How to convert MP4 to MOV and MOV to MP4 on MAC OS

MP4 is short for Moving Picture Expert Group-4. Apple has developed two of its own ISO-compliant video codecs, MPEG-4 part 2 (a.k.a. MPEG-4 simple profile) and MPEG-4 part 10 (a.k.a. H.264) providing the highest quality results across a wide spectrum of data rates — from narrowband to broadband and beyond.

If you need to convert MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) and HD MP4(Xvid,H.264) file to MOV, just download and run this Mac MP4 to MOV Converter for free! It converts MP4 to MOV (iMovie, other video editing software, etc) on Mac OS X. And it also convert MOV to MP4 on Mac ,supporting Snow Leopard!

Now just download and run this MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac for free!

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Double clicck the .dmg file k to launch the program.

Supported Apple OS: MAC OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Unibody Macbook, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and PC with Mac OS X.

Step 1, Import MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac

Import file to MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac by either clicking “Add Files” button, or drag-drop the files, you can import more than one file one time.

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Step 2, Select MOV as output format

On the bottom of MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac window, there is a format tab, click here to get a format drop-down tree, and select MOV, then the output video you get will be MOV file.

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Step 3, Edit video with MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac

If you are not satisfied with video effect, resolution, or bite rate, or you need extract some clips of the video, there are video editing functions such as trimming, cropping, changing effect and so on. Learn more from how to edit MP4 (MPEG4) video on Mac OS.

Step 4, Click “Start” to convert MP4 to MOV on Mac OS X

Tips: How to play streamed MP4 files (MP4 broadcasts)?

Apple QuickTime Player - supports MPEG-4 SP, AVC and AAC.
Realnetworks RealPlayer 10 - supports MPEG-4 SP + B-frames (only in the "plus" version) and AAC.
MPlayer - free (open source) player, supports MPEG-4 ASP and AVC, available for various OSes, like Win, Linux, Mac OS.
VLC Player - free (open source) player, supports MPEG-4 ASP and AVC, various OSes supported.
MPEG4IP WMP4Player - open source (LGPL/MPL), supports MPEG-4 ASP and AVC.
Dicas Mpegable - supports RTP streaming, AAC, MPEG-4 ASP, AMR (.3gp audio) decoding.
EnvivioTV Plug-in - supports advanced content/BIFS (sample), AAC, MPEG-4 ASP and AVC in MP4.
GPAC Osmo4 - open source (GPL), able to decode BIFS (subtitles, user interactivity, DVD-like menus...) and TTXT.