Music collection in digital format no cd storage playable in car and iMac?

I have many cassettes I'd like to transfer into the mp3 format which works on the Sony MEX-1GP Giga Panel car radio. I also want to have them play on my iMac G5 10.4.11. Will this work or am I out of luck on the compatibility front? Would I need to make 2 copies from cassette, one for mac and one for sony, or can I make a single copy and alter it to play in the other format?
What I really want is to have a music collection in digital format and no cd storage that will play on the mac and in the car. I don't own the sony radio-I just saw it as a way to play this hoped for digital library. So any other suggested ways to meet this goal would be of help.
Thanks for any tips for cassette conversion into Mac friendly files too!

One way is to connect your Cassette deck (through the Tape out sockets of your amplifier) to the audio in socket of your computer. On the computer you'll need audio editing software to capture and edit the resulting long file into individual tracks that can be added to the iTunes Library. There are a number of commercial programs for this (I use Sound Studio for the Mac). If want to try out the process first you could try the open source program Audacity which has Linux, Mac and Windows versions at this link: Audacity
In addition to the software you'll need RCA to 3.5 mm audio plug cables to connect the Tape Out sockets of your amplifier to the audio inputs of your computer. There's a short guide to recording here: How to record from vinyl and cassette to a computer also from the BBC Copying Vinyl Recordings to CD
If your Mac hasn't got an audio in socket you can have a look at the Griffin iMic which connects to a USB port and comes with some software of it's own: iMic USB audio interface

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