And once those drives became available, a few enterprising companies who did (presumably) pay up for the keys to decrypt Blu-ray discs released Mac apps to play regular Blu-ray movies with those drives. Apple never built Blu-ray drives into Macs, and eventually ditched optical drives altogether to focus on selling movies through iTunes.īut some Mac users still need to burn their own Blu-rays or read data off BD discs, so there are plenty of third-party Blu-ray drives available for the Mac. With his characteristic taciturn restraint, he publicly called the format a ' bag of hurt' and likened the groups behind it to the Mafia. Steve Jobs famously hated the licensing hurdles and hefty fees Blu-ray imposed. But, uh … maybe you shouldn't? Tell us how you really feel, Steve
Today, the right third-party hardware and software will let you play Blu-ray discs on your Mac.
But DVDs' high-definition successors, Blu-rays, never got the same warm reception. Pop a disc in your drive, watch Apple's DVD Player app open, and enjoy the show. Since the late '90s, Macs have welcomed DVD movies.
