Sort Music by File type?

How can I sort my music by file type? I am attempting to move songs to an mp3 player that will not play mp4 files over bluetooth.

TIA

Posted on Aug 19, 2020 5:56 PM

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1 reply

chris_g1

Community Specialist

Aug 20, 2020 10:49 AM in response to tjwolf23

Hi tjwolf23,

We understand you're trying to sort your music files in iTunes by the file type. We're happy to help.

Currently you can sort files by by things like Artist, Title, Album, etc. however, there is no file type sorting function in iTunes.

If you have a file type that is not compatible with the device you're trying to move the song to, you can convert the file type to something different. Here's the steps for that process: Convert a song to a different file format with the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows

We hope this helps. Cheers!

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