The Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is the preferred lossless format, making it a good selection if you wish to store your music in lossless. Once your FLACs take a spin through this energy wash, they'll be ready to rock as ALACs on iTune…

One of the many understated options in Mac OS X is the ability to natively convert audio to m4a straight in the OS X Finder - with none extra downloads or add-ons. In case you only use a "psychoacoustically" lossless codec, this is not pot…