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Transferring music

If I download music tracks from a CD, using the external Apple "super drive", to Music and then to a flash drive, will I lose any quality along the way?

iMac 24″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Feb 16, 2022 5:30 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2022 5:55 PM

No. When you rip the CD, choose one of the lossless formats (WAV, AIFF, or Apple Lossless), which will retain the audio quality of the CD. And when you copy a file, as from a hard drive to a flash drive, the copy will have the same quality as the original.

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Transferring music

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