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fre:ac vs RIP Comments


- fre:ac is Free and Open Source
- fre:ac is Lightweight
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.






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/.

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

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

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.
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.




I haven't tried it yet but looks good