Digital audio has exploded far beyond the compact-disc era. We now hop between streaming apps, edit voice-overs on laptops and share podcasts from phones that hold more songs than an old-school record ...

Audio files come in a number of different formats, and there are times you might want to convert audio from one format to another. Kirk McElhearn explains how it's done.

For audio conversion, create an Application workflow and string together these two actions (found under the Music heading)—Encode To iTunes Audio and Import Files Into iTunes.