Some users have reported problems playing back AAC encoded files on mobile phones after the update to iTunes 7.0. MacFixIt reader Keith Takayesu writes: "At first, I didn't notice any problems at all.

Audio files come in a number of different formats. Some are lossy, such as AAC and MP3; they save space compared to the original files, but some of the original data is lost during compression. Some ...

You’ve got some music files on your Mac, and they all look alike in the Finder. If you want to find which ones are AAC files and which are Apple Lossless, what do you do? Well, I’ve got the answer. I ...

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We first mentioned Rogue Amoeba's MakeiPhoneRingtone droplet in our iPhone Ringtone how-to earlier this week. Since then, the company has updated the utility with a much more reliable method for ...

Most streaming services today utilize the highly efficient AAC file format for better music playback. This essentially means that not a lot of people are reliant on the MP3 format anymore. Keeping ...

Solution for MP3/AAC files being recognized as QuickTime movies Yesterday we reported on an issue where some MP3 or AAC audio files are interpreted as QuickTime movie files in iTunes 4.9, causing some ...

When comparing newly-updated iTunes Plus 256kbps AAC files with their 128kbps protected predecessors earlier, I noticed that the new files sounded noticeably louder than the old ones. The difference ...