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Devices and Mac OS X version
When you copied the DVD with Disk Utility it created a disk image file on the computer. Double-click that file to open it, then run DVD Player (Applications folder). It should start playing. If not, click 'Open DVD Media' in its 'File' menu and select the VIDEOTS folder in the disk image file. Apple DVD Player for Mac, free and safe download. Apple DVD Player latest version: Watch your DVDs with Apple's DVD player. Apple DVD Player is a nice, free program only available for Mac, that belongs to the category Aud. To use Apple DVD Player for Mac, simply insert your DVD-Video disc in the computer and it will automatically display the disc’s DVD menu screen. You need to use your mouse to select items on the menu items. You can also use navigational buttons using the DVD Player Controller.
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. 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.
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.
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.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required
Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
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.
Apple Dvd Player Download
1. If DVD Player on Mac Not Permitted Certain DVDs
'When commercial DVD (NTSC) inserted into MacBook Pro DVD Player, 'Not Permitted' and 'Supported Disk Not Available' error messages are displayed when I attempted to play the DVD. DVD plays normally when inserted in a different player.'
'Some brand new DVDs just purchased will not play...it opens to the first screen, freezes on the title (there is no menu on the DVD) with the words 'PLAY' in the bottom right corner and when I press play or skip or anything, it reads 'Not Permitted'.
'I have a disc that is region 2 and my dvd player says 'Not Permitted' when I try to change it to region 2.'
'Some brand new DVDs just purchased will not play...it opens to the first screen, freezes on the title (there is no menu on the DVD) with the words 'PLAY' in the bottom right corner and when I press play or skip or anything, it reads 'Not Permitted'.
'I have a disc that is region 2 and my dvd player says 'Not Permitted' when I try to change it to region 2.'
If the DVD player not permitted part of your DVDs, but worked well with others, there are two reasons.
Apple Dvd Player Software
First, the DVD protection is not supported:
The most common protection is the region code. Commercial DVDs are protected with respective region codes based on different areas. If Apple's DVD player doesn't match the disc's regions, it will not permit the playback of the disc (Apple DVD player can change its region for 5 times only). In addition, DVD players are designed to cope with common protections. But there are some newer schemes that older Macs fail to read.
The most common protection is the region code. Commercial DVDs are protected with respective region codes based on different areas. If Apple's DVD player doesn't match the disc's regions, it will not permit the playback of the disc (Apple DVD player can change its region for 5 times only). In addition, DVD players are designed to cope with common protections. But there are some newer schemes that older Macs fail to read.
Second, the DVD type is not supported:
• Brand of DVD - DVDs from Memorex, NoName, and some other unreliable no-name brands are cheap but may cause problems.
• Type of DVD - many older DVD players won't play DVD+R media. You'd better have a newer DVD player.
• Burn speed - if users burn DVD themselves, you'd better slow down the speed to x2 or max x4, or the DVD player may not permit.
• Bad DVD - the DVD is scratched, damaged or corrupted in any way.
• Brand of DVD - DVDs from Memorex, NoName, and some other unreliable no-name brands are cheap but may cause problems.
• Type of DVD - many older DVD players won't play DVD+R media. You'd better have a newer DVD player.
• Burn speed - if users burn DVD themselves, you'd better slow down the speed to x2 or max x4, or the DVD player may not permit.
• Bad DVD - the DVD is scratched, damaged or corrupted in any way.
Dvd Player For Mac
To fix 'Apple DVD player not permitted' error due to protection or unsupported disc types, you can convert the DVD into video files for Mac. Considering the two disc characteristics (protection & special types), you can use MacX DVD Ripper Pro.
MacX DVD Ripper Pro - Digitize Protected and Unsupported DVDs
- Fully support almost all of the DVD restrictions including region codes, RCE, CSS, Disney-X project, Sony ARccOS, UOPs, etc. and upgrade monthly to catch up with the latest schemes.
- Provide wide support for DVD+/-RW, NTSC/PAL formats, damaged/unreadable discs, poorly burned DVDs, 99-title discs, discs from any studios, etc.
- Convert DVDs into MP4, MOV, MKV, HEVC, H.264, AVI, WMV, ISO, MEPG, etc. for permitted video on Mac DVD players, PCs, players, iPhone, iPad, Samsung, HDTV, consoles, etc.
Download MacX DVD Ripper Pro macOS version to convert DVD on Mac
Download MacX DVD Ripper Pro Windows version to convert DVD on PC
Step 1. Run MacX DVD Ripper Pro and insert the disc into Mac disk drive. Ingore Mac DVD player and click the Disc button on the interface to load the DVD info. The program will detect the correct title automatically.
Step 2. Then a window as shown above will pop up asking you to select an output format. To play the output video file on Mac, you can convert DVD to MOV by General Profiles > MOV Video > Done. You can also select other formats like MKV, MP4, HEVC, AVI, iPhone, iPad, Huawei, etc. as you need.
Step 3. Back to the main interface, enable the Safe Mode box on the right lower part. This feature will let you get rid of any ripping errors when converting a 'hard' DVD. Then click Run and after minutes, you can play the DVD without DVD player not permitted error on Mac.