Recommendation for simple video-trimming software on new MacBook Air

My video-editing needs are not great. I have the need to trim videos – and mostly nothing more. For many years, I have been using the free MPEG Streamclip for this purpose.


It is an old app, and is no longer supported/updated. It works on my old desktop under Mohave. But I now have a new MacBook Air (latest/current OS version), and it does not work. Not surprising. I am looking for an alternative. Free is nice, a small price is no problem.


Every time, however, that I download an app from the App Store from its video-editing offers, I get apps that do ”everything” – except the simple task of trimming videos.


Can someone recommend an alternative to MPEG Streamclip for trimming videos?



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Original Title: Video-editing software

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 18, 2025 4:44 AM

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Posted on Jun 18, 2025 5:31 AM

For MP4/​MOV/​M4V files, QuickTime Player can do trimming (Edit menu).

For short videos in other formats, I’ll convert to MP4 before trimming in QTP, if I have to.

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