WMA to MP3 Help

Hey All + Apple,
I have in excess of 1000 songs still in .wma format from my Windows days. I crossed over to the dark side and now realize that my Mac wont automatically convert my wma songs like the Windows version of iTunes. Is this something being worked on by Apple? Is there an efficient fix that doesnt include using a converter to convert each individual song?
FS

FScott625 wrote:
Is this something being worked on by Apple? Is there an efficient fix that doesnt include using a converter to convert each individual song?
FS
Apple does not post here.
Even if Apple was working on something to convert from WMA (& I highly doubt they are) they would not post details here.
You can use -> Switch to batch convert files.
Is there some reason you want to convert to MP3 as opposed to AAC?

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