FLAC Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to FLAC for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Vorbis, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked seven alternatives to FLAC and five of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to FLAC are Opus, Matroska, WavPack and Apple Lossless.

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  1. Vorbis icon
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    Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Opus icon
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    Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications.

    5 Opus alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. Matroska icon
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    The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  4. WavPack icon
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    WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Apple Lossless icon
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    Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.

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