[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Apr 28, 2005, at 6:30 PM, Michael Winter wrote:

> If you want an "exact" copy, can't you  just put the CD in, grab  
> the aiff files that show up in the Finder and drag them over.  
> AFAIK, as with any Finder copy, if even one bit can't be read,  
> you'll get an error.
>
> I'm still struggling with why that wouldn't work in practice.

Because that'll give you a data CD with AIFF files, rather than an  
audio CD that'll play on an audio CD player. There's more to an audio  
CD than what you see.


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