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Saxman Author

Level 2

325 points

Music "Conversion" Hassles Won't change to mp3...

I have two iPods and a new iPad. The iPods don't recognize nor play any m4a music files. When I try to convert them in Music, it takes the 256 bit files and makes them 128 bit files, but still keeps them as m4a files, not mp3! Now this must have been an "improvement" in Big Sur, since files I converted just two months ago, did end up converted to 256 bit mp3 files! WHY DID THIS FUNCTION END??? What is Apple doing?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.6

Posted on Nov 17, 2021 9:03 AM