How to Convert QuickTime MOV Videos on Mac OS X?

As we know, MOV is Apple proprietary for QuickTime, and the MOV containers use the MPEG-4 codecs. MOV files are compatible on Mac in a QuickTime-only environment. So it has a narrow Applicable without Mac OS X. MOV can't be accepted by some hardware devices, such as the Sony PSP and various DVD players; on the software side, most DirectShow / Video for Windows codec packs don't include an MOV parser.

The hardware devices like Sony PSP and some other players support MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, or other video formats. If you want to enjoy MOV videos from Mac OS or edited by iMovie, you should convert MOV to MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, 3GP, M4V, etc. For Mac users, we recommend this cool Mac Video Converter, a multimedia MOV video conversion tool. Mac MOV Converter can easily convert MOV videos on Mac to the other video formats as required including MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, 3GP, etc.

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How to Convert MOV files on Mac with Mac MOV Converter?

1 Launch Mac MOV Converter and Import the MOV files

Click "Add Video Files" from "File" Menu and select the MOV files you need to convert to import them into Mac MOV Converter, you can also directly dragging MOV files into the left video list.You can preview the original video before the videos editing or setting.

2 Select the Output Video Format for the MOV Videos

After you imported the MOV files, now you can click the device icon behind the video file in the video list to choose the output format.

There are several output categories for choosing, such as Apple Devices, Apple Software, Video Formats: MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, FLV, etc. You can directly select the right format as your need, if you don't know which one to choose for you device, just select the right device you have.

If you are converting several videos and you'd like to put them together, please tick "Merge into One File", and Mac MOV Converter will merge them into one file.

3Make Customized Video via the Powerful Editing Functions

Mac MOV Converter Provides four big editing functions, including: Video Trimming, Video Cropping, Video Rotation and Video Adjustments. Mac MOV Converter provides real-time preview for the editing effect.You can select one of them to edit your video, for example, you can rotate the MOV videos as your need with the Video Rotation on the left or on the right on 90 degrees.

4 Convert MOV files on Mac

Click "Start" and begin to convert your MOV videos on Mac with Mac MOV Converter. Just have a cup of coffee and a rest, the conversion will be finished quickly with losing less quality, and then you can enjoy the conversion videos (MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV…) with your device players or some other software.

What's more about this Mac MOV Converter?

Just follow this step by step guide to convert MOV to MP4 on Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc, convert MOV to FLV Mac, convert MOV to AVI on Mac and convert MOV to WMV on Mac. Mac MOV Converter provides powerful video editing functions; you can make customized videos before the MOV conversion.