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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 a few 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 work for you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Exact Audio Copy, but unfortunately only two of them are available for Mac. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.






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


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