Apple Loops Questions

1) Where does Logic store user-created loops that I've added to the library?
2) What is the easiest/best way to convert a regular .aiff or .wav file into an apple loop?
3) I'm getting a lot of artifacts when I use loops I created--even when the loop is being played back at the same tempo as the original! Is this normal? You'd think that if the original cut was 120 BPM, and I turn it into an Apple loop, and stick it into another project at 120 BPM, there should be no artifacts, right?
4) Sometimes when I click "add to loop library" Logic won't let me select "looping" as an option. This is after I've already analyzed the cut in Apple Loops Utility. What's up with that?
Any help, insight or guidance would be appreciated.
Thank you!

zgogor wrote:
1/ apple loops folder / check them ....
I see folders for all Apple's loops and jam packs, but nothing for my loops.
Edit: Found them They are at:
~/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/User Loops
Before I was checking the root /Library, which is why I couldn't find them.
2/ apple loop utility application / check it ...
I have been using it, but considering the strange behavior I'm getting (see question #3 and #4) I think I might be missing a step or doing it wrong. Right now I open an audio selection in Apple Loops Utility, fill in the tags, mess around with the transient sensitivity, then "save." So why can't I add it as a loop after that?
3/ no of course.
Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
4/ add to appleloop library doesn't mean it is converted, check appleloop utilty first then add them to the Lib
I did use the loop utility first. I mentioned that in my original post.
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