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QuickTime Player supports various file formats, allowing you to trim music from files with different formats. Below is the method to trim music on Macbook with QuickTime Player without the necessity of downloading any third-party apps or software.
Guide: Trimming Music on Macbook with QuickTime Player
How to Trim Music on Macbook
Here's how to trim music on Macbook using QuickTime:
Step 1: Copy the MP3 file you want to trim on Macbook
Step 2: Open the MP3 file with QuickTime Player, you can open QuickTime Player from /Applications/, then drag the MP3 file in or Download QuickTime Player for Mac here
Step 3: Press Command + T to activate the Trim function, or you can access Menu Edit and choose Trim.
Step 4: Drag the yellow slider left and right to cut the part of the music you want, click the play button to listen to the segment you want to cut.
Step 5: After finishing, click on the yellow Trim button.
Step 6: Go to File =>Save As and save the file in the appropriate file format, if you choose Save As or Export, you will have some format options to choose from, most users choose m4a or .m4v format to save the file.
Congratulations on completing the music cutting process on your Macbook! If your file format is m4a, aac, m4v, or another format, you can use iTunes to convert it to MP3. Otherwise, you can keep the current file format.
There are numerous other applications that support MP3 cutting on Mac. Feel free to explore and share different methods of MP3 cutting on the Mac operating system with us and other readers.
Basically, m4a is a variation of the popular MP3 format, compatible across many platforms while maintaining high audio quality and efficient compression. Newer versions of QuickTime Player integrated within newer Mac OS X versions perform better, from Snow Leopard to OS X Mavericks, El Capitan, and possibly future OS X versions.
