As the most popular online music store iTunes has millions of customers which download thousands of music every second.

M4P – a copyright protected iTunes format of "protected AAC". It is a format of downloaded music from iTunes store that can be listened to only through the iTunes compatible players like iPod.

So, if you want to listen to iTunes music with other mp3 players such as Zune, Creative Zen or share them with your friends, you have to convert M4P to MP3.

Now, we can convert M4P to MP3 with two methods.

1. Burning and re-import.
2. Convert M4P to MP3 with a Professional Music Converter.

Solution 1: M4P->CD-> MP3

To convert M4P to MP3, you can burn M4P onto a CD (using the iTunes CD burning option), then re-import the CD as unprotected MP3 into the iTunes library.

1. Buy songs on iTunes.

2. Insert a blank CD. (You’d better use a rewrite CD which can be used circularly and use some software like Nero to wipe off the music files you have processed.)

Note: You need to change iTunes settings in "Edit"->" Preferences" before burn and import.

Follow the picture instructions below:





3. Go to File->Create a New Playlist



4. Drag and Drop files you want from your library to the New Playlist.

5. Right-click playlist and select "Burn Playlist to Disc" or you can left- click “Burn Disc”

6.After conversion, left-click "import CD" to import CD files to iTunes library as MP3 format.
(And you can find the unprotected MP3 file by the side of the original file in > "My Document" > "My music" > "iTunes".)


Solution 2: Convert M4P to MP3 directly with a third-party software

Daniusoft Music Converter can convert M4P to MP3 with one step and the speed is up to 27x. It also can convert protected WMA to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG and various file formats on Windows PC.

I always use TuneClone M4P to MP3 Converter. My friend introduced it to me. It is very professional, powerful yet easy to use. It can help to remove the DRM protection mechanism and convert both protected and unprotected music files with rather high quality and very fast speed by automatically generating a virtual CD burner.

TuneCab Media Converter can convert iTunes files to mp3 and other unprotected formats if you have valid licenses for playback of those files on your PC.

Thanks for this cool guide.

That's frustrating, they only operated the store for a while, is there any other DRM-free music store online?

Could any one suggest a totally free music store which I can download free music unlimitedly.

Free music download:
http://www.ruckus.com/ruckus/home.do

Have fun

Different ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Windows and Mac OS X. You can choose any of them to unlock the DRMed iTunes music songs for various MP3/MP4 players and mobile phones rather than limiting them to iPod and iPhone. Go and have your iTunes liberated!

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