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IINA is the modern media player for the Mac: a native Swift app wrapped around the powerful mpv engine, so it plays virtually every video and audio format you can throw at it without codec packs or conversion. It supports Picture-in-Picture, system media keys, Touch Bar controls, gesture navigation, thumbnail previews on the seek bar and online streaming through youtube-dl and companion browser extensions.
It is completely free and open source under the GPLv3 licence, with development still active a decade in: version 1.4.4 arrived in June 2026. Where VLC feels ported, IINA feels designed, with a considered dark mode, a customisable interface and a plugin system for extending it. It remains the default recommendation for anyone who watches anything on a Mac.
