From a reader: I would like to know how I can rip my old CDs and not lose them when I get a new computer. I have ripped them once before using iTunes but didn’t realize they were stored on my PC and ...

Like many of you, I've been ripping my CDs for years. I have thousands, and everything worked fine until my most recent problem. I'm running out of space. Don't tell me about cheap hard drives. I've ...

Most of the ripping applications I've ever used would allow you to rip a CD as a single file. It's ancient but I've used EAC for years and I know for certain that is an option. You'll still have 26 ...

Physical media and on-device music are making a comeback. A few instances of artists pulling their catalog from music streaming services can be all it takes to push people to try owning their music ...

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 ...

I love music! I have hundreds of CDs in my collection, a few of which have survived since from the late 1980s. I have an original copy of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Foo Fighters debut album, Bush's Sixteen ...

Set up zero-click CD ripping, get reports on user accounts with awk, and get started with the fine points of directory permissions. If you browse around any Linux forum, you’ll come upon a question ...

Each time I look at a new MP3 player, I feel this urge to reboot my music collection—to sacrifice a weekend or two and re-rip all my CDs onto one system so I have everything in a consistent format.

One common complaint about iTunes is that it does things that you don’t want it to do. For example, when you view music by artist, iTunes applies album artwork to the Artists list, but you don’t get ...