Cut portions of podcasts or songs in iTunes

Aug 10, '06 09:30:00AM

Contributed by: mikael7

If you want to cut an interesting portion of a very long podcast or song, you can follow these steps:

  1. Click the podcast or song in iTunes
  2. Select Get Info from the File menu
  3. Click Options
  4. Check the Start Time box and enter the start time of the portion you want to extract
  5. Check the Stop Time box and enter the stop time of the portion you want to extract
  6. Click OK
  7. Select Convert Selection to AAC from the Advanced menu
After following these steps, iTunes will create a new file containing only the desired portion of the original file. Now you can either remove the original file or keep it. If you want to keep the original file, click it, select Get Info from the File menu, click Options, uncheck Start Time, uncheck Stop Time, and click OK.

[robg adds: The Convert Selection to menu may differ, depending on your import preferences.]

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