iTunes will convert AAC to MP3 if the files are not copy protected (i.e. they are not files that you purchased from the iTunes Music Store). If they are not copy protected then all you have to to is: 1. Go into the iTunes Preferences (or whatever they call them in the Windows version). 2. Select the "Advanced" icon at the top. 3. Select the "Importing" tab. 4. Go to the pull-down menu labeled "Import Using:" and select "MP3 Encoding". 5. Click OK. 6. Right/control-click on the track you want to convert and select "Convert to MP3" from the contextual menu. If the track is not copy protected, then iTunes will start converting the file to MP3 format. Select as many tracks as you want to convert and right/control-click on them to convert them as a batch. Also note that as long as you don't change the encoding format, iTunes will continue to import/convert tracks using the MP3 formate. So, then next time you want to do this, you can go directly to step 6. On the other hand, if the track is copy protected, then you will have to settle for burning it to a CD in AIFF format (the standard audio format used by CD's). To do this; 1. Create a playlist with the songs that you want to burn making sure that you don't have more than will fit on a CD. 2. Take a blank CD and SHOVE IT gently into the CD burner. 3. Click on the "Burn Disc" button in the upper right-hand corner of the iTunes window. 4. Wait for it to finish burning. This should give you a standard audio CD with your tunes on it. You can burn individual tracks to as many CDs as you like. However, each playlist containing copy protected tracks will only burn a limited number of times (4, I think). ************* "bigfatfrickinfarmer: so there's no way to convert them to .mp3 if they were bought from iTunes?" I've heard that, once you have burned them to a CD in the AIFF format, you can then rip the CD into MP3 format. However, I suspect that this is getting in to a gray area as far as the EULA is concerned. Additionally, I would expect that it would degrade the quality of the recording to some extent. The main thing with the EULA on music purchased from the iTunes Music Store is that they are trying to prevent you from making unauthorized copies for friends that have not paid for them. So, as long as you are just doing this for your own personal use, I see no legal problems with it. However, if you are intending to make copies for other people, be aware of the fact that you would be breaking the law.