Previously, I have shown you how to download Tidal music or Deezer music to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec). If you want to play your downloaded FLAC songs to your Music Library on your iOS device or iTunes, you can convert FLAC to ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec).
In this article, I will show you 3 ways to convert FLAC tracks to Apple Lossless easily. Of course, you can also use these methods to convert FLAC to other formats like MP3, AAC, AIFF, OGG, etc.
But if you want the lossless music quality, ALAC is recommended, which is a type of lossless audio codec created by Apple Inc. After converting to ALAC, you can transfer the music to iPhone, iPad, iTunes, and iPod Classic.
Method1: Convert FLAC to Apple Lossless with Foobar2000
Foobar2000 is a completely free program that can help you convert as many songs from FLAC to ALAC losslessly. I think it is better than most of the paid applications that can do the same thing because it has a concise interface and the converted music file also contains the cover art and other metadata.
It’s pretty easy to use Zamzar to convert FLAC to AIFF. Here’s how to do it. Go to website of Zamzar; click “Add Files” to import the source file, or you can simply drag and drop. Please mind the maximum file size is up to 50MB. 2.Click “Convert To” to select the target file format. Step 1: Add FLAC file to iSkysoft FLAC to AIFF Converter. You can add FLAC audio files by using drag and drop method. Initially, select the file that need to be converted and then drag & drop the file in the main window of the application software to initiate conversion process. You can also go to file and then choose load media files to locate. Mac News: Convert AIFF to M4A Directly in Mac OS X Easily & For FreeUsing Mac OS X’s powerful built-in media encoding tools, large AIFF audio files can be quickly and easily converted to compressed high quality M4A audio, ready for use on in iTunes or an iPod, iPhone, or elsewhere.No additional downloads or software is required, the media encoding tools are free and bundled in Mac OS X since.
Foobar2000 also allows you to import them to iTunes or iPhone Music Library after the conversion. It supports all mainstream audio formats including FLAC to ALAC, MP3, AAC, AIFF, Musepack, OGG, Opus, etc.
Foobar2000 is available in Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can check the video below to see how it works.
Step 1. Free download and install Foobar2000 from its official website. Then install the free encoder pack.
Step 2. Click File to import all the FLAC files that you want to convert to ALAC to Foobar2000. You can also Add FLAC files that you want to convert to Foobar2000 by dragging and dropping.
Step 3. Press Ctrl+ A to select them all and right click. From the menu, select Convert > Quick Convert > Apple Lossless.
Step 4. Click Convert and then select a location to save to converted files.
It only takes a few seconds to convert a few tracks. When the conversion is complete, you will find the converted files are pretty much the same size as the original FLAC file and all the tags and cover photos remain, which is really cool.
Method 2: Convert FLAC to ALAC FFmpeg
If you have followed my guide about downloading a private Facebook video, you probably have installed the FFmpeg, and then you can use it to convert FLAC to ALAC from Powershell. Once you have download and extract FFmpeg file to your computer, you can follow the steps below to convert FLAC files.
Step 1. Navigate to the folder where you save all the FLAC files.
Step 2. In that folder, press Shift + right click and then select Open PowerShell window here.
Step 3. Run the following command. Be sure to change the location path of FFmpeg accordingly as the screenshot.
ls -recurse -include *.flac | %{C:the location path of FFmpegffmpeg.exe -i $_.FullName -acodec alac ($_.DirectoryName+””+$_.BaseName+’.m4a’)}
When it is done, you can go to the folder and find a M4A file along with each FLAC file.
Method 3: Convert FLAC to Apple Lossless Online
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If you just need to convert only one file or two, there is no need to download and install a dedicated software because you can free convert FLAC to ALAC online.
Just go to this web page and drag and drop the FLAC files to start the conversion. You can also configure the advanced options including audio bitrate, audio channel, reverse audio, etc.
Since it is an online tool, it takes much longer to convert a file than the other 2 methods because you need to upload and download the files. The output ALAC files do not contain metadata.
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Conclusion
That’s all the three methods that you can use to convert FLAC to ALAC for free. If you haven’t got any FLAC music files, you can use Allavsoft to download free lossless music and convert it to ALAC in one go.
For me, I like to use Foobar2000 because it is fast. Foobar2000 is also a great music player for Windows and macOS. You can add some packs and customize it in many ways.
Now, it is your turn. Which method do you like the most? Let us know in the comments. If only want to play FLAC in iTunes, you don’t need to convert them. You can just install this program Flukeformac on MacOS.