FLAC On A Mac


I know this topic appears here often but it seems to change every time I try to do a download.
I have a 7 year old MacBook Pro that i recently changed to OS to El Capitan after endless badgering from Apple to do so.  I previously had both XLD and Decibel on my OS for converting FLAC to Mac Compatible formats for the few downloads that I had ordered from HD Tracks.  
  I hadn't listenedto these downloads since the afore mentioned conversion.  i just ordered a new download (24 bit) from Presto Clasical and now I am getting messages that both programs will not work because they are from unknown developers.  Why these developers have become strangers to Apple after happily coexisting with them is another story but can someone tell me what the current best program for playing these files is>  My Internet search is unhelpful as everything seems to be recommending these two programs
mahler123

Showing 3 responses by dbtom2

Drag that xld icon to your application folder.o install it as an application. Then it should appear as an icon you can run as an app.
On your MacBook, under System Preferences, Security & Privacy, General, check the settings under: Allow apps downloaded from... 

On my Macs it is set to "Mac app store and identified developers"

Updating the OS to El Capitan shouldn't have changed your previous setting but one can't be sure what may have happened in the interim.

Consider buying/using the AIFF file format for your downloads. Yes, the files are larger but require no conversion to be compatible with Mac (iTunes, right?) The cost of hard disk space has gotten relatively low. Now I buy and/or rip to AIFF in order to have maximum compatibility with present and future players.