Archive for December, 2010

1. Assuming we have a batch of FLAC files, open up Toast. If you don’t have Toast, you can purchase it at Amazon.com.  Click the audio button in Toast, and with “Audio CD” selected in the left pane, drag all the FLAC files into the open space.  Click the “Save as Disc Image” button in the lower right hand corner and wait for the progress bar.
2. You’ll get a resulting file that looks like “CD Title.Sd2f”. Right click on this file, go down to “More” and click “Mount it.” If you don’t see this option, you’ll have to mount it using an option inside the Toast program.  Open your newly created file called “CD Title.Sd2f” with Toast, click ‘Utilities’ from the top menu and then select “Mount Disc Image…”  Toast will then present you with a dialog box asking you to Choose a File; just select your original ”CD Title.Sd2f” (on your desktop or wherever you saved the file to) and then click the “Choose” button.
   
3. After a small delay, your CD will appear on your desktop and in iTunes. From here it works like every CD you’ve imported. Just click that “Import CD” in iTunes and away you go!

UPDATE: August 24, 2012.  Download ALL2MP3 to quickly convert FLAC to MP3 on OS X in seconds.  I just tried it and it’s sooo much quicker and easier.  [mirrored download from joshjanicek.com]