xACT (short for X Audio Compression Toolkit) is a free software audio utility for Mac OS X. It handles compression and decompression between various lossless audio formats, secure CD ripping, and is a graphical interface for the Unix applications Shorten, shntool, Monkey's Audio, FLAC, and cdda2wav.
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“The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)