How to Play/Convert/Edit WMA Video on Mac

WMA stands for Windows Media Audio, which is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. It can be referred to as an audio format or audio codecs. As an audio file format, a WMA file is, in most cases, contained in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) — a proprietary Microsoft container format for digital audio or digital video. As audio codecs, WMA includes four codecs: WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, and WMA Voice. Learn more about WMA from Wikipedia.

• Part 1. How to Play WMA on Mac OS X
• Part 2. How to Convert WMA to Mac-compatible Audio Files
• Part 3. How to Edit WMA on Mac OS X

Part 1. How to Play WMA on Mac OS X

WMA is a high-quality audio file format and offers you the audio files with little quality loss. But WMA files usually only works in Windows Media Player. If you're a Mac user and want to play WMA on Mac, you may come across the problem of compatibility. In this case, you can use a powerful WMA player for Mac. That's a VLC media player, the most powerful player for both Mac and Windows users to play almost any popular format. Also, you can select a reliable WMA Converter for Mac (Sierbra included) to help you convert WMA to a Mac-compatible format for playback in your favorite player. In a word, playing WMA on Mac is not as difficult as you think. Just select this WMA Mac player or Mac WMA converter.

Part 2. How to Convert WMA to Mac-compatible Audio Files

Don't know how to convert WMA files on Mac? With Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate), you can convert WMA files to many other audio formats like MP3, AAC, M4A, etc. This video converter offers great converting speed, so with the help of Wondershare UniConverter, you can completely resolve the problem of playing WMA on Mac OS.

If you're using iPod, iPhone, or iPad, you can convert WMA to iOS-compatible format directly with Wondershare UniConverter on your Mac computer. Using this Mac WMA converter, you won't suffer from any audio quality loss. After WMA conversion Mac, you can smoothly import WMA to iTunes and then sync to iPod, iPad, and iPhone. The following guide will show you how to convert WMA files with Wondershare UniConverter in detailed steps, check it out.

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How to Convert WMA Files to Mac-compatible Format

Step 1 Start Program and Add WMA File.

Start Wondershare UniConverter after the installation, and choose the Converter section. Now you can drag and drop the WMA file into the program window, or click to add your target WMA files into the program.

Step 2 Choose iOS-Compatible Format.

Click the down arrow icon to expand the output format list, click Device tab and choose Apple from the left sidebar, and then select the corresponding iOS device in the right.

Step 3 Start Converting WMA Files.

Click the Start All button at the lower-right bottom to start converting WMA files to the compatible format for your iOS device. When the conversion finishes, you can switch to the Finished tab to get the converted video on your computer.

Note: Wondershare UniConverter for Mac is fully compatible with the following Mac OS: Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6; and the following Mac computers: Mac Pro, Unibody Macbook, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and PC with Mac OS X.

Part 3. How to Edit WMA on Mac OS X

You can also take advantage of Wondershare UniConverter to edit your videos. Click the editing icons under the video clip (after being imported to the program in Step 1). You'll be able to trim/crop the audio. So if you are interested in Wondershare UniConverter for Mac, you can free download the program to have a try.