

And it is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems as well as many third-party audio applications.īut there is one major drawback for AIFF files, which only works with Apple's media player.

The audio data in a standard AIFF file is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). Co-developed by Apple Computer in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems), AIFF is the non-compressed audio format unlike the better-known lossy MP3 format. How to Convert AIFF to WAV with Top 3 Methodsīefore converting AIFF to WAV, you should know more about the two formats first.
