Convert Apple audio files (CAF) online for free
The converter easily converts your CAF audio files to various formats - free and online. No QuickTime Player or or other Audio software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Audio Container Format" formats to CAF without using software like QuickTime Player or a similar tool.
The .CAF file is an audio container format created by Apple. It stores audio data, metadata, and text annotations. Apple designed it to replace older formats like WAV and AIFF, specifically by utilizing 64-bit file offsets to completely eliminate the traditional 4GB file size limit. You can easily open these files using Apple QuickTime Player, Logic Pro, or GarageBand on a Mac.
The main disadvantage of .CAF is limited compatibility. It is a proprietary Apple format. Most Windows programs, Android devices, and web browsers do not support it natively. If you share a .CAF file with someone outside the Apple ecosystem, they will face playback errors. Furthermore, because .CAF frequently holds uncompressed audio, the files can become massive and impossible to send over standard email.
To ensure broad compatibility, you must convert this file. For general listening, web streaming, and sharing, convert to MP3 or AAC. To maintain lossless quality for professional editing on non-Apple systems, convert to WAV or FLAC. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Note: A very small fraction of .CAF files are entirely unrelated to audio. They may be 3D Character Animation Files used by Crytek CryEngine or Controller Application Files for industrial HVAC systems. These specific game and data files cannot be converted to audio formats.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your CAF file.
Users also converted CFA, DWG, DOCX, BAND, MWAND, PKGF, MP3, WAV, MP4 and M4A files.
If you want to convert CAF file to M4A, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA or MB, you can use QuickTime Player or similar software from the "Audio Container Format" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to CAF, try QuickTime Player or another comparable tool in the "Audio Container Format" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CAF converter.