M4A Converter

Convert MPEG-4 audio files (M4A) online for free


Drop or upload your .M4A file
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How to convert your M4A file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your M4A file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert M4A to another file type

The converter easily converts your M4A audio files to various formats - free and online. No Apple Music or or other Audio software needed.

  • M4A to MP3
  • M4A to WAV
  • M4A to MP4
  • M4A to AAC
  • M4A to FLAC
  • M4A to OGG
  • M4A to WMA
  • M4A to AIFF
  • M4A to OPUS
  • M4A to WV
  • M4A to 3G2
  • M4A to ROQ

Convert a file to M4A

To convert other file formats to the "MPEG-4 Audio File" file type, you need software like Apple Music or a similar tool.


About M4A files

The .M4A file is an audio-only container based on the MPEG-4 Part 14 standard. It typically stores audio streams encoded with AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) or ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec). Apple popularized this format through iTunes and Apple Music. You can open these files natively on macOS and iOS devices, or use cross-platform tools like VLC media player. You can read more about the technical specification on Wikipedia. The main disadvantage of the .M4A format is limited hardware compatibility. While modern smartphones support it, older car stereos, smart TVs, and basic MP3 players often lack the required decoders and reject the files entirely. Furthermore, AAC compression is lossy; editing and re-saving an AAC .M4A file permanently degrades audio quality. On the other hand, ALAC .M4A files preserve pure quality but produce massive files often exceeding 30MB per song, which quickly depletes local device storage. To resolve playback errors on non-Apple hardware, convert your files to .MP3. For high-quality archiving on open-source systems, convert to .FLAC. If you plan to edit the audio in a digital audio workstation, convert to uncompressed .WAV. Just drag and drop your file here to convert it securely right in your browser using convert.guru.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your M4A file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert M4A file to ALAC or APE, you can use Apple Music or similar software from the "Audio Storage and Playback" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to M4A, try Apple Music or another comparable tool in the "Audio Storage and Playback" category.



The M4A 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 M4A converter.