Both .w4a and .alac files are audio (songs) typically without any form of DRM protection, which means there there should be no issues with converting one to another or vice versa. As far as we are aware, a w4a to alac conversion should be even possible directly in iTunes from the library.
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Conversion of w4a file format to alac file format beta
Search for w4a to alac converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Audio data to Apple Lossless Audio Codec encoded audio track.
We have found 2 software records in our database eligible for .w4a to .alac file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert w4a to alac on Windows
Apple iTunes for Windows
Multimedia file manager and library for Apple users
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from w4a file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
to alac file | Yes, Apple iTunes for Windows supports alac file conversion as a target file type. | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned w4a to alac. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert w4a to alac on OS X
Apple iTunes for Mac
Program used to organize and plays your digital music and video
Additional links: Open w4a file, Open alac file
W4A
A w4a file extension is associated with the Apple iTunes and used for audio data.
ALAC
Files with alac extension are audio tracks encoded using Apple Lossless Audio Codec and typically found as part of CAF or more frequently M4A audio files from iTunes.
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