Download Movavi Video Converter for macOS

At a glance: batch conversion, 180+ formats, device profiles, GIF maker.

1. Drop a folder of clips onto the window. The app reads AVI, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, WebM, and WMV without fuss.
2. Pick an output like MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG, WebM, or WMV. The same workflow handles audio and still images too.
3. Choose a device profile if you know where the file is heading — Apple, Samsung, Nokia, and Sony presets are built in.
4. Need a quick GIF? Pull a short video segment and convert it straight to an animated loop.
5. Hit start and let it chew through the queue while you get back to your NLE or photo library.

Movavi Video Converter sits alongside the tools you already use, taking care of format juggling so your main editing or playback apps never hit a “file not supported” wall. It runs on Intel Macs from macOS 10.13 onward and keeps the interface in plain English, German, French, Japanese, and several other languages.

Reads the formats QuickTime ignores

The app fills the gaps that QuickTime Player leaves open. QuickTime reads a handful of formats well; Movavi reads the ones it does not. If a client sends an MKV from a screen capture or a WMV from an old Windows machine, you can queue the file, pick an output, and get on with the day.

Finder tags and folder shortcuts do most of the organising. Drag a folder onto the window and the app pulls in every readable file inside. That matters when a shoot lands as a mixed bag of MOV, MP4, and WAV clips. One pass, one destination folder, one less thing to think about.

The built-in editing tools stop you from opening a second app for small fixes. Trim a clip, rotate a phone video, drop in a text label, or level out a noisy audio track before the file leaves the app. It is not a replacement for Final Cut or Resolve, but it covers the ten-second jobs those apps make you wait through a launch for.

Spotlight picks up files by name, so a well-named export is easy to find later. The app plays nicely with that habit: name your output folder before you convert, and everything lands where you can find it.

Presets and GIF tricks over deep codec knobs

HandBrake is the obvious neighbour. It is open source, free, and deep on codec controls. Movavi answers with a simpler window, device presets, and image-to-GIF tricks that HandBrake does not bother with. If you want to fine-tune an x265 preset, HandBrake is the tool. If you want a folder of phone clips turned into MP4 before lunch, Movavi is faster to pick up.

Permute is the other one people mention. It is light, quick, and feels native to macOS. Movavi covers more ground in one screen — audio extraction, batch folders, GIF output, text and watermark overlays. Permute stays out of your way; Movavi gives you a few more buttons when you need them.

Any Video Converter overlaps on the feature list, but the Mac build feels busier. Movavi keeps the same jobs on one screen without burying the queue behind extra panels. For day-to-day conversions it reads cleaner.

Social editors and music collectors

• Social media editors — batch convert vertical clips, make GIFs, and export MP4 that uploads anywhere without a second thought.
• Music collectors — extract MP3 or FLAC from video files, including live sets pulled from MKV and WebM sources.
• People with mixed device libraries — Sony and Nokia presets still help when an older phone or camera refuses a modern codec.
• Teams sharing raw folders — one person runs the queue, drops everything to MP4, and the rest never see the original mess.

If your Mac is Intel and still on 10.13 or newer, the app lands without extra setup. The queue does the heavy lifting while you stay in whatever else you were doing.

• macOS: 10.13 or later
• Architecture: Intel 64-bit