Get Macgo Blu-ray Player Pro from the Mac App Store - $64.99; Free, fast, and functional: VLC + MakeMKV. Combining two easily available programs - the totally free, open-source video player VLC, and the free-while-in-beta Blu-ray ripper app MakeMKV - can let you play Blu-rays as well as Macgo's app, if not better. VLC, developed by the VideoLAN project, is an open-source FLV player for Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS. It supports play lots of video/audio formats without additional codecs or plugins. VideoLAN, VLC, VLC media player and x264 are trademarks internationally registered by the VideoLAN non-profit organization. VideoLAN software is licensed under various open-source licenses: use.
Devices and Mac OS X version
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.
If you need help in finding the correct package matching your Mac's processor architecture, please see this official support document by Apple.
Web browser plugin for Mac OS X
Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.
Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player
We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required
Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.
Vlc Video Player For Mac
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Download Vlc Media Player For Mac
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required
Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
Download Vlc Player For Mac Catalina Download
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma
Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.