iPhone 101: Save space on your iPhone without removing a thing

Is it okay for me to import all of my CD's with 128k? Sure new hard drives are coming out all the time, but I don't have money all the time.

I get scared when I go to Edit > Preferences > Import settings > Custom and see 256kbps staring at me. If I switch it to 128 will I hate the quality of my music? Will I even notice?

Will that setting be applied to music purchased in the itunes store? If not, how can I set a preference for those songs?

Where are the ACC files stored? I am not seeing them in my music folder on the iPhone when I plug into iTunes. So how are I supposed to delete these files when I no longer want them on my iPhone? :(

Worked but I too lost my ringtones. No one at the Apple Store could help, anyone with a workaround? Thanks

this worked, but it screwed up my ringtones. so i had to revert to my old settings...

I tried this and all the ringtones I had created in iTunes, in AAC format, from non iTunes purchased music, all disappeared. I have no idea why, if someone would care to enlighten me, please fell free to do so.

i saved 8Gb with this tip - THANKS!

Thanks for the tip! I ahve an ipod touch 2 gen 32 GB but i will try to sell it soon to buy a 3 gen 8 GB, this tip will come in handy.


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I found when I selected this option that it also changed the file i had created as an .m4r for a ringtone, so I lost my custom ringtone + there does not seem an option to not convert this file.

Are the converted files stored somewhere else? If yes, the sizable downside might be that you've just lost 24Gigs on your harddisk.

Are 140kbit aacs also converted? what about 128kbit mp3s, are they also converted to aac?

How well does the re-encoding work - is there a big difference between cd->128aac and cd->256aac->128aac?

You know, there was a time when we all were buying magazines, and there were a staff of journalists hunting for answers to those questions. Now, no longer. Sad...

Don't do this if you want to use custom ringtones.

On my iPhone 3GS, none of my ringtones show up in Settings or in Contacts; only the stock tones. When I disabled the auto-bitrate conversion, my iPhone showed my ringtones in the list again.