MP3 downloads not opening/paying in iTunes

These files need to be run through a converter first , mp3 to mp3 converter and then it will work.

I still use a 4th generation iPod and remember how that and the old iTunes were so nicely functional and well thought out,

Hi HotCrossBuns,

That might be a rose-colored memory, since rejecting MP3s that other players find playable is an age-old iTunes Problem (see example from 2009). Anyway, VLC is a very good player, and is available at no cost, so do take up Nick's suggestion.

Hey Tiffi011,

Could you test converting the YouTube vid to a 320 kbps MP3 (and not the standard 128) and see if that solves the issue? See my answer in this thread on that.

it should be better quality than .wav

tx

I used a "youtube to MP4 converter" I looked up on google instead of a "youtube to mp3" i have always done. And that did the trick!

The above support does not work for any of the options with the new Big Sur update:

• iTunes is not there anymore and dragging to Music does not work
• when dragging to a standard playlist it blinks up but does not show the song
• Adding it to the "Automatically Add folder" double click: nothing happens
• right-click the MP3, "Open With", does not open
• double click: nothing happens

What happened with the "easy to use" philosophy of Apple?

Please provide me a way out, because I'm getting really annoyed by this useless upgrades

From an 90s Apple adept losing it's loyalty........

Came here for the exact same reason. MP3's I've literally had for years no longer open in 'Music'. Some I double-click and Music opens but nothing happens, others open and show up but under "Time" it says "Not available". What's really frustrating is they open and play using preview (when you hit the space button on the file in Finder).

I still use a 4th generation iPod and remember how that and the old iTunes were so nicely functional and well thought out, and ever since then iTunes and Mac OS'es have gotten so overdeveloped they're so much less functional, I hate using iTunes/Music now. And I'm still waiting on a resolution to the MP3 problem but will check out VLC now, thanks Nick_Spain.

Same problem for me, the downloads will not open in iTunes and won't play in QuickPlayer. Although, I can play them in Recents.

I have kept my 2015 iMac to Mojave. Perhaps moving up to Big Sur would be the solution.

Thanks

Hello everyone! If your still having issues with mp3's transferring from mac to iPhone or iPod I have a easy solution! Just convert the mp3 to a m4a, here is what I used. https://cloudconvert.com/mp3-to-m4a

Apple isn't so easy to use anymore :(

I'm experiencing the exact same problem. I'm learning to DJ and like to play the latest remixes etc, its very annoying.

Help! Having the same exact problem. Trouble shooting does not work.

Am running into the same issue and unfortunately none of the solutions listed above have worked. Apple's way of stopping Youtube conversion? Huge bummer if this is the case.

try the quicktime export (see KLM22's post just before your post) and/or see if you can get a better quality MP3 (320Kbps)

I think you mean change the extension to .mp4.

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Update - changing your mp3 downloader of choice seems to work too. This way you can keep using mp3 files