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QuickTime Player User Guide

• Welcome
• Play a file
  • Open and play a file
  • Choose a screen size
  • Show subtitles or captions
  • Choose the soundtrack for a movie
  • View information about a movie file
• Create a new recording
  • Record your screen
  • Record a movie
  • Create a movie with an image sequence
  • Record audio
• Edit a movie
  • Split a movie into clips
  • Rearrange movie clips
  • Add a movie or clip
  • Rotate or flip a clip
  • Trim a movie or clip
  • Remove audio or video
  • Automation tips
• Save or rename a recording
• Share or export your movies
  • Share your movies
  • Export movies
• Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
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You can use the trimming bar in QuickTime Player to remove or “trim” parts of a movie or a movie clip.

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Trim a movie

1. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, open the movie you want to trim, then choose Edit > Trim.

2. Drag the yellow handles in the trimming bar. The area outside of the yellow handles is the area to be trimmed.

   Tip: To make more precise edits, click and hold a handle to see individual frames of the clip.

3. Click Trim.

Trim a clip

If you split your movie into clips, you can trim the clips.

1. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, choose View > Show Clips.

2. Double-click the clip you want to trim.

3. Drag the yellow handles in the trimming bar to select the portion of the clip that you want to keep.

   Tip: To make more precise edits, click and hold a handle to see individual frames of the clip.

4. Click Trim.

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