RIP Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to RIP for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. 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 RIP and seven of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to RIP are X Lossless Decoder, abcde, Max CD Ripper and Rubyripper.

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  1. fre:ac icon
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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    115 fre:ac alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    • Haiku
     
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    fre:ac vs RIP Comments
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    I haven't tried it yet but looks good

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceRIP is also Free and Open Source
    • fre:ac is LightweightRIP is not according to our users
  2. 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/.

    31 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. abcde icon
     3 likes

    Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

    31 abcde alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Max CD Ripper icon
     18 likes

    Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Rubyripper icon
     8 likes

    Rubyripper is a digital audio extraction algorithm that uses cdparanoia error correcting power and it's own secure ripping algorithm to make sure that a CD rip is done successfully and accurately. It is very similar to and inspired by EAC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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