[kbuzz3]

Ive not had great experiences with MAX.  Can anyone recommend a similar easy to use software.  I can't tell from the dbpoweramp site whether it works for mac but appreciate any suggestions

[frogboy2727]

I've been using XLD, for quite awhile.  Excellent free program.

Al ..

[saeyedoc]

Try XLD

[kc8apf]

Another vote for XLD. Best ripper/converter I've used on a Mac.

[dB Cooper]

MAX was once good but appears to be abandonware at this point. Another vote for XLD here, and MediaHuman Audio Converter isn't bad, although more of a work-in-progress. Converts to/from a variety of formats but no ripping functions iirc.

[guf]

I stopped using flacs for a few years and revisited about 6 months ago. xld made the whole process fun. Its so fast with modern processsors. I think i read it utilizes all cores of your processors. takes seconds compared to minutes from years ago.  great software!

[abernardi]

What problems have you had with Max?  It's been working great for me for years, as does the other sbooth programs

[simon wagstaff]

I have used xact for years. Since I started to use decibel for playback I have no need to decode anything.

[kbuzz3]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions .   Re max, my issues are it has problems searching and finding tracks, it won't find artwork, and most importantly simply won't convert a lot of tracks, getting to 98 percent then errors.

[dB Cooper]

abernardi, max does nothing for me- meaning it crashes whenever I try to rip anything. Used to work fine. Who knows, ymmv...

[WheelerMK]

I started to use MAX to transcode files and it was fine. XLD seems more robust when it comes to ripping and I do like the reports and AccurateRip

[kbuzz3]

Thanks everyone xld so far s much fasrer and more stable then max.  Ill have to experiment further...

[dB Cooper]

I think MAX just doesn't like me.