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DaVinci Resolve for Mac in the browser: Chrome on macOS, no install

On a Mac the studio is a tab in Chrome: no installer, no licence server, no admin password. macOS 12 or later runs it, Apple Silicon runs it comfortably, and the projects follow the account between every Mac you sign in on.

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  • macOS 12 or later, Chrome or Edge
  • Apple Silicon runs the viewer comfortably
  • Projects follow the account between Macs
A slim silver laptop open on a dark desk, its screen glowing with a warm editing timeline, soft reflections on brushed metal
The browser

Chrome or Edge, not Safari

The studio leans on the modern Chromium media stack for smooth playback and hardware accelerated decode. Safari misses pieces of that foundation, so the supported path on macOS is a current Chrome or Edge release, with hardware acceleration left on.

  • Install Chrome or Edge; both ride the same engine the studio targets
  • Keep hardware acceleration enabled in browser settings
  • Firefox and Safari are not supported for editing sessions yet
MacBooks

Getting the best from a MacBook

A MacBook Air will throttle under a long render or a hot afternoon, which shows up as playback that starts smooth and drifts. The habits that help are simple: proxies for heavy media, a current browser and a machine that is not also running a video call.

  • Apple Silicon runs the studio comfortably on battery and on mains
  • Proxies keep 4K and 8K footage flowing on fanless machines
  • Close other streaming tabs; unified memory is shared with the browser
Desktops and shared Macs

Studios, classrooms and the Mac mini shelf

Because nothing is installed, a Mac mini in a lab or a shared suite iMac behaves like any other seat: sign in, open the project, sign out. No per machine licence, no version drift between the machines, nothing for IT to reimage.

  • Classrooms run on a set of shared Macs with nothing installed
  • The account, not the machine, holds the project and the plan
  • External drives and network shares stay part of your local workflow
Crossing platforms

Mac at home, Windows at the office

The studio is the same on both sides of that commute: same project, same shortcuts, same render queue. Creators who split their week between a Mac and a Windows machine stop thinking about which computer the work is on.

  • Sign in on either platform and the latest project state opens
  • Shared pools on the Studio plan cover mixed platform teams
  • The same proxies and render cache follow the project, not the machine
Help

Frequently asked questions

macOS questions that come up before a first render.

Does the studio run on Apple Silicon?

Yes: M series Macs run the viewer, scopes and mixer comfortably, and hardware accelerated decode helps with HEVC from iPhone footage. Intel Macs work too, with proxies recommended for heavier codecs.

Why is Safari not supported?

The studio relies on Chromium media APIs for smooth decode and playback management. Safari does not expose the same foundation yet, so a current Chrome or Edge is the supported browser on macOS.

Which macOS versions work?

macOS 12 and later, with a current Chrome or Edge. Older releases usually still open the studio but lose media path improvements the newer builds rely on.

Can I work from footage on an external drive?

Yes: point the media pool at the folders on the drive and keep it connected for the session. Deliverables download back to the Mac, where you can move them to the drive or the archive.

Keep reading

Where this fits in the workflow

The studio is one project with several pages. These are the pages that usually come before and after this one.

WindowsDaVinci Resolve for Windows in the browser: Chrome, no install

On Windows the studio is a tab: Windows 10 or 11, a current Chrome or Edge, and a sign in. Nothing lands in Program Files, nothing needs a driver update, and a locked down work laptop is a first class editing machine.

Read the page System requirementsDaVinci Resolve online system requirements: what your browser needs

There is no hardware compatibility list to work through, because the studio runs in the browser. What matters is a current browser, hardware acceleration, enough memory for the timeline you open and a connection that can stream your media.

Read the page ChromebookDaVinci Resolve on a Chromebook: what the browser studio can do

A Chromebook is the machine people assume cannot edit video, and for installed applications that is true. The browser studio routes around the assumption: the timeline runs in the tab and the heavy processing happens on the other side of the connection.

Read the page PerformanceDaVinci Resolve slow playback: why it lags and how to fix it

Heavy footage humbles every machine eventually, and a browser adds its own variables to the list. The good news is that choppy playback has five common causes, and you can rule most of them out in a minute each.

Read the page
Ready when you are

Open the studio on the Mac in front of you

No download, no admin password: a Chrome tab, a Google sign in, and the timeline is running on macOS.

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  • No install, no licence server
  • Google sign in, projects in the cloud
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DaVinci Resolve for Mac | Edit in Chrome, No Install