Apple Loops Into Ableton

I know you can rewire Ableton into Logic but is there a way to use Apple loops in Ableton?

1. The MIDI AND Audio loops are all in .CAF format. I'm not sure there's a way to tell which are which when looking at the files themselves. The only way I can tell is by looking at them in the Loop Browser.
2. I'm not positive about this, but I'm pretty sure that only Logic can understand the metadata contained in the Apple Loops that contains the MIDI info. Hopefully someone else will chime in and clarify this point. If Ableton can understand .CAF files, I think they will import only as audio files.
Good Luck!

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    Ht
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