I can't seem to find any recent hits on it. I want to buy another external dvd drive and I thought I'd check first? Any 3rd party players that support it? TIA - Jim
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Can mac play BD native now?
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"Can mac play BD native now?"
I've yet to see anything that states that it can. Apple doesn't have any interest in Bluray, and I doubt we'll ever see Macs with native BD capabilities.
You still need a 3rd-party "Bluray player app". (such as "Aurora Blu-ray Player")
Or -- rip the BD disk using something like "MakeMKV" (I -think- that's the name of it) and play it that way.
When I got my 2012 MIni (with no built-in optical drive), I bought a Samsung "506" series Bluray/DVD/CD burner. I haven't actually tried using it with BD yet, but it's been fine with DVD's and CD's.
I've yet to see anything that states that it can. Apple doesn't have any interest in Bluray, and I doubt we'll ever see Macs with native BD capabilities.
You still need a 3rd-party "Bluray player app". (such as "Aurora Blu-ray Player")
Or -- rip the BD disk using something like "MakeMKV" (I -think- that's the name of it) and play it that way.
When I got my 2012 MIni (with no built-in optical drive), I bought a Samsung "506" series Bluray/DVD/CD burner. I haven't actually tried using it with BD yet, but it's been fine with DVD's and CD's.