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What is an AIFF file?
Apple's uncompressed audio format — the Mac equivalent of WAV, used by Logic Pro and GarageBand.
Pros
- Lossless, uncompressed
- Supports metadata better than WAV
Cons
- Very large files
How to open AIFF files
VLC, foobar2000 and most music players open AIFF. If your device won't play it, convert it to MP3.
Is AIFF lossy or lossless?
AIFF is lossless: it preserves every sample of the original recording. The audio is stored uncompressed.
When should you convert AIFF?
Apple's uncompressed audio format — the Mac equivalent of WAV, used by Logic Pro and GarageBand. If the app or device you need doesn't accept AIFF, convert it to MP3 — the most widely supported alternative.
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AIFF at a glance
- Full name
- Audio Interchange File Format
- Developed by
- Apple
- Introduced
- 1988
- Contains
- uncompressed PCM
- MIME type
- audio/aiff
- Best for
- Logic Pro, GarageBand, professional audio on Mac