Ukuhambelana kwefomathi yeFLAC kwiinguqulelo zamvanje zezixhobo zeApple kunye neenkqubo zokusebenza ziphuculwe kakhulu. Ngelixa zombini i-HomePod, usetyenziso lweeFayile, kunye nomdlali okhawulezayo kwi-macOS exhasa ifomathi yeFLAC, Inkqubo yolawulo lwe-iTunes ayisiyiyo, Ukuthintela abasebenzisi ukuba balonwabele olu hlobo lwefomathi olusinika umgangatho ongaphezulu kwefomathi yemveli yeMP3.
Njengoko sinokubona kwinkcazo epapashiweyo yeKhayaPod kwiwebhusayithi yayo, ngoku ukuba usuku lwayo lokumiselwa lusemthethweni, siyabona ukuba kwidatha yobuchwephesha esi sixhobo sixhasa ifomathi yeFLAC. Njengesiqhelo, injalo kwaye iya kuqhubeka iyimfihlakalo ukuba kutheni iApple inganikeli ngenkxaso yale fomathi kuba ifikelele kuhlobo lwe-1.3 kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo kwaduma ngo-2013.
Iifayile ezikwifomathi yeFLAC zinokudlalwa ngesidlali esiKhawulezayo kwiMacOS, nangona kunjalo, ukusetyenziswa kweVLC kungcono kakhulu, kubandakanya ukulawulwa koluhlu kwaye xa kufikwa ekunikezeleni iinkcukacha, ukhetho olungafumanekiyo ngomdlali wemveli we-macOS. Ifomathi yeFLAC inciphisa ivolumu ekuhlalwa kuyo ngumculo kwiCD ukuya kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezingama-50, kuxhomekeke kwiitraki kunye neenketho zokufaka iikhowudi.
Ifomathi ye-Apple engalahlekiyo, i-ALAC, isinika umgangatho ofanayo wokumamela, kodwa ayihambelani nabadlali abaninzi besithathu. Ngokucacileyo le fomathi ifana neFLAC, ephethwe yiApple, iyahambelana neTunes. Inguqulelo yokuqala ye-iOS 11 exhasa le fomathi yi-iOS 11, esivumela ukuba sidlale le fomathi kwisicelo seFayile ngokuthe ngqo nomdlali osilelayo wenguqu yeshumi elinanye ye-iOS.
