Ripping Songs off an Audio CD
Before you rip your favorite songs off an audio CD, you can decide how you want to store them as digital audio files. Your Macintosh can store music in five different file formats:
AAC Advanced Audio Coding format, which creates small files that retain high-quality audio
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format, which retains high-quality audio but creates large files
Apple Lossless Format that retains high-quality audio while also reducing file size
MP3 Standard digital audio file format, which just about every digital audio player (such as an iPod) can recognize and play
WAV Waveform digital audio file format, which retains high-quality audio but at the expense of large file sizes
The type of digital file format you choose ...
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