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MilesGrove
Apr 11, 2025Iron Contributor
What's your favorite video editor for mac?
Hi everyone, I used to edit videos on Windows, but I just switched to Mac recently, and I'm not used to many operations. Now I need to edit an opening video, and I want to find a video editor for Mac...
Holaway
Apr 11, 2025Iron Contributor
The "Photos" app that comes with macOS can actually be used as a lightweight video editing software for Mac, especially when you want to quickly cut a short clip and don't want to use a large software. Sometimes I just use it to process videos shot on my iPhone, which is simple and hassle-free.
- Import your video into the "Photos" app (just drag it in);
- Double-click to open the video, click "Edit" in the upper right corner;
- Drag the small yellow bars at both ends on the bottom timeline to select the segment you want to keep;
- If necessary, you can also click the "Adjust" and "Filter" options above to make basic adjustments to brightness, contrast, and hue;
- Click "Done" in the upper right corner, and the video will be cropped into the clip you selected;
- Finally, click the share button → Export video.
Although its functions are not as good as professional editing software, as a lightweight video editor for Mac, the Photos App is really a hassle-free, resource-saving and sufficient trick, especially for temporarily cutting a title and cleaning up the nonsense paragraphs in the video, it is super convenient