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fre:ac vs Exact Audio Copy Comments


- fre:ac is Free and Open Source
- fre:ac is Lightweight
Exact Audio Copy is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Exact Audio Copy and five of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Exact Audio Copy are X Lossless Decoder, RIP, To FLAC Converter Free for Mac OS X and Elegant Converter.






X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

I've used XLD for years, makes a very good rip





Uses AccurateRip, same as Exact Audio Copy.


To FLAC Converter Free easily and quickly converts CDs, audio and video to high-quality FLAC files on Mac OSX. Subscription is available for batch processing, CUE splitter, volume improvement, tags organising and audio effects.



Elegant Converter is a native macOS app that helps quickly convert multiple audio and videos files to many formats.




Because EAC has problems with some CD drives but fre:ac does not. There is no alternative nearly as good as fre:ac.