Open the Audio-MIDI Setup app, which is in /Applications/Utilities.
And it won’t, at least not out of the box. So to play it back correctly, your Mac has be able to play the music at those settings. High-resolution music has both bit depths and sample rates that are higher than the standard 16-bit, 44.1 kHz. I started playing this album, which is marked Hi-Res Lossless. I’ve written about high-resolution music plenty over the years, and it’s clear that, for the vast majority of listeners, it’s just marketing and won’t make a difference.īut Apple has added music formats that can’t even be played back on Macs, without changing a hidden setting. I haven’t written much about Apple’s new foray into lossless, high-resolution, and Dolby Atmos music.