An MP3 converter for Mac, built into the right-click menu.
Your session exports a WAV or an AIFF and the person waiting wants an MP3. Right-click it in Finder and the MP3 lands beside it, encoded on your Mac.
Free account, no card · 299 MB · Apple silicon & Intel
Ricly▸Convert to MP3Nightdrive_v4.wavConverted to MP3Nightdrive_v4.wavHow to convert audio to MP3 with Ricly
- Install Ricly and open it.Turn on the Finder extension when it asks (one setting), then create your free account and verify your email.
- In Finder, right-click a WAV, AIFF, FLAC or M4A file.Select several to convert them together.
- Choose Ricly › Convert to MP3.The MP3 appears next to the original, with the same name.
Move Ricly to ApplicationsOpened from the download? One click moves it.
Turn on RiclyRicly opens the right pane in System Settings. On macOS 13 or 14, it’s a checkbox in Added Extensions.
Create your free accountAfter a first try on a sample file. Then verify your email.
Convert audio to MP3 without an online converter
You have done this a hundred times.
- Open a browser
- Find a converter
- Upload the bounce
- Wait
- Download it
- Move it back
- Close the tab
Ricly puts that one in the menu that is already under your cursor. Right-click the bounce, pick Convert to MP3, the MP3 lands beside it. A full-size master never goes near someone else's server.
See what else comes with itWAV, AIFF, FLAC or M4A to MP3 at 320 kbps
One MP3 per file, encoded with lame at a constant 320 kbps — the highest the format allows.
The encoder is inside the app
A universal lame binary ships in the 299 MB download, for Apple silicon and Intel. Nothing to install with Homebrew, no command line, no FFmpeg to find.
The MP3 lands beside the original
Same folder, same name, new extension. Your WAV is never modified, moved or deleted — the session file you just bounced stays exactly where it was.
Nothing is ever overwritten
If Nightdrive_v4.mp3 already exists you get Nightdrive_v4 2.mp3. And converting song.wav and song.flac at the same moment does not make them fight over one name.
A failed encode leaves nothing behind
The encoder writes to a hidden temporary file and only swaps it in when it finishes. You never find a half-written MP3 next to your master.
Ricly vs. online converters and the Music app
A bounce is a big file. Every online converter starts by asking you to send it to them. Counted the same way, once your account exists, here is what that costs.
With Riclystays on your Mac
WHAT IT REPLACES
Batch convert WAV files to MP3
two at a time inside,
so the session keeps playing
A folder’s worth of bounces is one right-click: select them all, and the menu reads Convert to MP3 (20 files). Ricly encodes two at a time so your session is not fighting for the CPU. On a converter site, every bounce is uploaded first, to someone else’s server.
There is a native path, and it goes through your music library. The Music app really does make MP3s — set the import encoder in Settings, add the file to your library, then File, Convert, Create MP3 Version. It works, it is free, and it puts a copy of your bounce in a library it was never meant to live in. Finder can encode audio too, with Encode Selected Audio Files, but only to M4A, not MP3. Finding the file counts as a step on a website, because you have to go and look for it in a picker. With Ricly you are already on it. Waiting is never counted: they all wait, and uploading a 50 MB master waits a good deal longer than a local encode.
Your track. Your Mac.
An unreleased mix has no business sitting in an upload queue. The encoder runs where the file already is.
You came for one tool. 16 more come with it.
Audio to MP3 is not an app you install. It is one item in a menu that also carries 16 others — same download, same account, nothing extra to set up.
13 are free, 4 are Pro. They install themselves as they ship, so the menu grows without you doing anything. Find Duplicates will tell you how many copies of the same bounce are on your drive, and Strip Metadata takes the location out of a photo before you post the cover art.
A free MP3 converter, with no monthly limit
No monthly count on this tool. Convert an album if you want to.
- The same encoder and the same setting as any paid plan.
- Select twenty bounces, right-click once, twenty MP3s.
- A free account is required, with a verified email address.
€47.88 billed yearly, or €4.99 month to month.
- Pro adds nothing to this tool. It is already unlimited.
- What it does unlock: the 4 Pro tools, and the ceilings on the ones that have them.
- Upload & Share goes to 20 GB and links last 30 days — useful when the MP3 is not small enough for mail.
MP3 converter for Mac: common questions
What bitrate do I get?
A constant 320 kbps, the maximum MP3 allows. DJ software reads it straight from the file, so Serato or Rekordbox shows 320 rather than an average.
Are my tags and cover art carried over?
No. The MP3 comes out without ID3 tags or artwork, so a file converted from a tagged M4A loses them. Coming from a WAV or an AIFF bounce there is usually nothing to lose. If you tag your releases, tag the MP3 after converting.
Which files can I use?
WAV, AIFF, AIF, FLAC, M4A, AAC, CAF and M4V. A video container works too — the audio track is taken out of it.
Is the file uploaded anywhere?
No. The encoding happens on your Mac. Ricly needs the network to sign you in, not to encode, and the audio itself never leaves. One tool in Ricly does send files, Upload & Share, and it says so on its own page.
Can I convert to MP3 on a Mac without installing anything?
Yes, with the Music app: set the import encoder to MP3 in its settings, add the file to your library, then choose File › Convert › Create MP3 Version. It puts a copy in your library. Finder can encode audio too, with Encode Selected Audio Files, but only to M4A, not MP3.
Can I convert a whole folder of bounces?
Open the folder, select them all with ⌘A and right-click once. They run two at a time, and each one gets its own MP3.
Will it overwrite the MP3 I already made?
Never. You get a numbered file beside it instead. Ricly does not replace a file that already carries the name, and it never asks you the question mid-export either.
Right Click. Done.
17 file tools in the Finder menu. Free to start.
Free account, no card · macOS 13 or later
Send the link to your Mac.
Ricly is a Mac app. Drop your email and we send you the download link.
We email you the download link, then one short check-in the next day. One click to unsubscribe. We delete your address after that. · Free · macOS 13 or later · 299 MB
Share the link to your Mac.
Sent! Check your inbox on your Mac.
Open the email there and Ricly installs in about two minutes.
Or just type usericly.com/mac on your Mac.
Want the founder deal?
€69 instead of €99
Ricly Pro for life · pay once
Every tool, including the 4 Pro ones
Only for the first 200 members
You're in. Your deal is on its way to your inbox.
One email with the deal, one reminder before it ends. We'll also email you big Ricly news, rarely. Unsubscribe anytime.
Get Ricly on your Mac
Ricly is a Mac app. We'll email you the download link, so you can install it when you're at your Mac.
We email you the download link, then one short check-in the next day. One click to unsubscribe. We delete your address after that.
Share the link to your Mac.
Ricly is a Mac app.
Send the download link to your Mac.
We email you the download link, then one short check-in the next day. One click to unsubscribe. We delete your address after that.
Share the link to your Mac.