Hi Brad,

In 99% of the cases, I expect that you're right.  I have had colleagues damage 
files in the past though, thus the caution.  Most of these were word processing 
files that people were attempting to make a .DOC or .DOCX file from another 
format if I remember correctly, so this is why I use the "could", or "may" 
language so often.

Later...


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Mar 15, 2020, at 23:26, Brad Snyder <[email protected]> wrote:

Tim,

I don’t think changing the file extension will damage the file, but it 
definitely does not change the file’s format and the file will not work.
I think if one does change a file’s extension, the file extension can be 
changed back to the original extension, and all is as it was in the beginning.

- Brad -


On Mar 15, 2020, at 23:37, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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Hi,

No. You cannot change the extension from m4a to MP3. That could damage the file 
and make it unusable, and that will not change it to an MP3 anyway. You will 
need a converter to change to MP3.

Later…


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> Thank you. I had to read the instructions a couple of times. I have the App 
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> Is it safe to rename .M4a to .Mp3?
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