Learn how to rip CDs on Windows and Mac so that you can turn a physical format into a digital one. In ancient times—back in 2001—people knew how to do this, but much that should have been remembered ...

Hi all, either I am weak with the Google-fu or this has not been addressed. I just recently lost my server and backups to bad karma (backing up server to external drive and got flooded. Say goodbye to ...

Microsoft rolled out app updates to Insiders on Windows 11, including adding the ability to rip CDs through Media Player. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

In brief: Do you remember ripping CDs to save your favorite tracks, create a personal library or burn your selection to a new CD? Perhaps the last time was a decade ago. Nevertheless, the ability to ...

For some reason, my computer won't rip Digital Audio as fast in Linux as in Windows. I tried dagrab, but I kept getting CD errors or real slow (.8x) rip speeds. I'll try cdparanoia right now and see ...

MP3s are very convenient and supported by many devices from portables to car audio systems. But no matter how high the bit rate of an MP3 file, it's still a lossy format, meaning some of the sound ...

For years, it was easy to just use iTunes to transform music on CDs into digital tunes. But now there's a better way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

From a reader: I would like to know how I can rip my old CDs and not lose them when I get a new computer. I have ripped them once before using iTunes but didn’t realize they were stored on my PC and ...

When a copy-protected CD hit No. 1 on the U.S. music sales charts last month, it marked a breakthrough for the antipiracy technology in all but one sense: The music still wouldn't play on Apple's iPod ...