MOV to MP4 Converter AI Assisted
Description:
The app lives in your menu bar and adds a "Convert to MP4" option directly to Finder's right-click context menu. You right-click any .mov file, hit convert, and a new .mp4 file shows up in the same folder at the highest quality setting.
What I learned:
Building a Finder extension was something I hadn't done before and it turned out to be a surprisingly clean API once you get past the initial Xcode project setup.
Tool kit
- Swift / SwiftUI - Menu bar app and UI
- AVFoundation - Video transcoding via AVAssetExportSession
- Xcode - Build and signing
- macOS Finder Extension API
Cost to setup
Total Cost: $0 - uses native Apple frameworks