Multimedia

Macs make for powerful multimedia machines, so it makes sense to install the latest multimedia software to maximise their performance. Here on FileHippo you’ll find the latest free Mac multimedia software including video and audio editors, converters and codec packs – in fact, all the Mac multimedia software you could want – and all for free! Discover our full range today, with around 120 great apps to choose from, including VLC Media Player, VirtualDJ, Apple GarageBand, Apple iMovie, and Spotify, to name just a few. Read more about our favourite multimedia software for Macs

Piano For Dummies
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Apeaksoft Mac Cleaner
Trial version
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Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor for Mac
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Efficiently Extract and Restore iPhone Data on Mac
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ScrobblePod
Free
ScrobblePod: Scrobble your music on your iPod
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ProfCast
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ProfCast: Record and Publish Live Presentations
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Senuti
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Transfer songs from your iPod and iPhone to Mac
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Express Scribe Free for Mac
Free
ExpressScribe Free for Mac is an audio player for pro users and students alike. It has been designed to aid its users in manually transcribing audio recordings. The ‘Free’ in the title refers to the fact that the software is free. Yes, unfortunately you still have to do all the actual typing yourself. If that’s what you are after, then keep reading. If not, thanks for your time, what follows is probably not for you. What Express Scribe is good for, is professional typists or anyone else who wants to type audio playbacks. Installation is easy, the interface is simple to use and easy to master. Express Scribe has also been designed from the ground up to work with USB foot pedals, so if you own one, compatibility should be assured. If you don’t have a foot pedal to hand, there are shortcut ‘hot’ keys you can use instead, and using these also works well. Key Fatures: Supports audio and video playback. Supports professional USB foot pedals to control playback. vWorks with Microsoft Word and all major word-processors. Works with speech recognition software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking to automatically convert speech to text. Works with FastFox text expander for entering medical/legal phrases and common phrases with keyboard shortcuts. While Express Scribe Transcription Free is primarily aimed at professional typists, we think that anyone else who wants to do some transcribing and typing from notes should have no problems finding this software accessible. The transcribing UI offers a lot more for typists than you might think would come with a ‘free’ version of professional software. Highlights include variable speed playback, multi-channel control, video playing, and file management; all things you would normally expect to receive from ‘premium’ specialized transcription software. The free version also supports all the common audio formats you would expect such as .MP3, .WMA, .DCT, and even encrypted dictation files. Looking for the Windows version of Express Scribe Free for Mac? Download Here
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QuickTime X Preferences
Free
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Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac
Trial version
Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac is a well-built video downloading app for the Mac platform that lets you download online videos from major streaming video sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Vevo, and TED, to your Mac, so you can enjoy them offline. The app has a range of configurable options that let you save online video files in a number of popular formats, including MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG, MP3, WAV, AAC, etc. With Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac you can download HD/SD media, including HD MP4, HD AVI, etc. as well as 4K video. You can configure a variety of options, including the ability to choose batch conversion, and alter the output format to something better suited to your needs, including MP4, MOV, AVI, and WMV. A handy feature of the app is the 'automatic paste video URL' feature. This is useful when looking for what you want to download in your web browser and the search field in the app is auto populated. Next, simply click the ‘Analyze’” button to get the video information and then click ‘OK’ to begin the download process. Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac allows you to convert downloaded or local video files to a playable format on a selection of iOS devices, such as iPhone SE, iPhone 6/6s Plus, iPhone 6/6s/5/5s/5c/4s/3GS, iPad Pro/Air, and iPod touch. It also supports a wide range of output formats that are supported by popular media player software, such as QuickTime Player, and VLC, etc. Moreover, the app also has the ability to convert videos to MP3, WMA, WAV audio format, on Mac OS X El Capitan, as well. Overall, Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac is a great little app that has a good selection of configurable options to play around with. The interface is easy to navigate and the auto populate feature saves a few seconds of copy and paste each time you locate a video you want to download.
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DeskLickr
Free
Flickrize your desktop
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Movies Database
Trial version
Movies Database: Retrieve and Catalog Movie Information
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Music Tag Edit - Batch ID3 Editor
Free
Organize Your Music Effortlessly with Music Tag Edit
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Geometrize
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Transform Photos into Geometric Art Easily
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BBC Radio Widget
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TuneFab Apple Music Converter for Mac
Trial version
Apple's offering onto the music services has been hit and miss over the years, but more often that not, they hot the mark. However, there are a few issues that users run into, namely being able to share tracks freely. Apple offers multiple versions for people who use either a PC, Mac, iPhone or Android device to access Apple's services. But there are still many limitations that restricted you enjoy Apple Music freely. For instance, you can’t sync Apple Music to iPod classic/shuffle, Sony Walkman, Xbox 360, etc. Neither can you import Apple Music tracks to iMovie or Final Cut for editing. This is where Tunefab Apple Music Converter for Mac comes into play. TuneFab Apple Music Converter for Mac lets you convert Apple Music & M4P Songs to MP3 and other formats. It enables you to convert Apple Music to most common audio file formats including MP3, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA. It also supports converting M4B/AA/AAX Audiobooks as well. You can convert protected M4P, M4B and AA/AAX to DRM-free formats such as MP3, M4A, etc. with the original ID3 tags and chapter information preserved. TuneFab Apple Music Converter for Mac also lets you extract audio from iTunes Movies, TV shows and music videos, and then export as MP3, AC3, MKA, FLAC, etc. TuneFab Apple Music Converter for Mac is a great little app. In fact, it's the kind of app that Apple probably wishes didn’t exist. But it does. And that’s great news for everyone. It also scores highly across the web in terms of reviews and user satisfaction. If you own a Mac, and if you're reading this, we're assuming you do, then we really feel you need this software. As anyone who has ever used Apple music and iTunes knows, Apple Music tracks are encrypted Digital Rights Management (DRM) which means you can only listen to your Apple downloaded music on certain specific devices such as iPhones, iPods (Big early on in the 21st Century; Google it!), Android Smartphones, iPhones, and Mac and Windows based operating systems. While that sounds like a fairly exhaustive list, it does have some fairly major drawbacks... One issue is that you can’t transfer or copy music to your MP3 Player, game console, car audio etc. But perhaps the most major problem is if you uninstall Apple Music software or cancel your account, all your downloaded tracks are lost. This is where TuneFab Apple Music Converter can help. TuneFab looks great and is simple to use. Put simply, TuneFab Apple Music Converter gives you control over your own music and lets you convert Apple Music files into the standard audio file formats we all know and love such as MP3, M4A, MKA, and many others. Once you’ve done that you can listen to all your Apple Music songs on whatever device you want whenever you want to. TuneFab Apple Music Converter can also strip the DRM AA/AAX from audio books and keep the full ID3 tags, and chapter information. Another top feature is the way that TuneFab lets your extract the audio files from iTunes Videos, including the audio from movies, and TV shows. Key Features: Convert Apple Music to MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA. Strip DRM from AA/AAX audiobook and convert AA/AAX to MP3 or M4A with full ID3 tags and chapter information. Play Apple Music tunes on any device. Store and backup your music on any device in a format of your choosing. Extract Audio from iTunes Video. Create iPhone ringtone files (M4R) out of your Apple Music songs. Overall, TuneFab Apple Music Converter is easy to understand and master. It lets you listen to your music offline, and is a fantastic piece of software. TuneFab is also free to try.
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Collage Creator
Free
Free Collage Creator for Mac
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PhotoStage Free Slideshow For Mac
Trial version
Most of us take thousands of images, but tend not to do much with them. Why not create a slideshow with your pictures? PhotoStage Free Slideshow For Mac makes showing off your pictures easy and fun to create, thanks to its clean and intuitive interface. You begin by importing photographs and or media files by either ‘drag and drop’ method or via the file browser. Once the framework of your slideshow is in place you can add effects such as altering brightness, crop, rotate, speed, and zoom. Next, you specify what type of transitions you need; fade, reveal, wipe, circle, heart, or diamond. Additionally, you can record a narration, preview the slideshow, save the current frame as an image, shuffle clips, and apply multiple clips effects such as black and white, negative, sepia, oil painting. When you have finished you can save the slideshow to disc, hardware, portable device, as an image sequence or Flash file, or if you like you can upload it, as well as create a DVD movie or data disc of your slideshow. KEY FEATURES INCLUDE: Easy to use: supports drag and drop and Quick Create. Add effects: zoom, crop, fade, panning, and more. Enhance your photos: optimisation tools. Multimedia presentations: add photos and video clips, captions, music and narration. Easy to share: burn slideshows to DVD, save as video files, or optimize for the web. Supported formats include: bmp, gif, jpg, jif, jiff, jpeg, exif, png, tif, tiff, psd, tga, pcx, jp2, wmf, ico. Audio: wav, mp3, mp2, mpga, m4a, ogg, avi, mid, flac, aac, wma, dct, au, aiff, ogg, raw, msv, dvf, vox, cda, atrac, gsm, dss, sri, shn, dss, msv, wmv. Video: avi, mpeg, wmv, divX, Xvid, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mp4, mov, asf, vob, ogm, .3gp, H.264, RM. Looking for the Windows version of PhotoStage Free Slideshow For Mac? Download Here
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BalalaikaChordsLite
Free
Explore BalalaikaChordsLite for Effortless Music Creation
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MiniPlayer
Free
Streamline Your Music Experience with MiniPlayer
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Freac for Mac
Free
If you are in the market for a free, Open Source audio conversion app, and you don’t mind a working with a simple interface, then you can’t go far wrong with Freac for Mac. Beneath the standard, bare bones window lies powerful open source conversion encoders that are able to rapidly convert your audio files to a good selection of formats. Not only can Freac for Mac convert an array of audio files, but it can also rip audio CDs as well. The app can access the online CDDB database to automatically populate the metadata attached to your media files, so they can be organized correctly in your media library. This is really useful as it saves a stack of time in manually adding the data yourself. Freac for Mac also comes with a couple of neat tools and configurable features, such as a built-in media player, with standard functionality; play, pause, stop, and skip next or skip previous. When saving content, you can choose a default saving directory, select the encoder you need, apply some audio filters, such as High-pass or Low-pass, create various playlists and cue sheets, install plugins, and you can edit ID3 tags as well. You can even batch process files, if you need to. Overall, Freac for Mac supports a wide array of formats, including .MP3, .Bonk, .WMA, .MP4/M4A, .AAC, .Ogg .Vorbis, .FLAC, and .WAV. It has a good selection of configurable options, and it is available in over 36 languages.
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Multimedia

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Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor for Mac

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Express Scribe Free for Mac

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Aiseesoft Video Downloader for Mac

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March 15 tech news roundup: Microsoft retires Remote Desktop app, Amazon Prime is getting more ads, Beware of polymorphic Chrome extensions

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