all of your tracks, but these duplicates should be compatible with your device. Drag them to the device through Finder, not through iTunes. Note that this can only be done for unprotected files, so it will not work if they were purchased from the iTunes Store.
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