Filmora for Mac System Requirements
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Minimum Requirments of Mac:
iMac in or after 2017; Macbook in or after 2018
Recommended: iMac in or after 2019; Macbook in or after 2020 -
Operating System:
MacOS V15 (Sequoia, *Only Compatible with Filmora V13 or later versions*), macOS V14 (Sonoma), macOS V13 (Ventura), macOS V12 (Monterey), macOS v11 (Big Sur), macOS v10.15
(Catalina). Also compatible with the Apple M-series.
If you are using macOS X 10.14, click here to get the Filmora Version 12.4 »
If you are using macOS X 10.12 to 10.13, click here to get the Filmora Version 10.5 » - Memory: 8 GB RAM (16 GB required for HD and 4K videos).
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Graphics:
Iris Plus Graphics 645 or later; AMD Randeon Pro 555 or later.
2 GB vRAM (4 GB required for HD and 4K videos). - Display Resolution : 1366 x 768 or larger (1920 x 1080 is recommended)
- Disk: At least 10 GB free hard-disk space for installation (SSD-Solid State Disk recommended for editing HD and 4K videos).
- Internet: Internet connection is necessary for software registration and access to online services like Creative Assets.
- Performance: For Mac users, Filmora has newly supported metal rendering to enhance and improve video editing efficiency; It also added Expanded P3 Color Gamut to enhance color accuracy.
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) | |
| AOMedia Video 1 (.av1) | |
| 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) | |
| Dolby Version Videos | |
| ProRes | |
| Audio Formats | .mp3, .m4a, .wav, .wma, .ogg, .flac, .aif, .aiff, .caf, .au |
| Photo Formats | live photos, .svg, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff |
Supported Output Formats
| Type | Container formats or Device/SNS profiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Common video/audio/photo formats | .mp4, .wmv, .av1 mp4, .hevc, .avi, .mov, .gopro cineform (Not available on Mac with M1/M2/M3 chip), .f4v, .mkv, .ts, .3gp, .mpeg-2, .webm, .gif, .png image sequence, .jpg image sequence, .mp3, .wav |
| 4K | .mov, .mp4, .m4v, .mkv, | |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple TV 4K, iPod, Galaxy S, Android Generic, Smart phone, Xbox one, PlayStation, PSP | |
| Social Network | YouTube, Vimeo, Tiktok | |
| DVD | DVD disc, DVD folder, ISO disc image file | |
* Some of the above codec formats may need to be supported by system.
Supported Effects & Plug-ins
| Effects & Plug-ins | |
|---|---|
| Filmstock Standard | |
| NewBlue FX (Not available on Mac with M1/M2/M3 chip) | |
| Boris FX | |
| AI Portrait |