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 ...

CDs. They're affordable, easy to find, and you can rip lossless digital audio files from them. Now that computers with ...

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 ...

I haven't posted any technical help questions on Ars for ages, but here goes. This is probably 'old tech' for most of you. I have an enormous CD collection and I've been ripping some (more) to MP3 ...

When was the last time you ripped a CD? Well, if you’re still in the mood to convert discs to digital music files, Windows 11 has got your back. Or, at least, it will have soon. Microsoft is testing ...

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 ...

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 ...