FLAC Reviews

iTerm2 Reviews

1. KateBlanc

   4 months ago
   Useful

   I've had so many problems with terminal in my Mac.. thanks for this tool. It's like really useful

   👍 Pros:    Fast|Convenience|Fastest, safest, and cheapest

   👎 Cons:    None

FLAC mentions (6)

• Best iPod for music in 2023 with large capacity.

  The Xiph.org foundation maintains FLAC and they have a list of tools that might be helpful. Source: about 1 year ago

• lossless music on the 7th gen

  Lastly, ALAC hasn't been updated by apple since 2016. FLAC is actively maintained by xiph.org and saw its last update this past October. Source: over 1 year ago

• [Audio] The MQA Controversy: How an inferior format tried to take over the high-end audio market and caused major backlash

  Excessive licensing costs weren’t the only concern surrounding MQA though. MQA is touted as being DRM free, with audio streams able to be stored in the very popular, open source FLAC format. Only the lower resolution 16-bit audio is truly DRM free however. MQA’s authentication watermarking must be present in the file, and properly validated at playback, otherwise MQA decoders will refuse to unfold the audio to... Source: over 1 year ago

• What audio format do you put on your iPods?

  FLAC continues to be actively maintained and updated. Which, actually thanks for asking your question because in checking sources I noticed FLAC was just updated not two weeks ago. I thik the last time I updated my encoder libraries was after MP3 lost patent protection and dropped licensing a few years ago, so this is fortuitous timing! Anyways, FLAC continues to be meaningfully updated (homepage @ xiph and the... Source: almost 2 years ago

• ELI5: How does audio compression (mp3, etc) make sound files so much smaller?

  There are lossless audio compression standards such as FLAC. Source: almost 3 years ago

iTerm2 mentions (105)

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  iTerm2[2] and I'm astonished there's less mention of it on this thread (though there is some). That is mainly because I switched mostly to Linux a few years ago, and you'd think the lack of a good terminal app wouldn't be the biggest pain point of switching from Mac to Linux, but it absolutely is. There's no terminal app on Linux even close to as good as iTerm2. [2]: https://iterm2.com/ but it's v3 tho... - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  * Homebrew - Package manager (kinda like apt/rpm on Linux). * Secretive - Stores SSH keys in the secure enclave [https://github.com/maxgoedjen/secretive] * Hazel - File automations [https://www.noodlesoft.com/] * Arq - Excellent backup software for local and/or remote backups [https://arqbackup.com/] * ChronoSync - File synchronization on steoroids [https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html] *... - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  Alfred - Productivity App for macOS [1] iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement [2] Dropshare App - upload anything anywhere on macOS [3] Mimestream - A native macOS email client for Gmail [4] Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS [5] [1] https://www.alfredapp.com [2] https://iterm2.com [3] https://dropshare.app [4] https://mimestream.com [5] https://culturedcode.com/things. - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• Leveraging Wasp for full-stack development

  A modern terminal shell such as zsh, iTerm2 with oh-my-zsh for Mac, or Hyper for Windows. - Source: dev.to / 23 days ago

• Ditch Your Boring Terminal and Make it More Useful

  Iterm2 is a terminal emulator for macOS. It’s kind of a replacement for your original terminal. It comes with a bunch of cool features and customizations that we will go over later. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago