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 ...

I can’t remember the last time I played music on a spinning compact disc. It’s been the better part of 20 years since I spent countless hours ripping CDs into a bloated MP3 collection, trying to call ...

It's 2026, and CDs are anything but dead. No, really — compact discs are the best bang for your buck medium for starting a physical music collection. Admittedly, I'm a vinyl head, but you won't beat ...

I've been using Exact Audio Copy to rip CDs since forever since it does a better job detecting read errors than other programs. I guess most people aren't so picky, and the addition Microsoft made is ...

I'm in the midst of a massive CD ripping project. I split the job between home and the office. My PC at home is an AMD 1.5ghz system w/ a Plextor PX-320A DVD/CD-RW combo drive. The work PC is a Compaq ...

If you use an iPod or iTunes, you're familiar with the process of ripping songs from CD to convert them from their uncompressed audio file format, AIFF, to a compressed file, usually MP3 or AAC. The ...