How to convert AVI to QuickTime MOV on Mac (OS X 10.6 included)
Many Mac users have AVI stored on hard drive, like AVI footage, either from digital camera like Cannon, shared from a friend who has a PC or downloaded from the Internet, or any other AVI videos from other sources. If Mac users want to upload these AVI videos to iTunes for organizing, eidt AVI in iMovie, or put on your iPod/iPhone, converting AVI to iPod compatible format like MOV is necessary.
Note: If the AVI file is encoded with a codec that QT, iMovie, FCP can't recognize, like DivX, XviD, you won't be able to import them to iMovie.
I f you have QuickTime Pro installed, you can convert your AVI file to QT MOV directly, just choose MOV as the output format that you "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 AVI to MOV Video Converter for Mac.
Download it for free here:
Double click the .dmg image to install it and follow the step by step tutorial:
Convert AVI videos to QuickTime MOV on Mac
Load AVI videos to the program
Drag & drop AVI files to the program. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Add Video" to locate the AVI files you want to add.
Select "MOV" as output format
Select MOV format from the output format dropdown list. If you want to put the output MOV file on your iPod, iPhone or other popular portable device, you can select an output format according to your device name! The default optimized setting makes the output QuickTime MOV video looks good on your player, say iPod's, screen.
Note: This AVI to MOV Converter for Mac allows you to get any segment of the AVI video and convert it to MOV format.
Start AVI to MOV conversion on Mac OS X.
Hit "Convert" let this smart AVI to MOV Video Converter for Mac to do the rest for you! This video converter is specifically designed for Mac OS users, including Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc.
When the conversion is done, you can play output MOV videos in QuickTime, edit them in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or put them on your iPod for playback anytime you want.
