How to Convert AVI to iTunes on Mac OS X

Some videos downloaded online are in AVI format. If you have downloaded some .avi videos to your Mac and want to import the AVI videos to iTunes so that you can transfer the videos to your iPad, iPhone, iPod, etc. and enjoy them on the go, you may come across the problem on how to import AVI to iTunes on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included).

Since AVI is not the video format that can be recognized by iTunes, in order to transfer AVI to iTunes on Mac, you need a Mac AVI to iTunes Converter to help you convert AVI to iTunes on Mac. AVI to iTunes Converter Mac is just designed for Mac users who need to convert AVI movies to iTunes for playback on iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. With three steps, you could transfer all .avi files to iTunes on Apple Mac OS X. Free download it and follow the steps to convert AVI to iTunes on Mac.

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How to convert AVI to iTunes on Mac OS X step by step

Step 1. Import AVI files to AVI to iTunes Converter for Mac

Launch the Mac Converter and click "File"->"Add Video Files" to select the AVI videos and movies you want to convert for iTunes. Or you can easily drag-and-drop files to the left. All added videos will be displayed in thumbnails on the left and can be previewed on the right.

Step 2. Select iTunes supported MPEG-4 (.mp4) as output format

Click the image button on the right of each video clip and select MP4, which is highly compatible with iTunes as the output format.

Step 3. Click "Start" to start conversion of AVI to iTunes on Mac

After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert AVI to iTunes on Mac OS X. Before converting AVI to iTunes, you could trim AVI video length, crop black edges or commercial marks of the AVI video, and merge AVI video clips into one files. You can learn how to edit AVI on Mac.

About AVI: Audio Video Interleave, known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. Most AVI files also use the file format extensions developed by the Matrox OpenDML group in February 1996. These files are supported by Microsoft, and are unofficially called "AVI 2.0". AVI files are not recognizable by Mac OS, to play AVI on iTunes, all you need is to convert AVI to iTunes supported MPEG-4 (.mp4, .mov).