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WAV to AIFF Converter

Turn WAV files into AIFF in a couple of clicks. Uncompressed PCM audio. Perfect quality, big files. Apple's uncompressed audio counterpart to WAV. The conversion is lossless — every pixel, sample or byte in the source is preserved.

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Drop your files here

WAV files (.wav, .wave) · up to 300 MB each

or paste files from your clipboard

Ready when you are

Drop a WAV file above and FileTools360 will turn it into AIFF — right here on your device, without uploading anything.

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How to use it

  1. 1

    Add your WAV files

    Drag them onto the upload area, choose them from your device, or paste them from your clipboard. You can queue several at once.

  2. 2

    Adjust the settings if you want to

    The defaults suit most people. Open Advanced to control bitrate, sample rate and channels and start and end times.

  3. 3

    Convert and download

    Press Convert. Everything happens on your own device — nothing is uploaded. Download files one by one, or grab them all as a ZIP.

WAV and AIFF explained

WAV stores uncompressed PCM audio — the raw samples, exactly as captured. A stereo CD-quality minute is roughly 10 MB, which is the price of having no compression whatsoever.

AIFF is Apple's uncompressed audio format, functionally equivalent to WAV but with better metadata support and big-endian byte order.

Where WAV files come from
Recording sessions, sample libraries and audio editing.
Where AIFF is used
Mac audio production and older Apple software.

WAV vs AIFF

The two formats solve different problems, which is why converting between them involves trade-offs rather than a straight upgrade.

WAV compared with AIFF
PropertySourceTarget
CompressionUncompressedUncompressed
Introduced19911988
Browser supportUniversal.Strong on Apple, decent elsewhere.
WAV is stronger at
Perfect fidelity with zero compression artefacts. No decoding overhead, so editors scrub instantly. Universally supported.
AIFF is stronger at
Uncompressed and lossless. Better metadata handling than WAV. Standard in Mac audio workflows.

Why convert WAV to AIFF?

People make this switch when they run into the limits of WAV: distribution or storage on a phone. AIFF is the better fit when audio production on a Mac.

Be aware of the size trade-off: AIFF is uncompressed, so expect the converted file to be considerably larger than the WAV you started with.

WAV limitations that prompt the switch
Very large files. No standard metadata support worth relying on. Impractical for distribution.
What you give up
Very large files. Less universally supported than WAV.

Does converting WAV to AIFF reduce quality?

Both formats store the content without discarding data, so this conversion preserves it exactly. The file size may change because the two formats compress differently, but the content itself is unaffected.

About these formats

Source

Waveform Audio

Uncompressed PCM audio. Perfect quality, big files.

Extensions
.wav, .wave
MIME type
audio/wav
Best for
Editing and mastering · Sound design · Archival
Compatibility
Universal.

Target

Audio Interchange File Format

Apple's uncompressed audio counterpart to WAV.

Extensions
.aiff, .aif, .aifc
MIME type
audio/aiff
Best for
Pro audio on macOS · Mastering
Compatibility
Strong on Apple, decent elsewhere.

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