How to Convert AVI to MOV on Mac OS X Lion
Maybe you have a ton of AVI files on your hard drive, either from a digicam, or downloaded from the internet. Mabe you want to edit AVI in iMovie, or play these files on your iPad, iPod or iPhone, etc.,. Apple, unfortunately only plays a couple types of seldom-used AVI file: "Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format". But if your AVI files are the much more common AVI file type, encoded with a codec that QuickTime can't recognize, like DivX, XviD, you'll need to convert the AVI to MOV or other iOS and Mac OS compatible formats.
If you have QuickTime Pro installed, you can convert AVI to MOV Mac directly. Just choose MOV as the output format by selecting "Save as". If you don't have QuickTime Pro installed or QT pro can't convert the AVI successfully, you can use this professional yet easy to use Video Converter for Mac to do the AVI to MOV Mac converting task. This Mac app enables you to convert any video or audio in all popular formats with ease.
Double click the .dmg image to install the AVI to MOV converter Mac and follow the step-by-step tutorial:
Convert AVI videos to QuickTime MOV on Mac
Load AVI videos to the Mac AVI to MOV Converter
To do so, you can directly drag & drop AVI files to the AVI to MOV converter for Mac. Or you can head to the "File" menu, choose "Add Video Files" to locate the AVI files into the software.
Batch conversion is available, so you are able to add more than one file at one time. By the way, if you wanna combine several files into one for better enjoyment, you can choose "Merge into One File" at the bottom of the main interface.
Select "MOV" as the output format
Now you need to choose MOV format from the format drop-down list as the output format.
If you want to put the output MOV files on your iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV or other popular portable devices for playback, you can choose the presets for iOS devices offered in the format drop-down list as the output format. Because the app has optimized the video settings for the output files, so the video could fit on your devices perfectly. What's more, if you select any item from the Apple Devices as the output format, the app could import the output video files directly to your iTunes on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included).
Note: The AVI to MOV converter Mac additionally offers you some useful edit functions for making your videos more enjoyable. You can split, crop, add cool effects to your media files or capture your favorite scene of the video. To learn more details, you can go to the User Guide of Video Converter for Mac.
Start to convert AVI to MOV Mac
Hit the "Convert" button and let this smart AVI to MOV Mac Video Converter do the rest for you! This video converter was specifically designed for Mac OS users. It performs greatly on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air either with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Lion.
When the conversion is done, you can play the output MOV videos in QuickTime, edit them in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or put them on your iPod, new iPad 2 for playback whenever you like. It is cool, right? Have a nice media experience then!
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