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play Blu-ray discs on Mac
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Did you do a search on the words "Blu-ray" on this forum? We've gotten this question a few hundred times and answered it about as often.
Short version: it's very unlikely that Apple will ever officially support Blu-ray, but that doesn't matter much. Using a combination of a Blu-ray drive and third-party software (do NOT buy software for this purpose from any company that ends in the word -soft!), you can handle Blu-ray movie and data discs right now (and have been able to for some years).
Short version: it's very unlikely that Apple will ever officially support Blu-ray, but that doesn't matter much. Using a combination of a Blu-ray drive and third-party software (do NOT buy software for this purpose from any company that ends in the word -soft!), you can handle Blu-ray movie and data discs right now (and have been able to for some years).
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Don't know about watching movies but as far as burning, the last 2 or 3 versions of Toast has had an optional Blu-ray plugin.
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I went ahead and moved this post to the Movies and Videos forum, since it's not an Apple Rumor, nor a 'Report'.
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honestly guys you can play blu-ray on mac it is called mac blu-ray player and it does play blu-ray disks quite nicely
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here is the link
The best Mac Blu-ray Player software, Apple Blu-ray Player, Media/DVD/Blu-ray ISO player
there is a coupon code for 20.00 off right now as well
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No one said you couldn't play Blu-ray discs. Chas_m merely pointed out that it's unlikely Apple will decide to officially support this. That is why third0party software is needed. Which he also pointed out.
Cradom pointed out that he was unsure about playback and noted that burning such discs requires an additional plug in in Toast.
Cradom pointed out that he was unsure about playback and noted that burning such discs requires an additional plug in in Toast.
OS X doesn't support Blu-ray as such, so I use VLC to play blu rays on my mac. It doesn't always work perfectly and it doesn't allow you to access the menus, but you can watch blu rays with it for free, without having to pay for additional software.
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