I'm looking for a free CD ripper for the Mac that can rip music to MP3. I know iTunes can do it, but I want to keep the ripped songs separate from my itunes library (they're gonna be going on the XMp3 i'm gonna be buying tomorrow). Any suggestions?

I didn't know of any off hand. So I did a little snooping around.

I found this at macrumors:

best mp3 ripping software - Mac Forums

There are a few good ideas in the above thread.

Let me know what you come up with.

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Found this too:

MacUpdate: Search

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The only one I could get working was called Max, and it's REALLY slow. The other one, LameBrain, is PPC only...

Have you tried Handbrake? I know it's mostly used for DVD's, but you might be able to do mp3's.

HandBrake 0.9.2 software download - Mac OS X - VersionTracker

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Yeah I LOVE handbrake. Only DVD's though, unfortunately.

I'm trying.

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I'm still looking too. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be :P

I hear you. Have you seen this yet?

Download Music Man 2.7 for Mac - Rip, convert, burn or play music. MacUpdate Mac MP3 Software Downloads

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This is for music man:

Music Man Tutorial - How to rip an Audio CD to MP3 on Mac OS X using Music Man: MP3 Ripper, Converter, Burner, Player for Mac OS X

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