DropRingConvert a file without letting go of it.
Drag a file, hold ⇧ Shift, and drop it on a format. DropRing saves the new copy next to the original, right here on your Mac.
Pay what you want, even nothing. You get your licence key and the download together. macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon
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Three moves, no app to open.
DropRing lives in the menu bar. It only shows up when you ask for it, in the middle of a drag.
Drag a file
From Finder, the desktop, or any app that lets you drag files. Several at once is fine.
Hold Shift
A ring opens under the pointer with the formats this Mac can make. Your most used ones come first.
Drop on a format
The new file appears next to the original, with the same name. Nothing is ever overwritten.
Everyday formats, both ways.
The ring only offers what your Mac can actually convert, so every segment works.
Images
- JPGPNGHEICTIFFGIFWEBP→each other, and PDF
- GIF→MP4, MOV
Documents
- PDF→PNG, JPG (one image per page), TXT
- TXTRTFHTMLMDDOCX→each other, and PDF
Video
- MP4MOV→each other, and GIF
Audio
- MP3→M4A, WAV
- M4AWAV→each other
Small, and careful.
See the name first
Hover a format and DropRing shows the exact name the new file will get, before you let go.
Several files at once
Formats that don't suit every file you're dragging stay in place, hatched, and say why.
Never in the way
Near the edge of the screen the ring opens as a fan, so it always stays under your pointer.
Progress you can cancel
A small notice in the corner shows each file as it goes, with Cancel, then Show in Finder.
Built for macOS
System fonts and colours, light and dark, Liquid Glass on macOS 26, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion.
Signed and notarised
Signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple, so it opens without warnings.
Your files never leave your Mac.
Every conversion runs on your Mac, using Apple's own frameworks and a bundled LGPL build of ffmpeg.
- No uploads, ever.
- No analytics, telemetry, or update checks.
- The only time DropRing goes online is to check your licence key with Polar, about once a week. It keeps working offline for 60 days.
Pay what you want.
Even £0.
Every copy needs a licence key, and you choose the price, including nothing. One key works on one Mac, and you can move it whenever you like. Checkout, receipts, and the download are handled by Polar.
Get started.
- Get DropRing: choose your price, even £0, and check out with Polar.
- Your licence key and the download link appear straight away, and in your email.
- Open the disk image, drag DropRing to Applications, then open it. It appears in the menu bar.
- Allow Accessibility when asked, so DropRing can notice Shift during a drag. It doesn't see what you type.
- Paste your key in DropRing's Settings, under Licence.
DropRing 1.0.0
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple Silicon. 11 MB disk image. One licence key per Mac.
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SHA-256 24269f866e387ac4aaee23cfa768d5569de460f2f09700c40ce89d6a4ca417f1