DID YOU PURCHASE MUSIC FROM ITUNES MUSIC STORE? DO YOU HAVE .M4P FILES YOU WANT TO SHARE, BUT DON’T WANT TO GIVE PEOPE AUTHORIZATION TO PLAY THEM? TRY THIS NIFTY TRICK….
1. OPEN TOAST 6 AND SELECT AUDIO CD.
2. DRAG THE .M4P FILES TO THE TOAST WINDOW, AND WAIT FOR THEM TO BEGIN CONVERTING. (TOAST IS CONVERTING THE FILES TO .AIFF AND STORING THEM IN AN INVISIBLE TMP DIRECTORY.)
3. WHEN THE CONVERSION IS COMPLETE (DON’T CLOSE TOAST YET), USE FIND (APPLE-F), AND SEARCH FOR ANY ONE OF THE .AIFF SONG NAMES, IE “TRACK 1”, USING NAME AND VISIBILITY. SET VISIBILITY TO SEARCH FOR VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE FILES.
4. ONCE YOU FIND THE FILE, GO BACK 1 OR 2 DIRECTORIES, AND YOU WILL SEE A FOLDER WAS CREATED FOR EACH TRACK CONVERTED. CREATE A FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP (OR WHERE YOU PREFER) AND DRAG THE .AIFF FILES TO THE FOLDER.
5. CONVERT THE .AIFF FILES TO YOUR PREFERRED UNPROTECTED FORMAT USING YOUR APPLICATION OF CHOOSE.
DON’T STEAL MUSIC.