Batch tagging
Drop in a whole season or a folder full of movies, and Boxset fills in the title, description, cast, director, genre, rating, release date and artwork for every single file at once. No more one-at-a-time.
Boxset
From messy files to movie night.
Download for Mac, Free
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon
Download for Mac, Free
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon
- Mac
Every title, every detail, ready to review.
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Your library deserves better than file names.
You’ve got movies and shows on your Mac: home videos, digital copies you own, old favourites and public-domain classics. But open them in the TV app or on your Apple TV and they show up as plain file names, with no artwork, no descriptions and no idea which episode comes next.
Boxset fixes all of that in one go. It recognises each file, even when the name is a mess, fills in the title, story, cast and artwork, and lets you choose which sound and subtitle tracks to keep. Hand it a whole season and it does every episode at once.
The result is a library that looks and plays just like everything else you watch. It’s free, it runs right on your Mac, and it never touches the quality of your picture.
Everything your library needs, all in one pass.
Boxset takes care of the fiddly parts, so your own videos sit happily alongside everything else in the TV app.
Smart matching
Even the messiest file names are no problem. Apple Intelligence reads them right on your Mac, and Boxset looks them up on Apple TV, TMDB and the iTunes Store until it finds the right match. If it's ever unsure, it marks the file "Check this" and shows you the options, so you always have the final say.
Gorgeous artwork
Boxset goes for the good stuff: the same title artwork you see in the TV app. Choose wide or tall art, and set one picture for a whole season with a single click.
Your tracks, your way
Keep only the sound and subtitle tracks you actually want. Boxset starts you off with sensible picks, like the best surround track, a stereo track and the languages you speak, and you can change anything you like.
Subtitles that just work
Picture-based subtitles are turned into text, and subtitles that only cover the foreign-language parts of a film are set to appear automatically, right when you need them.
Made for Apple TV
MKV and MOV files become Apple-friendly .m4v files without losing a shred of picture quality, because the video is never re-encoded. Sound that Apple TV can't play is converted, and every file is laid out so the sound never drops out on Apple TV with HomePod.
Safe by design
Your originals are precious, and Boxset treats them that way. MP4 and M4V files are only updated after a full check, with their original details saved first. Every other format becomes a brand-new file, and the original is never touched.
Drop, review, queue. That's it!
Three simple steps, and only the middle one needs you.
Drop
Drag in a single file, a season or a whole folder. Boxset reads the names and fetches the details and artwork for each one.
Review
Take a quick look at what Boxset found. Everything it's sure about is already filled in, and anything it isn't sure about is marked "Check this", so you can pick the right match, the artwork you love and the tracks you want to keep.
Queue
Send it all to the queue and get on with your day. Boxset works through everything one file at a time, and History keeps a tidy record of what was done.
It all happens on your Mac.
Your videos stay on your Mac, and so does everything Boxset knows about them. There's no account to make, no ads and no tracking of any kind.
To find the right details and artwork, Boxset only sends the name of the film or show (and the season and episode number) to Apple TV, TMDB and the iTunes Store. Your video files never leave your Mac, and when Apple Intelligence reads a messy file name, that happens on your Mac too.
Questions, answered.
Is Boxset really free?
Yes, completely. There's no account, no ads, no tracking and nothing to unlock later.
Will it change my files?
Only when it's safe to. MP4 and M4V files are updated after Boxset has checked the result in full, and their original details are saved first. Files in any other format, like MKV, become a new file and the original is left exactly as it was. Your picture quality never changes, because Boxset never re-encodes video.
Does it work with copy-protected files?
No. Boxset doesn't work with copy-protected files and doesn't get around copy protection of any kind. Only use it with videos you own or have the right to copy.
What do I need?
A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 15 or later. Smart matching of messy file names uses Apple Intelligence, which needs macOS 26 or later. Without it, Boxset still works beautifully and simply asks you to confirm each match yourself.
Where do the details and artwork come from?
From Apple TV, TMDB (a community-built movie and TV database) and the iTunes Store. Boxset tries them in turn until one has your film or episode, and it only ever sends the name it's looking for.
How do I get updates?
Boxset checks for a new version once a day and lets you know when one is ready. One click installs it, and you're back where you left off.
Requirements
- Requires
- macOS 15 or later, on a Mac with Apple silicon
- Platforms
- Mac
- Also
- Smart matching of messy file names uses Apple Intelligence, which needs macOS 26 or later.
Credits
Boxset stands on the shoulders of some wonderful work, and we're happy to say thank you.
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Apple TV and the iTunes Store
Some details and artwork come from Apple and belong to their owners.
GPAC
Boxset uses MP4Box from the open source GPAC project to read and write MP4 and M4V files. Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later. GPAC source code on GitHub
FFmpeg
The media tools inside Boxset include FFmpeg libraries. Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later. FFmpeg source code on GitHub
Sparkle
Sparkle keeps Boxset up to date. Licensed under the MIT licence. Sparkle on GitHub
Big Buck Bunny, Sintel, Tears of Steel, Elephants Dream and Spring © Blender Foundation, blender.org, CC BY.
Please use Boxset only with videos you own or have the right to copy.