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Mac System Requirements and Compatibility Detection

For Filmora to run properly it must be installed on a system that meets or exceeds the following requirements.

Index

01Filmora for Mac System Requirements
02Supported Input Formats
03Supported Output Formats
04Supported Effects & Plug-ins

Filmora for Mac System Requirements

  • Operating System:macOS 10.15 (Catalina) through 15 (Sequoia,*Only Compatible with Filmora V13 or later versions*) .
    If you are using OS X 10.7 to 10.13, click here to get the compatible version »
  • Processor: Intel i5 or better multicore processor, 2 GHz or above
    (Intel 6th Gen or newer CPU recommended for HD and 4K Videos, also compatible with Apple M3 chip).
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM (16 GB required for HD and 4K videos).
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 or later; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 or later; AMD Radeon R5 or later.
    2 GB vRAM (4 GB required for HD and 4K videos).
  • Disk: At least 10 GB of free hard disk space for installation (SSD-Solid State Disk recommended for editing HD and 4K videos).
  • Internet: An Internet connection is necessary for software registration and access to online services like Filmstock.

Tech Specifications of Filmora for Mac(Or for Windows here)

Supported Input Formats

Type

Container formats

Video Formats

MPEG-1/2 Video file: (.mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .m2v)

MPEG-4 Video file: (.mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .3gp2)

QuickTime Movie File: (.mov encoded with MPEG 4 or MJPEG codec only)

Camcorder File: (.dv, .mod, .tod, .mts, .m2ts, .m2t)

Flash Video: (.flv, .f4v)

Audio Visual Interleave (.avi)

Matroska Video File: (.mkv encoded with MPEG 4 or MJPEG codec only)

HTML5 Video File: (.mp4, .webm,. ogv)

Non-encrypted DVD Titles: (.vob, .vro)

Audio Formats

.mp3, .m4a, .wav, .wma, .ogg, .flac, .aif, .aiff, .caf, .au

Photo Formats

.jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff

Supported Output Formats

Type

Container formats or Device/SNS profiles

Format

Common video/audio

.mov, .mp4, .m4v, .mkv, .avi, .f4v, .ts, .mpg, .3gp, ProRes, .m4a, .mp3, .gif

4K

.mov, .mp4, .m4v, .mkv,

Devices

iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple TV 4K, iPods, Apple Generic, Android Generic, PlayStation, PSP

Social Network

YouTube, Vimeo

DVD

DVD disc, DVD folder, ISO disc image file

* Some of the above codec formats may need to be supported by the system.

Supported Effects & Plug-ins

Effects & Plug-ins

Filmstock Standard

NewBlue FX (Not available on Mac with M1 chip)

Boris FX (Not available on macOS v10.14 and Mac with M1 chip)

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