After reading and following the input from "thedogatesoup" titled Careful, I was able to start converting my wma files with ease. I have hundreds of hours of audiobooks that I wasnt able to upload into itunes to put in my car or on my ipod since I have a mac which needs mp3 files. Here are the steps I used, hope it helps you get started.
1. I set up a converted music file on my desktop and designated this as the place I wanted the mp3s to be saved.
2. Opened the MP3 Converter app from my launch pad.
3. Go tot he menu bar on top, select MP3 converter, then select preferences…you will see the path where it defaults to save the files
4. Click browse, find your created file on the desktop and designate it as where you want your files to save to
5. Click the button that says "open the output file when finished" and you will get a prompt following each download.
After conversion I was able to select all the new mp3 files and do 2 things:
1. Highlight all the new MP3 files
2. Right click and select open with iTunes which automatically put it into my library
3. Right click and select copy, went back to the original place I had the wma (external hard drive) and pasted the new mp3 files there.
4. Go to the settings gear, select "arrange by", select "kind" to separate the wmas and mp3.
5. selected all the old wmas and dropped them in the trash
…all up to date.
To make my process easier, I deleted the converted mp3s out of my desktop "converted mp3" file to make the next conversion easier to highlight and copy/open as detailed above.
Hope this helps…I am so excited that this is so easy and works perfectly!