Free Online ALAC Converter
Apple Lossless keeps full quality but travels badly outside Apple software.
Up to 50 MB per file. Sign up free to convert files up to 100 MB.
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How to convert ALAC files online
Convert Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio to MP3, WAV, or FLAC for any player.
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Upload your ALAC file
Add your ALAC file (usually in an .m4a container). Apple Lossless holds full CD-quality audio but is tied to the Apple ecosystem.
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Choose your output
Pick MP3 for small, universally-compatible files, FLAC to keep lossless quality on any player, or WAV for uncompressed audio.
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Download your audio
Download your track and play it on any device or app, Android, Windows, or anywhere else. Uploads are deleted within 1 hour.
Audio Format Comparison
Choose the right output format when converting ALAC audio files.
| Format | Quality | File size | Compatibility | Best For |
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| MP3 | Lossy | Small | Universal | Music, podcasts, everyday playback |
| AAC | Lossy | Small | Apple, most devices | iPhone, iTunes, streaming |
| FLAC | Lossless | Large | Most players | Archiving, audiophile quality |
| WAV | Lossless | Very large | Universal | Audio editing, professional use |
| OGG | Lossy | Small | Web, Linux, games | Open-source apps, web audio |
| M4A | Lossy (AAC) | Small | Apple, most players | iTunes, Apple Music library |
Reasons to convert ALAC files
ALAC (Apple Lossless) is tied to the Apple ecosystem and won’t play on many devices. Convert to MP3 or FLAC to listen on any phone, player, or app.
Convert ALAC to FLAC to keep full lossless quality in a format supported by virtually every modern player, streamer, and music app.
Convert ALAC to MP3 for small files that stream, upload, and share easily while sounding great on everyday headphones and speakers.
Convert ALAC to WAV for uncompressed audio that imports cleanly into editors like Audacity, Reaper, and Adobe Audition.
Break your collection out of Apple Music’s ALAC so it plays across Android, Windows, and any device you choose.
Convert ALAC audio online, no desktop apps, no plugins. Files up to 100 MB are always free, and files are deleted from our servers within 1 hour.
About the ALAC Format
ALAC is the Apple Lossless Audio Codec, created for iTunes and open-sourced in 2011. Like FLAC it compresses audio without discarding anything, typically to around half the size of the equivalent WAV, and decodes back to the original samples exactly.
ALAC's advantage is native support across Apple hardware and software, where FLAC historically was not welcome. Outside that ecosystem the position reverses: FLAC has wider support on Android, Linux, network players and car systems. Converting between ALAC and FLAC is lossless in both directions, since both store the same samples, a genuinely free change of container. Converting to MP3 or AAC is not reversible, so keep a lossless copy if the collection matters to you.