Convert CAF to ALAC
CAF is great for iOS app sounds and Apple developer workflows, but ALAC is the better choice for lossless music libraries on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Convert CAF to ALAC in seconds, right in your browser.
- No upload — 100% private
- Fast, lossless when possible
- Free & unlimited
- Works on iPhone & Android
Keep this tab open — the conversion runs on your device, nothing is uploaded.
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How to convert CAF to ALAC
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Tap Choose files and select one or more CAF files (or drag them in).
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Check that ALAC is selected. Use Advanced options for bitrate, channels or trimming.
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Press Convert. Everything happens on your device — no upload, no waiting in a queue.
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Your ALAC downloads automatically. Converting several files? Grab them all as a ZIP.
CAF vs ALAC
Both CAF and ALAC are lossless, so the conversion is bit-perfect: you get exactly the same sound in a different container.
| CAF | ALAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Core Audio Format | Apple Lossless Audio Codec |
| Type | Audio | Audio |
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Developed by | Apple | Apple |
| Introduced | 2005 | 2004 |
| Plays on iPhone | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Plays on Android | ✕ No | ◐ Partly / with an app |
| Plays on Windows | ✕ No | ◐ Partly / with an app |
| Plays on Mac | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
About CAF and ALAC
CAF: CAF is Apple's flexible audio container used inside iOS and macOS apps and by GarageBand. Files can be any length and hold many codecs.
ALAC: ALAC is Apple's lossless format. It compresses audio to roughly half the size of WAV with zero quality loss and plays natively in Apple Music, iTunes and on every iPhone. It is saved with the .m4a extension.
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