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. You can also choose to install a Universal Binary.
VLC media player is a portable media player and streaming media server for Windows that can support nearly any video or audio format. VLC media player, which is developed by VideoLAN, has become a standard among Windows users not just because it’s free but because it’s powerful, customizable and, most importantly, easy to use. VLC is updated for Macs with M1, but its implementation is again as problematic as Chrome or Edge. VLC, the most popular media player for any platform, has finally been updated to be compatible with Macs with M1, and done, like many other applications, without changing anything aesthetically.
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.
Download MakeMKV beta
MakeMKV for Windows and Mac OS X is available for download below. MakeMKV for Linuxis available on the forum page.- Requires Windows XP or later, x86 or x64.
Vlc Apple M1
- Requires x64 Mac OS X 10.7 or later.
NOTE: MakeMKV is not signed by Apple, you might need to adjust gatekeeper options in order to install the program. - Files integrity may be checked using hash file
Revision history
- Much better support for discs with Java playlist obfuscation
- Any Java runtime version is now supported, including Java 16
- Mac OS: Support for Mac OS 12.0 Monterey
- Some small improvements
- Bug fixes:
- Program failed to recognize some AAC streams with exotic channel encoding
- Picture dimensions were displayed incorrectly for some exotic HEVC streams
- Conversion of some DVDs could fail at the very end of title
- Bug fixes:
- Some non-English messages were displayed incorrectly
- Opening DVD in manual mode from GUI was broken in 1.16.0
- Some E-AC3 streams with surround channels were ignored when opening M2TS files
- Bug fixes:
- Mac OS: Program produced random errors when running on OS X 10.11 El Captain or earlier versions
- Linux: ccextractor is now part of OSS package
- Bug fixes:
- Mac OS: Program could fail to start
- Mac OS: ccextractor helper app failed to start
- Windows XP: Program failed to start
- Some small improvements
- ARM port, support for Apple silicon, Linux on ARM
- MMMBD on OSX - support for applications with hardened runtime (Handbrake)
- Some internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Implemented seamless joining of TrueHD streams with overlapping frames based on Dominik Mydlil's idea
- MakeMKV now recognizes and converts double-track Dolby Vision MKV files
- Bug fixes:
- Program could fail when processing TrueHD streams from MKV file
- DTS core was not extracted from DTS-HD streams (1.15.0 regression)
- Massive internal rewrite, many bugfixes
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Brand new network code, it is now possible to set proxy server in preferences, to access network over TOR/VPN
- MakeMKV now can extract Dolby Vision metadata from elementary stream data and rebuild missing or invalid DV descriptors
- Drive speed control update - MakeMKV now forces low speed when reading data around disc edges, working around firmware bugs
- Bug fixes:
- Program could hang or crash when converting files with many audio streams
- On some multi-segment sources with LPCM audio program failed to produce MKV file
- Program could crash when producing testdump or when conversion failed
- On 32-bit x86 system program could run out of memory on big mult-segment sources
- Massive internal rewrite, some improvements and small bugfixes
- Muxer updated to the latest matroska specification
- Advanced usage changes:
- Sdftool included as standalone executable
- Drive speed control option
- Added support for AACS v76 (for those poor souls without LibreDrive)
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Many internal improvements and small bugfixes
- Bug fixes:
- For some HD audio streams frames were dropped incorrectly on segment boundaries
- User interface update
- New preferences page for LibMMBD integration
- Improved handling for discs with mastering errors
- Better tolerance for corrupted input data
- Many internal improvements
Vlc For Mac Os
- Bug fixes:
- Better compatibility for decrypted AACS 2.1 FMTS files
- Fixed variable expansion bug for default file name template
- Added support for AACS 2.1
- Many small bugfixes and improvements
System Requirements
- Supported OS
- Windows XP or later
- Mac OS X 10.6 and later
- Linux x86 or amd64
- 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB recommended. MakeMKV will run on computers with low memory amountbut conversion speed will be very slow.
- 10 MB of hard drive space for program files.
- Adequate hard drive space for converted content. Typical DVD movie takes 6 GB onhard drive. Typical Blu-ray movie takes 30 GB.
Beta version restrictions
MakeMKV BETA has several major restrictions.- Program is time-limited -- it will stop functioning after 60 days. You can alwaysdownload the latest version from makemkv.com that will reset the expiration date.
- HD-DVD support is limited - some discs may fail to open and not all audio and subtitletracks will be preserved.
- Blu-ray and DVD discs are fully supported.
- Computer administrator privileges are required on Windows to run the beta version.This is limitation of Windows SCSI application programming interface. EventuallyMakeMKV will not require administrator privileges to run.