Iyo FLAC fomati inoenderana mushanduro dzichangoburwa dzeApple zvishandiso uye masisitimu anoshanda akagadziridzwa zvakanyanya. Kunyange zvese zviri zviviri HomePod, iyo Files app, uye iyo QuickTime mutambi pane macOS inotsigira iyo FLAC fomati, iyo iTunes manejimendi app haisati iri, Kudzivirira vashandisi kunakidzwa nerudzi urwu rwemafomati iyo inotipa isu yakawanda mhando kupfuura echinyakare MP3 fomati.
Sezvatinogona kuona mune zvakatsanangurwa izvo zvakaburitswa yeiyo HomePod pawebhusaiti yayo, ikozvino sezvo zuva rayo rekutanga riri pamutemo, tinogona kuona kuti mune yehunyanzvi data mudziyo uyu unotsigira fomati yeFLAC. Semazuva ese, zviri uye zvicharamba zvichishamisa nei Apple isingape rutsigiro rwefomati iyi sezvo yakasvika vhezheni 1.3 uye kushandiswa kwayo kwakakurumbira muna2013.
Iwo mafaera ari muFLAC fomati anogona kutambiswa kuburikidza neiyo QuickTime player pane macOS, zvisinei, iko kushandiswa kunoitwa neVLC kuri nani, kusanganisira maneja zvinyorwa uye kana uchipa ruzivo, sarudzo isingawanikwe kuburikidza neyekuzvarwa macOS mutambi. Fomati yeFLAC inoderedza vhoriyamu inogarwa nemumhanzi paCD kusvika pa50%, zvinoenderana nematragi uye nesarudzo dzekodhi dzatinoisa.
Apple isina kurasikirwa fomati, ALAC, inotipa yakafanana mhando yemhando, asi haienderane nevatambi vechitatu vebato. Zviripachena, iyi fomati yakafanana neFLAC, inowanikwa neApple, inoenderana neTunes. Yekutanga vhezheni yeIOS 11 inopa rutsigiro rweiyi fomati ndeyeIOS 11, ichitibvumidza kutamba fomati iyi kubva kuFiles application zvakananga neyakagadzika mutambi weyegumi neimwe vhezheni yeIOS.