Apple is turning back the clock and encouraging people to back their music up on CD. If you REALLY REALLY want to keep your music on CD Apple will tell you how to get your music out of AAC and into MP3.
Apple released a support article today outlining how to burn protected AAC music to an MP3 CD. Although it would be horribly tedious and a waste of time and resources, if you must have your music on something you can touch and you’re having problems check out Apple’s article on how to back up music from itunes.
Songs purchased from the iTunes Store may either be in AAC format or AAC Protected format depending on when they were purchased (older songs used AAC Protected format). You can convert AAC songs to MP3 format allowing them to be burned to an MP3 format CD, however AAC Protected songs can not be converted. You can, however, back them up to a data CD or DVD, or you can burn them to an audio CD (which can be played in a CD player).
Read the knowledgebase article for a full explanation
