Move Your WMA Library to iPhone and Apple Music at Maximum Quality
Upload your WMA file and get an ALAC that imports natively into iTunes and Apple Music, plays on every iPhone, iPad, Mac, and HomePod, and avoids the quality penalty of encoding lossy WMA through a second lossy codec. The cleanest path from Windows Media Audio into Apple's lossless ecosystem.
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Audio Format Converter
Upload any audio file, choose an output format, and download the converted result. Supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, ALAC, WMA, Opus and M4A.
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Bring Your Windows Music Library to Apple Music Without Double Compression
iTunes and Apple Music do not import WMA files. The typical workaround — converting WMA to AAC — applies a second round of lossy compression on top of the already-lossy WMA encoding. Converting WMA to ALAC instead stores the decoded audio losslessly: no second lossy pass, full native Apple Music support, and a lossless quality badge on every imported track.
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Migrate a Legacy Zune Library to iPhone
The Microsoft Zune player and Zune marketplace stored music as WMA. Users with legacy Zune libraries who have moved to iPhone can convert their WMA tracks to ALAC for seamless iTunes or Apple Music import. ALAC avoids re-encoding WMA through a second lossy codec and gives each track the highest-quality Apple-compatible container.
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Stream WMA-Sourced Audio to HomePod at Best Available Quality
HomePod and HomePod mini decode ALAC natively at full lossless quality via AirPlay 2. Adding WMA tracks to Apple Music as ALAC gives HomePod the best available quality from a WMA source without an intermediate lossy AAC transcoding step degrading the audio further before it reaches the speaker.
See It in ActionThree steps to an Apple-ready ALAC with no double compression
Upload your WMA file
Drop your WMA file onto the tool or click to browse. Files from Windows Media Player libraries, Zune collections, and any WMA-producing application are accepted.
Convert to ALAC
Click "Convert". FFmpeg decodes the WMA stream to PCM and encodes it losslessly as ALAC inside an M4A container. No further quality is lost beyond the original WMA encoding.
Download your ALAC file
Download your .m4a file and drag it into iTunes or Apple Music, AirDrop it to an iPhone, or open it in GarageBand or Logic Pro.
Deep Dive
WMA vs ALAC: Windows Native Codec vs Apple Lossless Container
WMA is Microsoft's proprietary audio format, built for Windows Media Player and the Windows ecosystem. ALAC is Apple's lossless format, built for iPhone, Apple Music, and HomePod. Converting between them is a platform migration — and ALAC is the best Apple-compatible destination for a WMA source.
Our converter uses FFmpeg to decode WMA to PCM and encode losslessly as ALAC in an M4A container, with no additional lossy compression step.
Why Convert WMA to ALAC
No Double Compression
ALAC stores the decoded WMA audio losslessly, avoiding the second lossy pass that converting to AAC would introduce.
Native in Apple Music and iTunes
ALAC imports directly into iTunes and Apple Music with a lossless badge and syncs to every connected Apple device.
Plays on Every Apple Device
Every iPhone, iPad, Mac, HomePod, and Apple TV hardware-decodes ALAC natively — no third-party app or codec required.
Fast Conversion
Most WMA files convert to ALAC in under 30 seconds on dedicated FFmpeg servers.
Who Uses It
Who Converts WMA to ALAC
Windows-to-Mac switchers with existing WMA libraries, Zune owners moving to iPhone, Windows Media Player library holders who want Apple Music integration, and anyone who wants their WMA files in Apple's ecosystem at the best available quality.
Converts using FFmpeg on dedicated servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why convert WMA to ALAC instead of AAC for Apple Music?
Converting WMA to AAC applies a second round of lossy compression on top of the first — both WMA and AAC are lossy codecs, so chaining them degrades the audio twice. Converting WMA to ALAC instead losslessly stores the decoded WMA audio with no additional compression pass. The quality ceiling remains at the original WMA encoding, not lower. For the cleanest Apple-compatible result from a WMA source, ALAC is the better choice.
Why can't I import WMA files into iTunes or Apple Music?
iTunes and Apple Music only accept formats from Apple's supported list: AAC (.m4a), MP3, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless (ALAC). WMA is a Microsoft proprietary format and is not on Apple's list. Converting to ALAC produces a file that iTunes and Apple Music import natively with a lossless quality badge.
Does converting WMA to ALAC improve audio quality?
No. ALAC is lossless compression — it stores the PCM data decoded from the WMA file exactly as-is. Quality lost during the original WMA encoding cannot be recovered. The benefit of ALAC over AAC as a conversion target is that it introduces no second quality penalty: any future re-conversion from ALAC adds at most one new compression pass, not a compounding second one.
Will the ALAC file import into Apple Music with a lossless badge?
Yes. Apple Music displays a lossless badge for all ALAC tracks regardless of the quality of the original source. The badge indicates the container is lossless. Your converted ALAC tracks will display the lossless indicator and can be synced to any connected Apple device.
Can I AirDrop the converted ALAC to an iPhone?
Yes. AirDrop transfers ALAC (.m4a) files to iPhone. The recipient can save the file to the Files app or add it to Apple Music. This is the fastest way to move a converted WMA track to an iPhone without a cable.
Is there a file size limit?
The upload limit is 100 MB per file. Most WMA audio files are well within this limit.
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