Itunes doen't want to play wma file already on computer

I just got a mac and copies a folder from my PC to my mac, some of it contains MP3's which itunes recognises places in library and plays, but the wma file it won't do anything with, it wont import, cant drag and drop into itunes and wont play it, only quicktime plays it!! i tunes for windows used to automatically convert those and play without a problem. What should i do??!!

As you've discovered, the OS X version of iTunes doesn't play or convert wma files; Mac users generally do not use them, as they are a proprietary Microsoft format.
You can use Switch to convert the wma files on your Mac.

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