Getting started with Rewrap

Install Rewrap and turn your first video into an MP4 that plays on your Apple devices.

3-minute read Applies to Rewrap 1.0.0 Updated

Rewrap turns video into MP4 or M4V files for your Mac, Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. Everything it needs, FFmpeg included, is inside the app.

Before you start

You’ll need a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 14 or later. Rewrap doesn’t run on Intel Macs.

Convert your first video

  1. Move Rewrap to Applications

    Open the disk image and drag Rewrap into your Applications folder. It’s signed and notarized, so it opens without a warning.

  2. Drop in a video

    Drag one or more files onto the Rewrap window, or use Open. Rewrap reads each file and lists its video, audio and subtitle tracks.

  3. Check the tracks

    Every track is on by default. Turn off the ones you don’t want, such as extra languages, and fix a track’s language if it’s wrong. Use the filters to show only video, audio or subtitle tracks.

  4. Pick a preset

    Passthru Remux copies everything that fits into MP4 without re-encoding, which is fastest and loses nothing. Apple TV 4K, iPhone, iPad and Archive H.265 convert the video too.

  5. Convert

    Start the conversion and open the jobs drawer to follow progress and time remaining. When a job is done, Reveal in Finder shows the new file.

    Tip: choose where finished files go in Preferences, including an external drive.

What stays the same

Chapters, metadata and cover art are always copied into the new file. Your original file isn’t changed.

If a conversion fails

Each job keeps a log. Choose Reveal Logs in Finder from the menu and attach the job’s log to a support ticket.

Rewrap is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Apple Inc. Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

MP4tools is a trademark of its respective owner. Rewrap is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by its owner.

Rewrap includes FFmpeg, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The license texts and the matching source code for each release are on the licenses page.

Questions about Rewrap?

Check the help pages first, or send us a message and we’ll get back to you within 24 hours.

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