According to a post at Apple rumor and news site AppleInsider, version 1.4 of Apple's iTunes Producer software now offers the ability to encode music using Apple's Lossless Encoder. iTunes Producer ...

In conjunction with Wednesday’s release of iTunes 4.5, Apple has also posted an update to QuickTime, the company’s core audio and video media handling technology for both Mac OS and Windows. The new ...

Apple in June 2021 added new Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless tiers to Apple Music, but so far, it's a bit confusing trying to determine which devices support ‌Apple Music‌'s Lossless Audio and which ...

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A recent discussion in our forums generated by our friend and neighbor, miTunes75, got me thinking. The thread begins with 75’s concern about the quality of files sold by the iTunes Music Store: Is ...

This week, Apple officially announced what had been rumored for a few weeks: lossless audio quality is coming to Apple Music. The higher-quality streaming option will bring CD-quality music at ...

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today announced Apple Music® is bringing industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos.

Spotify adds FLAC lossless to Premium, rolling out to 50+ countries. Apple offers higher‑res ALAC (up to 24‑bit/192kHz) and generally cheaper plans. Lossless uses far more cellular data; download ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

ALE and AAC files both get the .m4a extension.<BR><BR>You can't use the Import command from the File menu to select ALE .m4a files, not even one at a time.<BR><BR>But if you have ALE tracks in your ...

Tshaka Armstrong is a nerd. Co-Founder of the non-profit digital literacy organization, Digital Shepherds, he’s also been a broadcast technology reporter, writer and producer for Good Day LA. Big on ...