{"id":1816,"date":"2020-12-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:49:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:49:03","slug":"copy-mkv-videos-from-mac-to-iphone-using-finder-and-vlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/geeks\/copy-mkv-videos-from-mac-to-iphone-using-finder-and-vlc\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy mkv videos from Mac to iPhone using Finder and VLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Copy <\/strong>or transfer<strong> videos<\/strong>(<strong>mkv<\/strong>, <strong>avi<\/strong>, etc) <strong>from <\/strong>your <strong>Mac <\/strong>OS <strong>to <\/strong>your <strong>iPhone<\/strong>, sometimes is quite difficult. But there is a really <strong>easy solution<\/strong> that simplifies this recurring task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We just have to <strong>use<\/strong> the new iTunes from <strong>Finder <\/strong>on Mac <strong>and <\/strong>a video player that has the feature of file sharing, for example <strong>VLC <\/strong>media player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements :<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>VLC media player application <\/strong>already installed in the iPhone. It&#8217;s a free application to play video and audio files.<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Official link<\/span> : <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-ios.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-ios.html<\/a><\/li><li><strong>macOS Catalina <\/strong>or any later version.<\/li><li><strong>iPhone <\/strong>with the latest version of iOS.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example we will <strong>copy <\/strong>the <strong>video <\/strong>file called <strong>&#8220;video01.mkv&#8221;<\/strong> from a Mac(macOS Catalina 10.15.7) to an iPhone 12 Pro(iOS 14.3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/01-video_mkv.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/01-video_mkv.jpeg 554w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/01-video_mkv-300x64.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/01-video_mkv-150x32.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to do it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Install <\/strong>the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-ios.html\" target=\"_blank\">VLC<\/a><\/strong> application on <strong>iPhone<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Open a <strong>Finder<\/strong> window on <strong>Mac<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Connect <strong>iPhone <\/strong>to computer with a <strong>USB cable<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select your <strong>device <\/strong>in the <strong>Finder<\/strong>(it should be your device name at the Finder left menu).<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Files tab <\/strong>to see a list of apps that can share files. We will use <strong>VLC<\/strong> application.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/02-iTunes_Finder.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/02-iTunes_Finder.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/02-iTunes_Finder-300x107.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/02-iTunes_Finder-150x53.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Drag <\/strong>a complete <strong>folder <\/strong>or a video file <strong>to <\/strong>the <strong>VLC <\/strong>application.<\/li><li>In Finder, <strong>expand <\/strong>the VLC application to see the content.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/03-iTunes_Finder2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/03-iTunes_Finder2.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/03-iTunes_Finder2-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/03-iTunes_Finder2-150x49.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Open <\/strong>the <strong>VLC <\/strong>application on the <strong>iPhone<\/strong>. And play the video \ud83d\ude42<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04-VLC-513x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1817\" width=\"257\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04-VLC-513x1024.jpeg 513w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04-VLC-150x299.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04-VLC-770x1536.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/04-VLC.jpeg 802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy !! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Source<\/span> : <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT210598\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT210598<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extra notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re using <strong>macOS Mojave<\/strong> or earlier <strong>or <\/strong>a <strong>Windows PC<\/strong>, use <strong>iTunes <\/strong>to share files between your computer and your iOS or iPadOS device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">More info<\/span> : <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT201301\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT201301<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copy or transfer videos(mkv, avi, etc) from your Mac OS to your iPhone, sometimes is quite difficult. But there is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/geeks\/copy-mkv-videos-from-mac-to-iphone-using-finder-and-vlc\/\" class=\"more-link\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy mkv videos from Mac to iPhone using Finder and VLC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,115,5,6],"tags":[116,121,117,120,118,119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robermb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}