convert many ALL songs from AAC to MP3

[xngse]

Hi. I would like to collect ALL my songs in AAC format to MP3. I know how to do this song by song. Is there a way to do it all at once?

Thanks.

[CrzyCanuck72]

change your defaul importer to MP3 in iTunes preferences, create a smart playlist where "kind contains AAC", select all those songs, and select Convert To MP3 in the Advanced menu.

You're going to lose quality going from lossy to lossier, though.

[GatorDeb]

Thanks, I did that but it only shows 14 gigs out of over 53 gigs that I have in iTunes... any idea why?

Thanks.

[GatorDeb]

I went ahead and just selected the whole library. Question... when it converts them to MP3 the AAC's still stay there, right? Or do I need to backup first? Will the MP3s go to another directory? I want to keep the AAC but want to backup the whole thing so I want the whole library converted to MP3 and deposited into another directory. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks!

[AndyH]

The converted files will end up in the same iTunes Library, they will not replace the AAC files. So you should see two versions of each song when you're done.