Shotcut
Shotcut is a cross-platform video editor for macOS that lets you cut, arrange, filter, and export video projects in many formats.
What is Shotcut?
Shotcut is a native desktop video editor for macOS used to create and finish video projects without needing a cloud service or subscription workflow. It helps users trim clips, arrange footage on a timeline, add transitions, apply filters, mix audio, and export finished videos for sharing or publishing. The app is useful for hobbyists, students, creators, and editors who want broad format support and straightforward non-linear editing on a Mac. Shotcut supports timeline-based editing, works with a wide range of video and audio formats, and includes tools for titles, color adjustment, scaling, and audio cleanup. It also supports higher-resolution work such as 4K projects and can fit common content workflows for tutorials, social video, presentations, and recorded footage. Shotcut is published by Meltytech, LLC and is also available on Windows and Linux.
Key features
- Edit video and audio on a non-linear timeline
- Work with a wide range of media formats without converting first
- Add video filters, color correction, and visual effects
- Create titles, transitions, and composited layers
- Trim clips precisely and manage multi-track projects
- Mix, meter, and improve audio inside the editor
- Export finished videos in common formats and resolutions
- Capture from supported input devices and monitor previews
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Shotcut is legitimate video-editing software, and the file access it uses is normal for opening media, saving projects, and exporting finished videos. It may read large video, audio, and image files and store preferences or recent-project details on your Mac. Keep your project files and exports backed up before removing the app, and download updates from the official Shotcut site to avoid tampered installers.
Recommendation: Keep Shotcut if you use it for editing or need access to existing projects. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app, but keep any project files, source media, and exported videos you still want because uninstalling the app does not replace those assets later.
Common paths
/Applications/Shotcut.app
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.meltytech.Shotcut.plist
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