New user - help with directory structure?

[simbun]

(19-05-2022 22:28)simoncn Wrote:  The update in 2017 was to a different page in the document, not the page you linked.

Or you could look at the fact that the resource (Core Audio Overview) has been updated as an indicator that it's being kept up to date, and that the 'Supported Audio File and Data Formats in OS X' hasn't changed, hence it hasn't needed to be updated.
As I said it was "the best I could find", which still seems to hold true.

(19-05-2022 22:28)simoncn Wrote:  Does any other platform (Windows, Linux, various NASs) have native FLAC support in the way you are defining it? I think the answer is No, but this doesn't mean FLAC is not a good choice on these platforms.

Windows 10 added FLAC support to the default media player (Windows Media Player?).
Stock Androids default media player is Youtube Music (this week) that has FLAC support. Other hardware vendors may choose different defaults but they'll all have FLAC support.
Ubuntu has Rhythmbox as the default media player, which has FLAC support. Other distributions may choose different defaults but they'll all support FLAC.
The default media player in iOS is Apple Music, the only way to play FLAC files natively in iOS is through the File management app.
The default media player in macOS is Apple Music, the only way to play FLAC files natively in macOS is via the QuickTime app or through the File management app.

If you couple this with the fact that a much bigger percentage of apple OS users will stick to the defaults, it becomes a much bigger task for someone in the apple ecosystem to use FLAC, hence I think I was right to warn the OP of potential issues.

Whether you still want to classify macOS/iOS as having native FLAC support is up to you, but what is there is certainly of no use in the content of a discussion around music libraries.

If nothing else, I suppose I now have more knowledge about FLAC support in apple systems, so instead of previously saying:
"but I don't think FLAC is natively supported on any apple system"

I can now say with confidence:
"there's no meaningful native FLAC support on any apple system"

Maybe it's best to just agree to disagree on this :-)