How to open file with .M4A extension?

.M4A is the file extension developed by Apple, Inc. for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .M4A extension belong to the "Audio Files " category. The full name of this type of files is MPEG-4 Compressed Audio. Files with the .M4A extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .M4A extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

MPEG-4 Compressed Audio

Ads	OS	Software
	WINDOWS	MediaMonkey Zune Adobe Premiere Pro Awave Studio Nero SoundTrax Apple iTunes Helium Music Manager VLC media player Microsoft Windows Media Player Apple QuickTime Winamp WMAConvert Platinum Xilisoft iPod Rip Freemake Audio Converter Free Mp3 Wma Converter Freemake Video Converter Any Audio Converter Adobe Media Encoder xrecode ImTOO DPG Converter Agree MP3 to Ringtone Converter dBpoweramp family suite SUPER fre:ac Aimersoft DRM Media Converter iPad Video Converter Factory Pro Nero Multimedia Suite
	MAC	Aimersoft DVD Ripper Wondershare Video Converter Max Aimersoft Video Converter FLV Crunch Xilisoft iPhone Ringtone Maker
	Android	VLC media player for Android
	iOS	Ringtone Maker for iPhone

After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .M4A extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .M4A extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .M4A extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.