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Fix Broken MOV Video File on Mac OS X

MOV is a file format created by Apple computer to work with multimedia files. This file extension is used by QuickTime wrapped files. Playing of MOV video files has been always enjoyable on Mac. However, do you know MOV video files might get broken on Mac too? Are you worried how to repair broken MOV video files on Mac? No need to panic, you can easily fix broken MOV files by using MOV repair software. It is an advanced application to repair MOV files and is reviewed and recommended by many industry experts.

Most of the times, MOV files which were easily playable before on your Mac OS, are now not getting played with any media player including the QuickTime player. The reason behind the unusual actions of MOV file is the corruption in the catalog file. Catalog files are necessary to store files and folders and to manage them properly on Mac OS. A corrupted catalog file damage the header of MOV file which results in a broken MOV file and it becomes unplayable. To solve this issue, you can make use of MOV repair software and make them playable on QuickTime and on any other media player. You must use this efficient tool to fix corrupt MOV files on Mac OS in just a few steps.

If the external device which is used for storing MOV files contains a virus in it, then there are chances that these viruses can cause much damage to the MOV files. The damaged MOV file can be easily fixed by using this application and you can play the damaged MOV file back in media players efficiently. With the assistance of this application you can also fix MOV file from iPhone with utmost ease.

Sometimes, MOV file gets damaged due to fault with the Camcorder firmware. The MOV file is being truncated with the help of this firmware and when the user tries to play this file on Mac OS, the QuickTime refuses to play. What you will do if your most memorable MOV video file get damaged due to firmware corruption? Keep your worry aside, just use MOV repair software and fix your broken MOV file and make it playable and enjoy all your memorable moments. By using this repair utility it is easy to fix MOV file unplayable in QuickTime after firmware corruption.

There are many other factors which damages the MOV file, including the improper ejection of the data cable of Camcorder while transferring MOV files on to the computer. This sudden ejection fails the file transfer process and results in a broken MOV file. It also gets damaged when your system shutdown improperly due to improper power supply while playing any MOV file. This abrupt system shutdown damages the MOV file badly and due to this it can not be played further. In this situation, MOV repair software is the best utility to fix broken MOV file. This tool can also fix broken MOV files  that are corrupted due to interruption caused during recovering process of lost or deleted MOV files on machine and also can restore various types of video file format like AVI, MP4, MPEG, MPG, M4V, etc. Apart from this, it offers an effective solution to fix MOV files after FFMPEG error. You can use this tool to repair MOV file on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac & several other Mac computers within few mouse clicks.

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit), Lion 10.7 (64-bit)

Follow the steps mentioned below to fix broken MOV file on Mac OS X:

Step 1 : After launching the repair software, you need to provide the location of MOV file by clicking “Open”. Later, click “Repair” to initialize the repair process, as shown in Fig 1.

Fix Broken File - Browse Damaged MOV File

Fig 1: Open a MOV File

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit), Lion 10.7 (64-bit)

Step 2 : On the next screen, check the progress of repair process, as shown in Fig 2. You can click “Abort” at any time to cancel the MOV file repair process.

Fix Broken File - Repair Process progress

Fig 2: Repair Process

Step 3 : The software facilitates you to “Preview repaired file” before you save it using “Save repaired file”, as shown in Fig 3.

Fix Broken File - MOV Video Preview

Fig 3: Preview Repaired Mov File

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit), Lion 10.7 (64-bit)