Open alac file

alac file icon Did your computer fail to open alac file? We explain what alac files are and recommend software that we know can open your alac files.

What is alac file?

An alac file extension is related to the Apple Lossless Audio Codec used by Apple devices, like iPhone and iPod. It is similar to free FLAC codec. An alac file stores audio data.

alac file description

The Apple Lossless is an audio compression, that was developed by the Apple, which is used by many Apple accessories (iPhone, iPod, iPad) and it is supported in the Apple Mac OS X (macOS) operating system and by Apple audio applications. Apple Lossless is similar to popular open source audio codec FLAC, but ALAC is closed source technology.

Sometimes have Apple Lossless Audio Codec audio files file extension ALAC, but the native file extension is M4A.

Software that will open alac file

Apple iTunes for Windows

Multimedia file manager and library for Apple users

Apple Logic Pro

A digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer program

Apple iTunes for Mac

Program used to organize and plays your digital music and video


What file extension actually is?

Simply put, file extensions are the characters after the dot in the file name, so for example filename.mp3 has file extension „mp3“. This helps Windows to identify which program should be used to open the file.

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