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Instagram Launches Edits for Mac to Compete with CapCut
Confirmed
In Short: Instagram today announced the release of Edits for Mac, a desktop version of its video editing app designed to compete with TikTok's CapCut.
According to Matthew Simari, head of product management for Edits, the app allows users to switch between agentic and manual editing methods.
Edits for Mac also includes Instagram's licensed and royalty-free audio libraries, sound and video effects, and unlimited automatic captions.
Users can publish directly to Instagram from the Mac app, with support for tagging, locations, and trial reels.
Instagram's Edits already has more than 50 million active users, according to Meta's most recent earnings call.
Instagram first launched Edits on phones in April 2025 as a rival to CapCut.
While CapCut has been available on desktop for Windows and Mac since 2021, Instagram's desktop version is only available for Mac.
Instagram plans to update the Mac app every week, but there is no version for Windows yet.
What this adds
Instagram's decision to expand Edits to the Mac aims to cater to creators who find their phone-based projects too complex.
The app's comprehensive features and direct publishing capabilities to Instagram make it a strong contender in the desktop video editing market.
What's confirmed
- Edits for Mac has a full multi-track timeline, keyframes for dynamic transitions, and precise audio waveforms for accurate cuts.
- Instagram announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Edits, its short-form video editing app, to desktop on Mac.
- Instagram first launched Edits on phones in April 2025 as a rival to CapCut, the editing app owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
What's still developing
- Videos created with the app can be published directly to Instagram or downloaded to share on other platforms.
- The Edits team says splitting, cutting, and trimming are easier.
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- Instagram Edits Mac masaüstü sürümü ayda 50 milyondan fazla kullanıcının bir numaralı talebiydi.
- Buna karşılık Edits'in avantajı, Instagram hesabınızla oturum açıp kurguyu uygulamadan çıkmadan yayınlayabilmeniz.
- Moreover, the app supports videos in multiple aspect ratios, which makes sense because Instagram recently announced that it is expanding to longer-format videos after a sustained focus on vertical Reels.