That’s when he found XLD (X Lossless Decoder).
Here’s a short, practical story about burning FLAC files to CD on a Mac. The Last Mix for the Road burn flac to cd mac
Leo inserted a blank Verbatim CD-R (the kind with the silver top, not the cheap printable ones), right-clicked the burn folder in Finder, and selected “Burn to Disc.” He chose the slowest speed—4x—because every veteran knew fast burns bred skips. That’s when he found XLD (X Lossless Decoder)