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mp4 uses AAC as audio compression that is pretty much superior in all ways compared to mp3 as it takes up less space, supports higher sampling rate and multiple channels instead of just two 44.1khz 16bit tracks, and if there is no videodata, it doesn't use more space. But the main reason that Apple uses mp4 is Digital Rights Management aka copyprotection. mp4 has it, mp3 doesn't.

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Q: Why is itunes converting audio files to mp4 Isn't mp4 more for video whereas mp3 is for audio Is this taking up more space than if it was using mp3s?
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