How to extract text from your ITL file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ITL file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ITL to another file type
To convert your ITL file to another format, you need Apple iTunes or other Database software.
- ITL to XML
- ITL to MP3
- ITL to WAV
- ITL to AAC
- ITL to FLAC
- ITL to OGG
- ITL to WMA
- ITL to M4A
- ITL to AIFF
- ITL to OPUS
- ITL to ALAC
- ITL to APE
Convert a file to ITL
To convert other file formats to the "Media Management File" file type, you need software like Apple iTunes or a similar tool.
- MIDI to ITL
- AAC to ITL
- TTA to ITL
- AU to ITL
- WV to ITL
- DTS to ITL
- MID to ITL
- FLAC to ITL
- RA to ITL
- MP3 to ITL
- PCM to ITL
- WAV to ITL
About ITL files
The .ITL file is the proprietary binary database format used by Apple iTunes to manage your media library. It stores critical metadata that isn't written to the audio files themselves, including your playlists, star ratings, play counts, and the specific file paths to your media on disk. While vital for the application, the .ITL format is notoriously opaque; it is a locked, binary container that cannot be opened in text editors like Notepad or imported into spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel. Users frequently run into problems when migrating libraries between Windows and macOS due to hard-coded drive paths within the .ITL file, or when the file becomes corrupted during an update, rendering the entire library inaccessible. To liberate this data, users typically need to convert the .ITL database into XML (iTunes Music Library.xml) for compatibility with DJ software like Serato or Traktor, or export it to CSV to analyze listening habits. For archiving or migrating playlists to universal players, converting the metadata structure to M3U or M3U8 is the recommended workflow.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ITL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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The ITL Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ITL converter.