I use MAX (free) with option "do not allow to skip". It rips to any format and translates from any format to any format. I use Apple Lossless ALAC and Itunes. Itunes work quite well in Mac and poorly with PC - at least that's what I've heard. MAX also can rip directly to Itunes, even importing albums. You can also "get metadata" from Itunes and transfer to MAC.
http://sbooth.org/Max/
http://sbooth.org/Max/