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Create MP3 file

I bought a song on iTunes yesterday, with the goal of exporting it as an MP3 and putting it on my son's music player. I can download it to my computer, and I tried to follow the steps in this article: Convert a song to a different file format with the Apple Music app or iTunes for Windows - Apple Support

However, the option "Create MP3 Version" is greyed out.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 4:02 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2022 8:05 PM

Are you sure you bought the song from the iTunes Store? Or did you get it with an Apple Music subscription? Songs that you lease with a subscription are DRM copy-protected and cannot be converted to other formats or played on non-Apple approved devices.


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Create MP3 file

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