Restoration software
This page is for people who already have digitised video files — whether from a capture they did themselves, a transfer service, or an old camcorder that connected directly to a computer — and want to clean them up on a Mac. AirLoom is a native Mac app that handles deinterlacing, noise reduction, colour correction and sharpening in a single workflow, with no cloud uploads and no subscription required.
There is no shortage of AI upscaling services that promise to make old footage look like it was shot on a modern camera. AirLoom takes a different approach: it corrects what is genuinely degraded in the source rather than fabricating detail that was never there. The result is a faithful, cleaned version of your original footage, not a synthetic reconstruction. Everything runs locally — your files never leave your Mac.
No hardware needed
Drag in an MP4, MOV, AVI or other common video file and AirLoom processes it directly. There is nothing to connect and no capture step. This makes it useful whether files came from a transfer service, an old capture setup, or a camcorder that connected directly via USB.
What it fixes
Honest approach
AI upscaling tools reconstruct missing detail by guessing — which often results in blobby, over-smooth, artificially posterised footage from old home movies. AirLoom uses signal-processing techniques that work with what is actually in the recording, so the result looks like a faithfully cleaned version of the original rather than a synthetic imitation.
Mac-native
Everything runs on your Mac — no account to create, no footage uploaded anywhere, no subscription. AirLoom is a native Mac app that uses your hardware efficiently, so it runs well even on older machines.
Common questions
Video restoration software cleans up degraded footage from analogue sources like VHS tapes, Hi8 cassettes and older camcorders. Common problems it addresses are deinterlacing artefacts (the comb-tooth shimmer from interlaced analogue video), tape grain and noise, washed-out or colour-shifted pictures, and soft, low-resolution detail. AirLoom addresses all four.
If your footage is already a digital file — MP4, MOV, AVI or similar — you can drag it straight into AirLoom and restore it without any capture hardware. If it is still on physical tape, you will need to capture it first. The guides at /transfer-vhs-to-mac and /digitise-camcorder-tapes-mac cover the capture step.
No. AirLoom uses established signal-processing and restoration techniques rather than AI upscaling or frame synthesis. AI reconstruction tends to produce artificial results on home movie footage — blobby skin tones, false textures, implausible sharpness. AirLoom aims for an honest, faithful result.
AirLoom accepts most common video file formats, including MP4, MOV and AVI. It exports to MP4 or MOV. If you have footage in an unusual format, converting it to MP4 first with a free tool is usually straightforward.
Yes. AirLoom is a native Mac app and runs on both Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 and later) and Intel Macs. It requires macOS 13 Ventura or later.
Related guides
Try it
Download the free trial and run AirLoom on a clip you already have. No account needed, no footage uploaded anywhere. Export limits apply — unlock the full version when you are ready.