Audio

AIFF files

Apple’s uncompressed audio format, the Mac counterpart to WAV. It’s common in music production.

Full name
Audio Interchange File Format
Made by
Apple
Introduced
1988
File extension
.aiff, .aif
Compression
Uncompressed
Best for
Music production on the Mac
Opens in
Mac audio apps, most audio editors and players
In FileFlip
Opens and saves

Good at

  • No quality loss
  • Supports tags

Not so good at

  • Very large files

AIFF in FileFlip

FileFlip opens AIFF files and saves to AIFF.

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