How To Repair Corrupted MOV Files On MacBook Pro?

Updated on April 04, 2022

MOV is a common multimedia file format often used for saving movies and other videos files using a proprietary compression algorithm developed by Apple computer. The MOV files can be played on QuickTime media player, which is a built-in media player for most of the videos files that are played on Mac OS X. The files that are saved in MOV file format are in compressed form, which makes it easier to download and stream video from the internet to your Mac computer or other portable media devices. Most of the movies that are available online and the videos that are captured from various DSLR cameras are in .mov format. The MOV format specifies a multimedia file container that contains one or more tracks, each of which stores a particular type of data like audio, video, effects, or text.

Since many movie and video files that are available online are distributed in .MOV format, there are many chances where your MOV files get corrupted while downloading or transferring via a network. This is not only the reason for the corruption of MOV files on MacBook Pro; there are many situations where your MOV files may get corrupted and refuse to play on MacBook Pro notebook.

What Are The Common Reasons For MOV File Corruption/Damaged On MacBook Pro?

  • Interruptions while converting MOV file format into another file format on MacBook Pro can corrupt MOV files.
  • MOV files can be damaged by viruses or spyware that are present on MacBook Pro laptop.
  • The MOV file may get corrupted due to a transfer error, that occurs while moving the MOV files from MacBook Pro to another storage device or vice-versa.
  • Missing or truncated index, header corruption, application error, and bad sectors are present on MacBook Pro are other causes behind broken MOV files.

How To Repair A Corrupted/Damaged MOV File?

Using the below mentioned methods you can fix corrupted MOV video files with ease.

Method 1: Repair MOV Video Files Corrupted on Mac by Converting Its Formats via VLC

Converting the video to another format is another method for repairing the corrupted video. One of them is VLC, let’s see the steps to convert MOV to VLC.

  • Step 1: Download and install VLC Media Player on your Mac.
  • Step 2: Launch the VLC player and click on Files >> Convert/Stream.
  • Step 3: Drag and drop the damaged .mov file you want to repair or you can also use the tradition way of browsing the file and add it.
  • Step 4: Select the option Save File and choose Destination option.
  • Step 5: Change the name of the file and also the file extension.
  • Step 6: Wait until the conversion is complete and Save the file.

Try playing the video to check if the damaged MOV file is fixed.

Method 2: Repair Corrupted MOV Videos on Mac with VLC Recovery Codec

Its better to have a copy of the original files before you start this procedure. Follow the below steps to start fixing damaged MOV files:

  • Step 1: Launch the VLC Media Player.
  • Step 2: Click on Tool >> Preferences.
  • Step 3: Select the Input/Codecs from the top ribbon.
  • Step 4: In the Files section, click on the drop down box beside Damaged or incomplete AVI file and select Always fix.
  • Step 5: Once you are done, click on Save.

If the above methods doesn’t work out try repairing damaged MOV file using Yodot MOV Repair.

Method 3: Repair Corrupted Video using Yodot MOV Repair

Yodot MOV Repair is the best video repair tool used by most Mac OS X users for fixing their corrupted MOV video files on MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks. This software is extremely efficient in repairing all the MOV files that are corrupted because of file transfer errors, firmware errors, file system corruption, card error, etc. on MacBook Pro.

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Steps to Repair Corrupted Videos using Yodot MOV Repair on MacBook Pro:

  • Step 1: Download and install Yodot MOV Repair on MacBook Pro.
  • Step 2: On the main screen, click on the “Open” option to browse or select the repaired .mov file.
  • Step 3: After selecting the path of the repaired MOV file click on the “Repair” button.
  • Step 4: After this, the application starts the repair process, which is displayed on the processing bar.
  • Step 5: Once you finish with the repair process, the application will allow you to preview your repaired MOV files.
  • Step 6: You can save your repaired MOV files on the selected volume of MacBook Pro.

Suggestions:

  • Don’t use any third party tool for converting MOV files format to other file formats.
  • It’s better to have backup of your important MOV files.
  • Use good anti-virus program to remove virus or spyware from MacBook.

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