Switching Help

I am considering switching form pc to mac. I have hundreds of gigs of WMA files, many in WMA lossless format. When I switch I want them to convert to Apples' lossless format. Can iTunes be set to do that: Bring Files in WMA Lossless to Apple Lossless? If not what conversion program do you recommend (preferably one that can recursively scan directories).
Thanks.

iTunes for Mac cannot import nor convert WMA files. EasyWMA could convert them (presuming that the tracks aren't copy-protected) to AIFF which you could then convert to Apple Lossless. There may be another converter that would take WMA directly to Apple Lossless, though I haven't been able to come up with one.

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