"Hi, I just downloaded a song in FLAC format online, but I can't play it on iTunes. How can I import FLAC to iTunes and play it?"

FLAC is a lossless format, which means it retains all the information of a song, unlike AAC or MP3, which are compressed to smaller size with quality lost. And iTunes only supports limited audio format and FLAC ain't one of them. Both Windows and Mac OS version of iTunes are not compatible with FLAC files. So if you want to play FLAC on iTunes or import FLAC to iTunes on Windows or Mac, you are going to do some extra work to make this happen. This post would present you a few way to play FLAC on iTunes and import FLAC to iTunes on Windows and Mac.

Play FLAC on iTunes by Converting FLAC to iTunes Compatible Format

The most direct way to play FLAC on iTunes is to convert FLAC to iTunes compatible format. You can convert FLAC to formats like MP3 and M4A, which are all compatible with iTunes.

Now you have the solution to the problem, what you need now is the tool to make it happen. You need a audio converter that's able to recognize FLAC and convert it into a format that's supported by iTunes. I would recommend Leawo FLAC Converter and Foobar2000 to you, both of which are great FLAC to iTunes converters to convert FLAC to iTunes compatible format.

Leawo FLAC Converter

  • Supports converting audios between all formats.
  • Abundant audio parameters provided for setting.
  • Convert FLAC to other audio formats with minimum quality loss.

 

Foobar2000

  • Supports a wide range of audio formats and more with additional components.
  • Supports converting all supported audio formats using the converter component.

Check out the content below to see how to use these two programs as FLAC to iTunes converters to convert FLAC to iTunes compatible format and import FLAC to iTunes.

Leawo Video Converter

Foobar2000