You don't need a third-party app to crop video on your Mac. But neither QuickTime Player nor iMovie will do it either. Here's how to use the built-in Photos app to actually crop your video and export a new version.
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Comments: 7 Responses to “How To Crop Video On Your Mac”
Patrick Mc Namee
10 months ago
This was short and really clear Gary - I am sure a lot of people will love this.
Jeff Pylant
10 months ago
Thank you, Gary. Another pro tip.
Marcia Christ
10 months ago
Thank you Gary! This will be great for social media posts!
Robert R
10 months ago
Stimulated me to crop some older U/W videos from Bahamas trip. It worked great and lead me to adjust some colors/hues using Photos which also worked very well (U/W videos have always been hard to adjust). Thanks
V J Spindler III
9 months ago
Uses of Photos I hadn't seen before. But I still have a computer running Catalina so I can use QuickTime Pro. This allows me to edit anywhere in the video: copy a section and make a new video clip, delete a section anywhere, etc., and all quickly and easily. Is there anything available so many years later that can do the same things?
Very interesting. Glad you covered this topic. I have resorted to Quicktime and iMovie with a lack of satisfaction, because I don't encounter the problem often I have "let it go" and now I know the better solution to the problem (My dad's best advice: Always use the proper tool for the job, when you're done, clean your tools and put them away.") TY Gary!!!!
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This was short and really clear Gary - I am sure a lot of people will love this.
Thank you, Gary. Another pro tip.
Thank you Gary! This will be great for social media posts!
Stimulated me to crop some older U/W videos from Bahamas trip. It worked great and lead me to adjust some colors/hues using Photos which also worked very well (U/W videos have always been hard to adjust). Thanks
Uses of Photos I hadn't seen before. But I still have a computer running Catalina so I can use QuickTime Pro. This allows me to edit anywhere in the video: copy a section and make a new video clip, delete a section anywhere, etc., and all quickly and easily. Is there anything available so many years later that can do the same things?
V J Spindler III: You can do that in QuickTime Player, the current one in modern macOS. See https://macmost.com/easily-trimming-video-files-with-quicktime-player.html Of course most people would do it in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or some other video editing app.
Very interesting. Glad you covered this topic. I have resorted to Quicktime and iMovie with a lack of satisfaction, because I don't encounter the problem often I have "let it go" and now I know the better solution to the problem (My dad's best advice: Always use the proper tool for the job, when you're done, clean your tools and put them away.") TY Gary!!!!