Fluke is a small Mac OS X utility that lets you listen to your FLAC files right within iTunes without needing to convert anything. Simply feed your FLAC’s into it and watch the magic happen!
Download Fluke

How It Works

  1. Download and install Fluke.
    Follow the installer steps and punch in your admin password when asked for it.
  2. Restart iTunes.
    If you've got iTunes or QuickTime running, restart them.
  3. Listen to your FLACs!
    Right-click/Ctrl+click on the FLAC files you want to add to iTunes and choose Open With > Other. Locate Fluke under your Applications and press OK. Or simply drag your FLACs onto Fluke's application icon.
  4. Set as default.
    If you would like to use Fluke for all your FLACs by default, in the Open With dialogue mark the "Always Open With" checkbox.

Under the Hood

Fluke is really quite simple. The installer you download installs the components necessary for it to work: XiphQT, FLACImporter, and Set OggS. Fluke itself is an AppleScript saved as an application bundle. I kept the script inside the bundle editable so it's all nice and open-saucy.

To Do's

  1. Filter Input. Currently Fluke doesn't check what files you feed into it. It really should have a clause to know that those JPEGs you are choking it with aren't gonna fly.
  2. Folder Input. Add folder contents iterating to allow easy adding of entire albums straight into iTunes.

Feedback & Cred

The credit goes to the programmers of the libraries Fluke uses. Even though I stayed awake for two days straight making this, my efforts are too puny compared to what those guys have put in.

Now, I'm more of a designer than a programmer, so if Fluke is acting up do leave a comment on my blog.

Franz Ferdinand remix