does itunes support .flac?

J. River Media player as a mac version now.

http://www.jriver.com/mac.html

It read all type of music format (FLAC, ALAC,....). If your in quality audio, you will probably, as I did, ear the difference instantly. The mac version, witch is still in development is not as complete as the PC version, but in term of sound quality it is as good.

There is many FLAC app for IOS (I use "Golden EAR") so, for me there is no need to convert my FLAC music to listen to it with my iDevice.

Head-Fi.org is also a very interesting place to gather information about quality audio equipment.

http://www.head-fi.org

Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community? Why can't Apple tell us in its own help files what formats iTunes will and will not import??

As a mac user from the late eighties, I long for the old days when Apple strived for (and for most part achieved) excellence. ClarisWorks brought us excellent text, draw, AND database features to everyone. (Most PC users have never come into contact with direct database usage, nor realized the benefit and potential versus spreadsheets for certain situations.)

In terms of software running on Apple products, Steve Jobs used to be a stickler for quality. We used to have a saying, PCs had the quantity for software titles, but Apple had the quality.

Now, Apple can't even come close to the kind of support they used to provide, let alone products.

Sentry621 wrote:

Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community? Why can't Apple tell us in its own help files what formats iTunes will and will not import??

Isn't THIS pretty obvious?

Basically, if it ain't in that drop down, it ain't gonna work.

In terms of software running on Apple products, Steve Jobs used to be a stickler for quality. We used to have a saying, PCs had the quantity for software titles, but Apple had the quality.

iTunes is "freeware"... Proprietary, yes...but still freeware.

As Elwood Blues sang it... "Whaddya want for nuthin'?"

Sentry621 wrote:

Why does this question need to be asked in a Support Community?

Perhaps for the same reason you responded to a 3 year old post that was answered in the 1st response on 17 Apr, 2011...

For anyone who has FLAC media files and wants to convert to play on iTunes. Here is a link on "how to" from OSX Daily. Works like a charm for the few songs I want to convert.

http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/16/flac-to-mp3-for-mac/

crystalship wrote:

For anyone who has FLAC media files and wants to convert to play on iTunes

simply read the 1st response in this thread from three years ago posted by Jolly Giant.

According to wikipedia, iTunes can currently read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a). That is we still cannot import and play FLAC in iTunes.

In order to play FLAC in iTunes, we had better convert FLAC to iTunes more supported audio format with a third party software like idealshare videogo which can convert FLAC to iTunes supported Apple Lossless, MP3, WAV, AAC, AIFF on Mac or Windows

Buchi Royia Havey wrote:

According to wikipedia, iTunes can currently read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a).

Acrding to Apple & iTunes, it is the same.

In order to play FLAC in iTunes,

You can't play FLAC in iTunes.

we had better convert FLAC to iTunes

by following the 1st response in this thread from 3 years ago.

iTunes/Apple has it's own version of lossless audio called ALAC. If you have a collection of FLAC files and are trying to play them on your phone, you should use younity. It's a free app that works as a personal cloud/media server that connects your computer to your phone or tablet. It lets you access all of your files on-the-go and can stream/download practically any file type, including FLAC on an iPhone or iPad.