Many online videos are distributed in a multimedia container format, say, MKV (matroska video) forma. You can smoothly play MKV files with QuickTime with Mac Perian installed, and VLC player is a nice choice for MKV files playback as well. If you want to upload MKV files to iTunes library, either for organization or for syncing to your iPad, iPod or iPhone, you need to convert MKV files to iTunes friendly formats, like QuickTime MOV.

Perian for Mac + QuickTime Pro is a workaround for MKV to iTunes conversion, but it’s not a surefire way to do the conversion. And what’s more, it can be really time consuming. To convert and import MKV movies to iTunes on Mac OS X, this professional yet easy-to-use MKV to iTunes Video Converter for Mac gives you a hassle free experience.

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HOW TO CONVERT AND ADD FILES IN MKV TO ITUNES ON MAC OS X (LION INCLUDED)

Step1. Added MKV files to the MKV to iTunes Mac program

This app enables you to drag & drop MKV files to the program. Or you need to go to “File” menu, choose “Add Video/Audio files” to locate the MKV files you want to add. If you want to enjoy the batch conversion, just add several files at one time.

Step 2. Select an output format

Now you should go to the format drop-down list, choose iTunes friendly format as the output video format. MOV is a nice choice.

If you want to import the output videos to Apple devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone and more for convenient playback, you can choose the output format according to which Apple devices you have.

Have several MKV files and want to combine all of them so that you can enjoy a long movie without interruption? Just check “Merge into one output file”.

Before the video conversion, you can also trim large MKV videos into small segments, change the original video effect to Old Film, Gray and so on.

Note: This Mac MKV to iTunes Video Converter also allows you to extract audio like MP3, AAC, etc. from MKV movies or MKV TV shows on Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard,OS X Lion etc..

Step 3. Start MKV to iTunes conversion on Mac OS X

Hit the “Convert” button to start MKV to iTunes conversion, this MKV to iTunes converter for Mac will get the rest done perfectly. Normally, the output videos could be smaller than the original MKV videos. So it also helps you release your device space.

Step 4. Launch iTunes, drag the output file to iTunes library

The advantages of this MKV to iTunes Video Converter for Mac are low CPU use, high conversion speed and the output videos looks quite nice on iPod screen. Now you can put your favorite MKV movies on your iPod and enjoy them on the go!