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Isn’t AAC an Apple-specific format that isn’t portable to other devices?

April 26, 2017AAC Devices format isn’t portable

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Isn’t AAC an Apple-specific format that isn’t portable to other devices?

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Although Apple has embraced the AAC format, it didn’t invent it. The only Apple-specific part of old iTunes files is that they’re wrapped in DRM (these music files end in the file extension .m4p—the p stands for “protected”—as opposed to .m4a). Apple’s DRM is only compatible with Apple products, but AAC files play on a wide variety of players.