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.mov

Low risk

QuickTime Movie

Apple's QuickTime container, widely produced by iPhone screen recordings and iMovie exports. Structurally similar to MP4, so conversions are usually lossless.

MIME types

  • video/quicktime

Category

video

Aliases

.qt

What opens this file

  • QuickTime Player
  • VLC
  • iMovie
  • Final Cut Pro
  • IINA

How to open by OS

Windows

  • VLC or Windows Media Player with codec pack.

Mac

  • QuickTime Player / Finder preview.

Linux

  • VLC, mpv.

Ios

  • Photos and Files.

Android

  • VLC.

Safety notes

  • The container is low-risk; most issues historically trace back to codec-implementation bugs that crashed specific players.

Common mistakes

  • Sending MOV to Windows users sometimes fails; converting to MP4 first is safer for wide distribution.
  • ProRes-encoded MOV is high quality but enormous — know your codec before assuming file size.

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