Expansions
Video expansion packs.
Aerial supports curated, community-made video packs called expansions. Each pack is its own source of videos with its own license and credits. The full catalog lives inside the app — open Video Library → Expansions to browse and install. Nothing is auto-installed without your consent.
Community 2026 Free
Brand-new footage, shot for this pack: twenty aerials across nine countries — from a foggy Los Angeles sunrise to the Icelandic Westfjords, Jodhpur, the Swiss Alps and Manhattan at night. Everything is high quality 4K at 240 fps for perfectly smooth slowed-down playback, and encoded to use as little space as possible: the entire pack is under 5 GB (about 4 GB for the full 240 fps set, 2 GB in standard 4K).
A quick preview — Los Angeles, the Westfjords, Shiprock, Zurich, Manhattan.
Shot and produced by Joshua Michaels & Hal Bergman, who have generously shared sets with the Aerial community since the early days. You can support them by buying their commercial packs at magicwindow.app/aerial.
Community 2020 Free
The original community videos that started it all — Big Sur, Catalina, Las Vegas, Miami, Edinburgh, Lake Como and more, from the 2020 Magic Window collection. The whole set has been remastered in 240 fps, so it plays back just as smoothly as the new footage.
A quick preview — the Alabama countryside, Catalina, Pecos, Santa Barbara, Portland.
Featured expansion
Future macOS Versions Paid
Are the rumors true? What will the next macOS be called? Joshua Michaels & Hal Bergman — the same duo who graciously share the Community packs with everyone — put together twenty-five California aerials of locations rumored for future macOS versions, from Mammoth and Mt. Shasta to Redondo Beach and Sausalito, all in 4K at 240 fps. It's a paid pack: buying it directly supports their work, and the free packs everyone gets.
Installing packs
Open Video Library → Expansions in the app, pick a pack and install the videos you want — individually or all at once. Community packs are shared under the community license.
Want to publish an expansion?
Reach out via GitHub issues — I'll point you at the format spec and help with the catalog entry.